Geo-Trips :: Central East Anglia
Griston
A drive from Newmarket, Tue, 27 Mar 2018 by David Howard
This was the second of two trips to the area, the first being mainly to get two pre-Worboys signs which no longer existed once I got there, and discovered some unclaimed first Geographs as a result which I didn't manage to get. After spending half an hour wandering around partly across manure neither attempt reached the correct squares, so armed with the information where square one was (50 yards from where I went) and square two (a mile through more manure) I returned to both claim the easy one and then get as much of the surrounding area as possible. The route is so easy you can get on the A1 in Edgware and keep going in one go with barely any stops.
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The A11 Thetford Bypass
At the exit from the services
The Thetford Bypass at the junction of Croxton Road
Croxton Road north of Thetford
This is the access road from the A11
Track in Waterhouse Plantation, Tottington
The village was taken over by the army along with various others and all the... more
Pond in Waterhouse Plantation, Tottington
This is currently a mystery, the map shows the track with the army building at the... more
Thompson Road at the Griston Crossroads
Rocklands Road at the junction of Watton Road
Muddy track off Rocklands Road, Shropham
The Street, Rockland All Saints
The old and new A11 junction, Elveden
Norwich Road, Thetford
Looking towards the Red House residential home
The Street, Croxton
Looking towards All Saint's Church
Harling Drove at the junction of Wyrley's Belt
Pond in Waterhouse Plantation, Tottington
The map doesn't show a pond this size by the road but this is it.
Pond in Waterhouse Plantation, Tottington
Woods by Peddars Way, Pockthorpe
Waterhouse Plantation, Pockthorpe
Bungalows on Wyreley's Belt, Thorpe
Pond in Waterhouse Plantation, Tottington
The pond appears to have grown since being mapped by OS
Converted building on The Street, Caston
As the school is next door I'm guessing this was originally part of it.
Barn at Church Farm, Rockland All Saints
House on Mill Lane, Rockland All Saints
The exit to Premier Sport, Shropham
Premier Sport provides training and games for indoor football and other sports.
Church Road at the junction of Watton Road
Houses on Watton Road, Larling
Houses outside the Elveden Estate
Almshouses on the Elveden Estate
Farm track off Thompson Road, Griston
Field by Mill Lane, Rockland All Saints
Farm working at Norrold's Farm
Norwich Road at the junction of Churchill Road
Houses on Norwich Road, Thetford
Old and new houses on Norwich Road, Thetford
You can't see it on the left but the new house copies the bay window of the... more
Electricity transformer on London Road, Thetford
Houses by London Road, Thetford
The entrance to Redneck Farm, Elveden
Lorry parking on Newmarket Road, Red Lodge
See previous very similar view. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5417910
Bray's Lane at the corner of Bell Lane
Woodlands by The Street, Rocklands
Conifers by Harling Drove, Croxton
This is near the same woods where the final episode of Dad's Army was filmed,... more
Woods by Wyrley's Belt, Croxton
Sheep grazing by Wyreley's Belt, Thorpe
Field by Wyrley's Belt, Thorpe
Green by Wyrley's Belt, Wretham
Track in Waterhouse Plantation, Tottington
Waterhouse Plantation, Tottington
Bus shelter on School Road, Thompson
Pond in Waterhouse Plantation, Tottington
I can't wait!
These are the pictures outside the toilets in the BP garage, the ladies is the... more
BP garage on the Thetford bypass
The fence has been added since 2011
Newly cleared verge by the BP garage on the Thetford bypass
Church Road at the junction of Thetford Road
The church of St. Martin, Thompson
Rocklands Road, Mount Pleasant
Rocklands Road, Mount Pleasant
Electricity pole on Church Road, Shropham
Lay-by on the A11, Larling Heath
Lay-by on the A11, Larling Heath
Lay-by on the A11, Larling Heath
Park by the River Ouse, Thetford
Sliproad for the A11, Elveden
This appears to be a permanent diversion to reach the A11 from Elveden since... more
The Elveden War Memorial
Here is the summary https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1037610
Parking area on the A11, Elveden
The Elveden War Memorial
Summary here https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1037610
Layby on Newmarket Road, Barton Mills
Fields by Newmarket Road, Barton Mills
Layby on Newmarket Road, Barton Mills
Layby on the A11, Newmarket Bypass
Estate on Wyrley's Belt, Wretham
Watton Road by Hockham caravan site
All images © David Howard and available under a Creative Commons licence .