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Acle Marshes

Coastal Marsh, Saltings in Norfolk Broadland

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Acle Marshes

Train passing the cows
Train passing the cows Credit: Matthew Chadwick

Acle Marshes is a coastal wetland located in Norfolk, England. Covering an area of approximately 1,200 hectares, it is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to its rich ecological value and diverse range of habitats.

The marshes are characterized by a combination of freshwater marsh, salt marsh, and tidal mudflats. The area is crisscrossed by a network of drainage channels and ditches, which help maintain the delicate balance of water levels and support a variety of plant and animal species.

In terms of vegetation, Acle Marshes boast a remarkable array of plant life. Saltmarsh grasses such as sea aster and sea purslane thrive in the saline conditions found closer to the coast, while further inland, reed beds and sedge meadows dominate the landscape. These habitats provide crucial breeding grounds and feeding areas for numerous bird species, including marsh harriers, bitterns, and bearded tits.

The marshes also attract a wealth of invertebrate life, with various species of dragonflies, butterflies, and beetles making their home here. Additionally, the mudflats serve as a vital feeding ground for wading birds, such as redshanks and curlews, which can be seen probing the sediment for food during low tide.

Acle Marshes offer visitors a chance to explore the unique coastal landscape of Norfolk. Several footpaths and bird hides have been established, allowing visitors to observe and appreciate the diverse wildlife in a serene and unspoiled environment.

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Acle Marshes Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 52.610905/1.6642024 or Grid Reference TG4807. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Train passing the cows
Train passing the cows
Wherryman's Way
Wherryman's Way
Lockgate Windmill
Lockgate Windmill
River Yare
River Yare
Train passing cows
Train passing cows
Halvergate Marshes
Halvergate Marshes
Halvergate Marshes
Halvergate Marshes
Breydon Water Pump and outlet
Breydon Water Pump and outlet
Breydon Water saltmarsh and mudflat Looking towards Lockgate Drainage Mill.
Breydon Water saltmarsh and mudflat
Looking towards Lockgate Drainage Mill.
Angles Way at the 2 metre spot height On the south bank of Breydon Water, west of Humberstone Farm.
Angles Way at the 2 metre spot height
On the south bank of Breydon Water, west of Humberstone Farm.
The railway line from Gt Yarmouth to Reedham The small bridge takes the railway line over a drainage ditch in the Acle Marshes.
The railway line from Gt Yarmouth to Reedham
The small bridge takes the railway line over a drainage ditch in the Acle Marshes.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe
Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe
Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe
Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe
Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe - the cap Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2371762" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2371762">Link</a> was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe - the cap
Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump > Link was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2371762" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2371762">Link</a> was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe
Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump > Link was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe - the scoop wheel Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2371762" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2371762">Link</a> was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
Lockgate drainage mill, Freethorpe - the scoop wheel
Lockgate Mill is situated in the parish of Freethorpe, about three kilometres to the west of Great Yarmouth. The grade II listed windpump > Link was used to drain the Acle Marshes to the north of it, and is also known as Freethorpe Mill, Banham's Black Mill and Duffel's Mill. It was built of red brick that was tarred black between 1800 and 1825. A farm (Lockgate Farm) used to adjoin it and the remains of the farmhouse can still be seen on the small island between the tower mill and the railway line. Initially, the mill was worked by members of the Banham family and the final marshman who worked the mill left in the mid-1940s. The mill fell into disrepair and in 1953 the sails were blown off in a gale. An aluminium cap was fitted in 1988 to protect the structure. Much of the remaining equipment within the mill was destroyed in 2001 by a fire believed to have been caused by vandalism.
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Acle Marshes is located at Grid Ref: TG4807 (Lat: 52.610905, Lng: 1.6642024)

Administrative County: Norfolk

District: Broadland

Police Authority: Norfolk

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