Bowthorpe is a suburban ward on the western edge of Norwich in Norfolk, England, largely built from the 1970s onwards on former farmland. It contains a mix of council and private housing, local shops, schools and community facilities, and benefits from good road links via the A47 and the Bowthorpe Park and Ride, making the city centre and the University of East Anglia readily accessible.
The ward has a strong community feel, with active residents’ groups, sports clubs and a number of small business and industrial areas that provide local employment. While the place-name hints at older settlement ('thorpe' meaning a small village), much of its character is that of a late 20th-century suburban estate set among green corridors and open spaces.
Postcode districts covering Bowthorpe
Most populated places nearby
- Norwich 2.4 miles
- Lowestoft 23.7 miles
- Great Yarmouth 21.2 miles
- Beccles 19.3 miles
- North Walsham 14.5 miles
- Diss 18.6 miles
- Attleborough 12.2 miles
- Bradwell 20.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- New Costessey Ward 0.8 miles
- Colney Built-up area 1 mile
- University Ward 1.2 miles
- Wensum Ward 1.5 miles
- Bawburgh Parish 1.8 miles
- Little Melton Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Old Costessey Ward 1.8 miles
- Costessey Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Cringleford Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Nelson Ward 2.2 miles
- Hellesdon North West Ward 2.2 miles
- Norwich Built-up area 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Bowthorpe
NR5 8TH, NR5 9JB, NR5 8TX, NR5 9EW, NR5 9DT, NR5 8RF, NR5 9HU, NR5 9AW, NR5 9NJ … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 3.7 miles
- Stansted Airport 66.6 miles
- Norwich Railway Station 3.6 miles
- Wymondham Railway Station 6.6 miles
Hotels near Bowthorpe Ad
- The Maids Head Hotel 4 3.2 miles
- The Castle 3.7 miles
- Host & Stay | Woodside House 1.3 miles
- Kings Head Bawburgh 4 1.7 miles
- Nysdill Accommodation 2.5 miles
- Broadview Hotel 3 1.3 miles
- George Hotel 3 2.7 miles
- The Assembly House in central Norwich 2.9 miles
- Park Farm Hotel 4 4 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Norwich 3 2.1 miles
Schools in Bowthorpe
- Chapel Break Infant School Primary
- Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery School Primary
- St Michael's VA Junior School Primary
Local points of interest
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Museum 1.2 miles
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 2.9 miles
- Carrow Road Stadium 3.8 miles
- RSPB Surlingham Church Marsh Nature reserve 7.7 miles
- Plumstead Hall Estate 8.2 miles
- Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 9.5 miles
- Blickling Hall Historic site 12.1 miles
- Gunton Estate 15.5 miles
- Snetterton Heath Estate 15.9 miles
- Saham Wood Forest 16.4 miles
- Saint Mary's Church, East Ruston (Redundant) Historic site 16.6 miles
- East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens 16.7 miles