Named after a bird which scenic railway line runs from Norwich to Cromer and then onto Sheringham?
"Catfield Catfield is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies south-south-east of the nearby town of Stalham. The nearest railway station is at Worstead for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village is situated a little west of the A149 King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth road. The parish had in 2001 census, a population of 848, increasing to 943 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of"
"Bittern Line The Bittern Line is a railway branch line in Norfolk, England, that links to . It passes through the Broads on its route to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the north Norfolk coast. It is named after the bittern, a rare bird found in the reedy wetlands of Norfolk. The line is in length and there are 10 stations. It is part of Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.11, and is classified as a rural line. Passenger services are operated by Greater Anglia, which also manages all of the stations. The line was granted permission"
"North Norfolk Railway The North Norfolk Railway (NNR) – also known as the ""Poppy Line"" – is a heritage steam railway in Norfolk, England, running between the coastal towns of Sheringham and Holt. It cuts through the countryside to the east of Weybourne with views of its windmill and passes through the well preserved country station which also houses a locomotive shed together with a carriage maintenance and restoration centre. The Norfolk Orbital Railway, an independent organisation, has plans to join and link the NNR with the Mid-Norfolk Railway. The line, which is just over long, once formed part of"
"musical theme is Emmy the Great’s ""Lost in You"". Cromer Cromer ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is approximately north of the county city of Norwich, north-northeast of London and east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The civil parish has an area of and at the 2011 census had a population of 7,683. The town is notable as a traditional tourist resort and for the Cromer"
"in 1864 and opened between Norwich and in 1874 by the East Norfolk Railway, and was extended to Cromer by 1877. The rest of the line, between Cromer and Sheringham, was opened in 1887 using a section of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line (a further section of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway running from Sheringham to Holt is preserved as the North Norfolk Railway). From the early twentieth century until the end of steam services, in 1962, the Great Eastern Railway operated coastal holiday services from London Liverpool Street under names such as 'Norfolk Coast"
"of North Norfolk and that of the County of Norfolk in which it is located. A Roman temple hoard from Felmingham Hall near the village was acquired by the British Museum in 1925. The village’s closest rail link is at nearby North Walsham Railway station where the Bittern Line from Cromer to Norwich can be accessed and the national rail network beyond. The village is sited along the B1145 a route which runs between King's Lynn and Mundesley, and is located between the A149 King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth road (East of the Village) and the A140 Cromer to Norwich"
"Honing, Norfolk Honing is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north-northeast of Norwich, south east of Cromer and north-east of London. The village lies east of the town of North Walsham. The nearest railway station is at Worstead on the Bittern Line which runs between Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village and parish of Honing with Crostwight had in the 2001 census, a population of 319, but this fell to 312 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the village falls within"
"Holt, Norfolk Holt is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn. The town is on the route of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the national rail network can be made via the Bittern Line to Norwich. Holt also has a railway station on the preserved North Norfolk Railway, the 'Poppy Line', of which it is the south-western terminus. The nearest airport"
"‘Oliver Cromwell’ hauling a train from London Liverpool Street. Occasional uses by charter trains and visiting rolling stock are anticipated to not exceed 12 times a year. Sheringham railway station (North Norfolk Railway) Sheringham is the name of a preserved railway station in Sheringham, Norfolk. It was once part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network and closed in 1967 when a new station was opened by British Rail approx. 200m eastwards. Since 1975 it has served as the eastern terminus of the North Norfolk Railway. In March 2010, the link to Network Rail was reinstated. The station"
"part of the North Norfolk Railway, which runs along the old Cromer Branch route as far as Holt railway station. Another Sheringham railway station exists on the National Rail network, just across the road from the NNR station. Between 2007 and 2010, work was undertaken to reinstate the original level crossing across the road to allow trains from Norwich to run onto the North Norfolk Railway heritage line tracks. BBC Look East reported on 17 December 2007 that Network Rail supported the level crossing plans to allow occasional use for trains to cross between tracks. It was announced by the"
"was named after the village; being made at the Boulton & Paul aircraft factory in Norwich in the late 1920s. Sidestrand Sidestrand is a village and a civil parish on the coast of the English county of Norfolk. The village is north of Norwich, south east of Cromer and north-east of London. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham for the Bittern Line which runs between Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. From the Census 2011 the population was included in the civil parish of Trimingham. The name Sidestrand is thought to derive from the"
