Terrington Marsh
Terrington Marsh is a drained coastal marshland on the southern shore of the Wash, mainly in Norfolk, but the boundary of Norfolk with Lincolnshire has been drawn through it to the open water.
Once a treacherous, disease-ridden marshland, Terrington Marsh is now rich farmland, dotted with little farms, and scored with many utterly straight farm tracks joining them in a network.
At the southern edge of the marsh is Terrington St Clement, a little Norfolk village serving as the metropolis of the march. Just west of it is a hamlet named Walpole Cross Keys, the last village in Norfolk, and to the east is Clenchwarton. The eastern edge of the marsh is marked by the tidal channel of the Great Ouse, across with is King's Lynn. In the west the marsh wanders across into Holland and ends at the Nene Outfall Cut. The Lincolnshire part of the marsh is known as Wingland Marsh though it is barely distinguishable from Terrington Marsh proper.
The marsh is largely below sea level, and defended from inundation by a long sea wall
Location
- Location map: 52°47’13"N, 0°17’22"E
- Streetmap:TF545235
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