Caistor St. Edmund and Bixley
Parish in South Norfolk, Norfolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.593, 1.306 |
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| OS grid ref: | TG 24 04 |
| Dialling code: | 01603 (Norwich) |
The small communities of Caistor St Edmund and Bixley lie a few miles south‑east of Norwich in South Norfolk, tucked into rolling arable countryside and winding lanes. The most distinctive feature is the Roman town of Venta Icenorum at Caistor, where earthworks and finds sit alongside the medieval church, giving a strong sense of deep history in an otherwise quiet rural setting.
Today the area is largely agricultural, with scattered cottages and farmsteads and a mixed population of long‑standing rural families and commuters to Norwich. It attracts walkers and history enthusiasts keen to explore the Roman remains, and local life centres on the landscape, heritage and small‑scale community activities rather than commerce or industry.
Postcode districts covering Caistor St. Edmund and Bixley
Most populated places nearby
- Norwich 3.6 miles
- Lowestoft 19.3 miles
- Great Yarmouth 17.6 miles
- Beccles 14.7 miles
- North Walsham 16.1 miles
- Diss 17.1 miles
- Attleborough 13.4 miles
- Bradwell 16.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse Ward 1 mile
- Lakenham Ward 1.3 miles
- Trowse Newton Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Trowse with Newton Parish 1.6 miles
- Stoke Holy Cross Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Poringland Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Town Close Ward 2.1 miles
- Eaton Ward 2.2 miles
- Keswick and Intwood Parish 2.3 miles
- Framingham Earl Parish 2.4 miles
- Framingham Pigot Parish 2.4 miles
- Thorpe Hamlet Ward 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Caistor St. Edmund and Bixley
NR14 8QU, NR14 8RJ, NR14 8RY, NR1 2LZ, NR14 8SG, NR14 8RZ, NR14 8QL, NR14 8QX, NR14 8YJ … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 5.8 miles
- Stansted Airport 66.7 miles
- Norwich Railway Station 2.3 miles
- Brundall Gardens Railway Station 5.2 miles
Hotels in Caistor St. Edmund and Bixley Ad
Local points of interest
- Carrow Road Stadium 2 miles
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 2.4 miles
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Museum 3.6 miles
- RSPB Surlingham Church Marsh Nature reserve 4.1 miles
- Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 6 miles
- Plumstead Hall Estate 6.1 miles
- Hickling Broad National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 15.4 miles
- Blickling Hall Historic site 15.5 miles
- Snetterton Heath Estate 16.7 miles
- Saint Mary's Church, East Ruston (Redundant) Historic site 16.8 miles
- East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens 17 miles
- Bressingham Steam and Gardens Gardens 17.8 miles