"the mainline. These include 70000,70013 and two B1s. Plans are already floating around for 70013 to be the first tour over the new crossing. The Norfolkman The Norfolkman was an express passenger train between London Liverpool Street station and Norwich. In the Summer, the service was extended to the Norfolk coast, first at Sheringham and later at Cromer. The train, usually hauled by a LNER Thompson Class B1 or a BR Standard Class 7 ran along the Great Eastern main line to Norwich; the heyday of the train was in the 1950s. Famous engines that would have hauled this train"
"In 1965, within a year of the closure of this line, the North Norfolk Railway was formed to restore part of the line as an independent heritage steam railway. Initially it operated between Sheringham and Weybourne; later it was extended to the eastern edge of Holt. Until a few years ago, a horse-bus service, the ""Holt Flyer"", ran between the Railway Tavern in the town centre and the new railway station, timed to connect with trains. The horse-bus has now been replaced by an AEC Routemaster bus. There are now plans by the Norfolk Orbital Railway to extend the railway"
"The Norfolkman The Norfolkman was an express passenger train between London Liverpool Street station and Norwich. In the Summer, the service was extended to the Norfolk coast, first at Sheringham and later at Cromer. The train, usually hauled by a LNER Thompson Class B1 or a BR Standard Class 7 ran along the Great Eastern main line to Norwich; the heyday of the train was in the 1950s. Famous engines that would have hauled this train include 70013 ""Oliver Cromwell"" and 70000 ""Britannia"" as they were allocated to Norwich depot (32A). Once at Norwich the train left to go on"
"the opening of a new level crossing at Sheringham. Passenger numbers are increasing, and the route has seen a number of service improvements in recent years, including additional services on the timetable. The towns and villages served by the route are: Passenger services are operated by Greater Anglia. The typical service is one train per hour in each direction between Norwich and Sheringham. Calling patterns are varied, with some trains stopping at all stations while others omit some of the lesser-used stations along the line, such as , and . Trains are typically formed of Class 153, Class 156 and"
"Cromer Cromer ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is approximately north of the county city of Norwich, north-northeast of London and east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The civil parish has an area of and at the 2011 census had a population of 7,683. The town is notable as a traditional tourist resort and for the Cromer crab, which forms the major source of income for"
"Little Barningham Little Barningham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north of Norwich, south-west of Cromer and north-east of London. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the national rail network can be made via the Bittern Line to Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. Little Barningham is within the area covered by North Norfolk District Council. The village is mentioned in the great survey of 1086 known as the Domesday book. In the survey the village has the names of ""Bernincham"""
"Sheringham railway station (North Norfolk Railway) Sheringham is the name of a preserved railway station in Sheringham, Norfolk. It was once part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network and closed in 1967 when a new station was opened by British Rail approx. 200m eastwards. Since 1975 it has served as the eastern terminus of the North Norfolk Railway. In March 2010, the link to Network Rail was reinstated. The station was first opened on 16 June 1887 by the Eastern and Midlands Railway as part of the Cromer Branch linking the Norfolk Coast to the junction at"
"Cromer railway station Cromer is a railway station in the English county of Norfolk. Because the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR) line approached Cromer from the west, following the coastal clifftops, it avoided the steep escarpment which had prevented the earlier line from Norwich running all the way into the town. Consequently, it became possible to build a far more conveniently located station, near to the town centre and the beach. The station opened as Cromer Beach on 16 June 1887 and was renamed Cromer on 20 October 1969, following the closure of Cromer High station in 1954."
"marjoram autumn gentian and carline thistle. In the later half of the year (autumn and winter), purging buckthorns are popular. Narborough Railway Line Narborough Railway Line or Narborough Railway Embankment is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of King's Lynn in Norfolk. It is a former railway embankment which is now a nature reserve managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. It is 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Narborough, on the A47 going east from King's Lynn to Swaffham, and it can be entered by a car park west of the reserve. It was documented in 1847 as"
"line from Norwich to Sheringham is part of the National Rail network, marketed as the ""Bittern Line"". The line from Sheringham to Holt is operated as the North Norfolk Railway. Since March 2010 the two lines have been connected by a ""periodic use"" level crossing. The trackbed through Holt, and the original station site, have been used to construct the town's bypass. The trackbed is then mostly clear as far as Melton Constable, although a couple of small homes have been built on the line and some of the formation has been lost to agriculture. The station site at Melton"
"of the town centre, but within walking distance of the beach. It is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. , the typical off-peak service at Sheringham is one train per hour to Norwich. Between 2007 and 2010, work was undertaken to reinstate the original level crossing across the road to allow trains from Norwich to run onto the North Norfolk Railway (NNR) heritage line tracks. The BBC reported in December 2007 that Network Rail supported the plans to allow occasional crossing of the tracks for trains onto the heritage route. It was announced by"
