St Olaves
| St Olaves | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 St Olaves wind pump | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM458994 |
| Location: | 52°32’13"N, 1°37’23"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Great Yarmouth |
| Postcode: | NR31 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Great Yarmouth |
St Olaves is a village in the very north-east of Suffolk. The village is situated on the River Waveney, which forms the border with Norfolk, some six miles south-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and the same distance north-west of Lowestoft. It is within The Broads National Park.[1]
Today the village forms part of the civil parish of Fritton and St Olaves, as well as the ancient parish of Herringfleet.
St Olaves Bridge, a suspension bridge, is the first bridging point on the Waveney above Great Yarmouth. Haddiscoe railway station, on the Wherry Lines service between Norwich and Lowestoft, is across the bridge approximately a mile from the centre of the village. St Olaves used to have its own railway station, but this is now closed.
The village is the location of the remains of a 13th century Augustinian priory. St Olaves Priory was dedicated to St Olav. On the site there are parts of the refectory, cloisters, and the priory mill.[2]
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- ↑ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
- ↑ "History of St Olave’s Priory". English Heritage. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-olaves-priory/history/. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
