Thetford - town in Norfolk, England

Thetford is a town in Norfolk, England.

Understand

Thomas Paine Statue Thetford is noted for being the birthplace of Thomas Paine, where a statue of him stands on King Street. The external scenes for the British comedy TV series Dad's Army were filmed in and around the town's flint buildings.

Get in

By road

The town lies on the Norwich to Newmarket A11 road. The A134 main road connects the town to King's Lynn to the N and to Bury St Edmunds to the S. The A1066 connects the town to Diss in the E.

By rail

  • Thetford Station, Station Road, Thetford, IP24 1AH, 52.419°, 0.7455°. On the Breckland line connecting the town to Norwich to the E (usually 2 trains per hour) and Cambridge to the W (usually 1 train per hour) and to London Liverpool St to the S (usually 1 train per hour). 2017-04-24

By bicycle

On foot

  • Peddars Way. (46 miles) long distance footpath ends 4 miles from the town in Knettishall Heath 📍. Running northwards from the town the path meets the Norfolk Coast Path in Hunstanton. 2017-06-19
  • Icknield Way, 51.8445°, -0.6034°. long distance footpath (110 miles) from Ivinghoe Beacon in Chiltern Hills) also ends in Knettishall Heath though includes a Thetford link taking walkers into the town. The Icknield Way is probably the oldest road in Britain, dating back to prehistoric times. 2017-06-19
  • Angles Way. (93 miles) long distance footpath runs to the town from Great Yarmouth 2017-06-19

Get around

Nuns' Bridges The town has a number of car parks, many free for a limited time. See Thetford Car Parks.

There are a number of local bus services.

The central town is small enough to see on foot.

See

Thetford Priory Captain Mainwaring Statue from Dad's Army TV series Ancient House

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Connect

Thetford and its approach roads have 4G from all UK carriers. As of Sept 2022, 5G has not reached this area.

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Thetford

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Date Time:Please wait...Timezone:Europe/LondonPopulation:27,027Coordinates:52.41, 0.74

Norfolk

2nd-order administrative division

England

Primary administrative division

United Kingdom

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Population:66.5 MDial code:+44Currency:Pound (GBP)Voltage:230 V, 50 Hz