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Wells-next-the-Sea is a port town on the north coast of Norfolk, England. The civil parish has an area of 16.31 km 2 (6.30 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 2,451, [ 1 ] reducing to 2,165 at the 2011 census .
Wells-next-the-Sea was railway station that served the port town of Wells-next-the-Sea in North Norfolk, England.It was opened in 1857 by the Wells & Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway's Wymondham to Wells branch, and became a junction in 1866 with the arrival of the West Norfolk Junction Railway.
Warham Camp is an Iron Age circular hill fort with a total diameter of 212 metres (232 yards) near Warham, south of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk, England.It is a scheduled monument [2] dated to between 800BC and 43AD, [3] and a 5.1-hectare (13-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, [1] [4] located within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [5]
North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England.Its council is based in Cromer, and the largest town is North Walsham.The district also includes the towns of Fakenham, Holt, Sheringham, Stalham and Wells-next-the-Sea, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
The Wells Harbour Railway was a 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm) gauge railway that ran at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England. It was 1,200 yards (1,100 m) long, running between Wells Harbour and Pinewoods. The line operated for 45 years, from 1976 to 2021, when it was closed and replaced with a bus service.
Wells-next-the-Sea Lifeboat Station is located at the end of Beach Road, about 1 mi (1.6 km) north of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea, on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. [ 2 ] A lifeboat was first stationed at Wells-next-the-Sea by the Norfolk Shipwreck Association (NSA) in 1830, closing in 1851.
Wells on Sea railway station is located in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk on the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. [1] It was opened in 1982. It is located south of the former level crossing on the A149 Coast Road, close to the former junction with the West Norfolk Junction Railway. The original station, which has been converted to ...
The line, which is 4 miles (6.44 km) long, is now the longest 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm) gauge railway in the world.It runs from the coastal town of Wells-next-the-Sea to the village of Walsingham, famous as a centre of pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.