"a frequent service between Norwich, Cromer and Sheringham. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The North Sea is the northern boundary of the parish, the parish of Runton forms the western boundary, the wooded Beeston Regis Heath forms the southern boundary with the parish of Aylmerton and the parish of Sheringham lies to the west. There are few traces of early antiquity in Beeston Regis. However, evidence of Roman habitation was found on Beeston Regis Heath in 1859 when a complete set of quern-stones were found dating from Roman times. Quern-stones were used to grind materials, the most important"
"at about 10mph. The car was badly damaged, but nobody was hurt and the train and rail infrastructure was not damaged. This automatic open level crossing, controlled by lights which were working properly at the time, is the only one in regular use on the railway. North Norfolk Railway The North Norfolk Railway (NNR) – also known as the ""Poppy Line"" – is a heritage steam railway in Norfolk, England, running between the coastal towns of Sheringham and Holt. It cuts through the countryside to the east of Weybourne with views of its windmill and passes through the well preserved"
"Colby, Norfolk Colby is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south of Cromer, north-north-west of Norwich, west-north-west of North Walsham and north-east of London. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham Railway station where the Bittern Line from Cromer to Norwich can be accessed and the national rail network beyond. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village lies a small distance east from the A140 Cromer to Norwich road. The parish of Colby in the 2001 census, has a population of 524, including Banningham but reducing to 494"
"station – previously called simply Wroxham Station – is actually located in Hoveton. Now called Hoveton and Wroxham railway station, it is on the Bittern Line from Norwich to Cromer and Sheringham, and the terminus of the narrow gauge Bure Valley Railway to Aylsham. The Church of St Mary the Virgin is grade 1 listed and stands at the top of a steep slope above the River Bure, built of flint with limestone dressings and lead roofs. It has a high tower and a famous Norman (12th century) south doorway, stained blue, with seven orders and three shafts, described by"
"Calthorpe, Norfolk Calthorpe is a small village within the civil parish of Erpingham in the English county of Norfolk, United Kingdom. The village is located west of the village of Erpingham, north of the nearest town of Aylsham and is north of the nearest city of Norwich. The nearest railway station is at Gunton for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich and is from the village. The nearest airport is Norwich International south of the village. The village name devolved from Old Scandinavian language and has the meaning of outlying farm or small hamlet owned by"
"Calthorpe, Norfolk Calthorpe is a small village within the civil parish of Erpingham in the English county of Norfolk, United Kingdom. The village is located west of the village of Erpingham, north of the nearest town of Aylsham and is north of the nearest city of Norwich. The nearest railway station is at Gunton for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich and is from the village. The nearest airport is Norwich International south of the village. The village name devolved from Old Scandinavian language and has the meaning of outlying farm or small hamlet owned by"
"Windmill. Sheringham is a seaside resort. The route now passes the terminus for the North Norfolk Railway on the left. The A149 runs south of the heart of the town, passing the prominent hill on the left known locally as ""Beeston Bump"". The road now also has a railway line running parallel on the seaward side. At the road reaches the village of Beeston Regis followed by West Runton. The last village before Cromer is East Runton were the landscape of the coast is peppered with static caravans or mobile homes. The A149 now reaches the fading Victorian splendour of"
"one of Saint George slaying the Dragon, and one of the feet of Saint Christopher. The church is a Grade I listed building . Banningham Banningham is a village within the civil parish of Colby in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 2.9 miles north east of Aylsham, 14.7 miles west north of Norwich and 129 miles north east of London. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham Railway station where the Bittern Line from Cromer to Norwich can be accessed and the national rail network beyond. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village lies"
"Norfolk Coast Express The Norfolk Coast Express was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom. The train was introduced for the summer season in 1907 by the Great Eastern Railway. It was timed to leave London Liverpool Street at 1.30pm, and arrive in Cromer at 4.25pm, Sheringham at 4.43pm, and Mundesley at 4.34 pm. The returning service departed Sheringham at 12.36pm, Mundesley at 12.47pm, Cromer at 1.00pm, arriving in London Liverpool Street at 3.55pm. For this new service the Great Eastern Railway provided new locomotives and rolling stock. The length of the train was with a trailing weight"
"and a fine example of the snowdrop tree. Several overlook towers provide good views over the gardens, and of the nearby coast and surrounding countryside. A garden temple was constructed in the Park in 1975. Graham Brennan is the Head Warden. Sheringham Park is located 2 miles south west of the coastal town of Sheringham, 5 miles west of Cromer and 6 miles east of Holt. The main entrance is at the junction of the A148 Cromer to Holt road and the B1157 road to Upper Sheringham. The Norfolk Coast Path passes through the property. A car park, cafe and"
"was outbid by a London developer who claimed not to know of the project. The land was once again auctioned on 10 December 2014, and was secured for the railway project for £24,000. Norfolk Orbital Railway The Norfolk Orbital Railway — as the Holt, Melton Constable and Fakenham Railway Company — is a community railway project in Norfolk, England, to investigate and with others put in place a cohesive public transport structure for all who live and work in Norfolk as well as visitors. The proposed line would link stations at Sheringham and Wymondham on the national rail network by"