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In the 1950s and '60s, Brancaster was considered as a possible location for the launching site for the British space programme. [5] This idea was expanded to include the village becoming the base for a facility that could be used by a spaceplane to undertake secret flights over the USSR.
The site is bounded by the modern village of Brancaster to the west, and the A149 road to the south. The site is maintained by the National Trust. Free access is possible from the adjoining A149 road or the Norfolk Coast Path. In Roman times, the fort's northern wall lay directly on the seashore, which served as a harbour.
Location: Locality: Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) OS grid reference: Branault: Highland: Branbridges: Kent: Brancaster: Norfolk: Brancaster Staithe: Norfolk
The road narrows and has a width restriction of 2 meters. The road then comes out passing a green and village; Burnham Overy Staithe. This village is a popular sailing village with a boathouse shop and pub. It is said that Lord Nelson learned to sail here, [5] hence the name of the pub, "The Hero", situated on the A149 itself. There is a walk ...
Burnham Deepdale is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brancaster, in the English county of Norfolk. Burnham Deepdale is located 18 miles (29 km) north-east of King's Lynn and 35 miles (56 km) north-west of Norwich .
The North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest is an area of European importance for wildlife in Norfolk, England.It comprises 7,700 ha (19,027 acres) of the county's north coast from just west of Holme-next-the-Sea to Kelling, and is additionally protected through Natura 2000, Special Protection Area (SPA) listings; it is also part of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural ...
Caister-on-Sea, Caistor St Edmund, California, Calthorpe Street, Cantley, Carbrooke, Cargate Green, Carleton Forehoe, Carleton Rode, Castle Acre, Castle Rising ...
Scolt Head Island is an offshore barrier island between Brancaster and Wells-next-the-Sea in north Norfolk.It is in the parish of Burnham Norton and is accessed by a seasonal ferry from the village of Overy Staithe.