Great Cressingham is a village which lies about 5 miles (8 km) of Watton

Watton, Norfolk

Watton is a market town in the district of Breckland within the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the crossroads of the A1075 Dereham-Thetford road and the B1108 Brandon-Norwich Road, about west of Norwich....

, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Swaffham

Swaffham

Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households...

 and only 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off the A1065

A1065 road

The A1065 is a main road in the English region of East Anglia. It provides the principal road connection to parts of the west and north of the county of Norfolk from Newmarket and points south of there, including London...

 arterial road

Arterial road

An arterial road, or arterial thoroughfare, is a high-capacity urban road. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector roads to freeways, and between urban centres at the highest level of service possible. As such, many arteries are limited-access roads, or feature...

 just north of Hilborough

Hilborough

Hilborough is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south of Swaffham, west south west of Norwich and north north east of London. The village straddles the A1065 between Swaffham and Brandon...

. It is 2.5 miles (4 km) north west by road from Little Cressingham

Little Cressingham

Little Cressingham lies south east by road from Great Cressingham, west of Watton and south of Swaffham in the Breckland District of Norfolk...

. As of 2007, it has an estimated population of 235 in an area of 9.84 km² (3.8 sq mi).

The village church is dedicated to Saint Michael in the Benefice

Benefice

A benefice is a reward received in exchange for services rendered and as a retainer for future services. The term is now almost obsolete.-Church of England:...

 of Cockley Cley

Cockley Cley

Cockley Cley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 138 in 58 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

There is a pub called the Olde Windmill Inn.

The village school was built in 1840. It was used as a local Authority school until 1992 and was then acquired by Tom and Sally North. They have restored it as closely as possible to how it would have been in Victorian times and now run free historical school days.

Great Cressingtham is on the very edge of the Stanford Battle Area

Stanford Battle Area

Stanford Battle Area, better known as the Stanford Training Area , is a British Army training area situated in the English county of Norfolk. The area is approximately in size; it is some north of the town of Thetford and south-west of the city of Norwich...

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