Know About Worstead : Worstead is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies 5 km south of North Walsham, 9 km north of Wroxham, and 20 km north of Norwich. The village is served by Worstead railway station on the Bittern Line,Worstead is called Wrdesteda and Ordested. King Canute gave the village to the abbots of St. Benet's Abbey on the River Bure in the Norfolk Broads. The village became very prosperous from the 12th century when weavers from Flanders arrived in the area. They had been encouraged to settle in Norfolk by King Edward III of England who had married a Flemish princess.

Worstead Local Attractions : The Norfolk Broads (5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction SE) - Sutton Windmill & The Broads Museum (6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction E) - Bure Valley Railway (6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction W) - Blickling Hall (7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction W) - Hickling Broad (7.9 miles, 12.6 km, direction E) - Horsey Mere (9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction E) - Mannington Hall & Gardens (10.7 miles, 17.1 km, direction W) - Felbrigg Hall (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction NW) - Cow Tower (11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction S) - Cromer Lighthouse (11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction NW) - Norwich Cathedral (11.3 miles, 18.1 km, direction S) - Norwich Castle (11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction S) - The Forum, Norwich (11.7 miles, 18.9 km, direction SW) - Dinosaur Adventure Park (13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction SW) - Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens (13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction SE).