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East of England

The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Its population as of the 2001 census was 5,388,140. The area is mostly low-lying, and the highest place is an unnamed point near the hill of Ivinghoe Beacon, near Tring, reaching 817 feet. Peterborough, Luton and Thurrock are the region's most populous urban areas.

 

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire (6/- )

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (12/- )

Essex

Essex (14/- )

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (6/- )

Norfolk

Norfolk (28/- )

Suffolk

Suffolk (18/- )

Bourne Mill

Colchester
Essex
Picturesque watermill

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Brancaster

King's Lynn
Norfolk
Large area of coastal habitat, particularly noted for birdlife

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Burgh Castle

Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd-century Saxon Shore fort. Panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which the fourth wall long since collapsed.

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Bury St Edmunds Abbey

Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
The extensive ruins of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monastery in England, shrine of St Edmund.

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Bushmead Priory

Bedford
Bedfordshire
A rare survival of the complete refectory of an Augustinian priory, with fine timber roof and notable 14th-century wall paintings.

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Caister Roman Site

Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
The partial remains of a Roman Saxon Shore fort, operating in partnership with Burgh Castle, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.

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Castle Acre Castle and Bailey Gate

Swaffham
Norfolk
Situated on the Peddar’s Way, a major trade and pilgrim route to Thetford, Bromholm Priory and Walsingham, it is a very rare and complete survival of a Norman planned settlement, including a castle, town, parish church and associated monastery.

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Castle Acre Priory

King's Lynn
Norfolk
One of the largest and bestpreserved monastic sites in England, the foundation of Castle Acre Priory in about 1090 sprang directly from a visit by William de Warenne II and his wife Gundrada to the great French monastery of Cluny.

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Castle Rising Castle

King's Lynn
Norfolk
One of the largest, bestpreserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.

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Chapel Farm

Dunstable
Bedfordshire
Trees, hedges and shrubs planted in the form of a medieval cathedral

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