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Mattishall

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A popular village in a useful location

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Mattishall
13 mins to Dereham
25 mins to Norwich
41 mins to Thetford
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The popular village of Mattishall is about 9 miles to the west of Norwich and 4 miles from the market town of Dereham.

Mattishall

The village has a good range of amenities including a village store, post office, public house, church, doctor’s surgery with pharmacy, butchers, fish and chips takeaway, hairdressers and a very popular junior school.

There is a gym and two cafés, one being near the church, and a children’s nursery at Southgreen Enterprise Centre.

In addition to this the village has its own cricket, football, bowls and golf clubs for all ages. The village is about 2 miles from the A47 providing straight-forward access to Norwich and Dereham.

Dereham is a busy market town mixing both the new with the old. Free parking allows you time to stroll around seeking out the restaurants, pubs and cafes or for an afternoon shop.

There are museums, a leisure centre, golf course and schools within the town, or for the nature lovers take a stroll along the Neatherd Moor and the Vicarage Meadow.

Slightly further afield are the ruins of the Saxon Cathedral at North Elmham, the wildlife and Dinosaur Parks, Pensthorpe, a bird lovers paradise and Thetford Forest Park. Norwich has good local transport links with the town, with bus services as regular as every half hour to and from the city.

The city of Norwich provides a wider range of amenities including major rail links to London and beyond and Norwich International Airport.

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