Thetford Road in Stow Bedon

Thetford Road in Stow Bedon in Breckland is a two-lane, asphalted, unlit main road. No sidewalks. It runs in a north-south direction starting from Watton Road and crosses Attleborough Road, Cherry Tree Lane, Heath Road, Low Road and Vicarage Road and ends at Wretham Road. It connects Stow Bedon and Hockham. This road is part of the long-distance road "A1075". Thetford Road also exists in Garboldisham, South Lopham, Griston, Croxton and Brettenham.

Road Type
main road
Lanes
2
Speed Limit
50 mph
Route
north-south

Tourist information offices

  • Wayland Walks in Norfolk’s Breckland Countryside – approx. 700 m.
  • Stow Bedon Common. Stow Bedon Fuel Allotment, part of Stow Bedon Common, is home to over 30 natural ponds known as pingos, created over 12,000 years ago by ground-ice thawing during the last Ice Age, leaving behing shallow depressions which filled with water. – approx. 700 m.
  • Pingo Trail – approx. 700 m.
  • The Pingo Trail. Pingos are shallow basins formed by glacial processes at the end of the last Ice Age… The word “pingo” is Inuit in origin and means ‘small hill’. – approx. 900 m.
  • Pingo Trail – approx. 900 m.
  • Stow Bedon & Breckles Parish Council – approx. 900 m.
  • Pingo Trail – approx. 900 m.
  • NWT Thompson Common. Thompson Common is famous for its pingos - a series of 400 shallow pools thought to be have been formed at the end of the last Ice Age. – approx. 900 m.
  • Pingo Trail – approx. 900 m.
  • Pingo Trail – approx. 1,3 km.
  • Pingo Trail – approx. 1,3 km.
  • Crossing Keeper's Cottage. History of crossing keeper’s cottage, built around 1870 at time of Swaffham to Thetford railway line opening, before closing 1965 and becoming derelict until dangerous and demolishing. – approx. 1,3 km.
  • Pingo Trail – approx. 1,9 km.
  • Pingo Trail – approx. 2,0 km.

Farm shops

  • Wayside Farm Shop – approx. 700 m.
  • Lodge Farm – approx. 1,2 km.
  • Breckles Grange Farm – approx. 1,7 km.
  • The Whews – approx. 2,7 km.
  • Watering Farm – approx. 3,0 km.

Bus stops

  • Mere Road, opp – approx. 650 m.
  • Mere Road, adj – approx. 700 m.

Artwork

  • Stow Bedon Village Sign (metal) – approx. 1,1 km.

Benches

  • Crossing Keeper's Cottage – approx. 1,3 km.