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Wighton

Wighton is a traditional north Norfolk, brick & flint village. It is just 2.5 miles from the sea at Wells and sits in a triangle between Wells, Binham & Walsingham making it an ideal base to explore the area and get away from the hustle and bustle of the busier towns.

It is still a busy community with working farms, including Copys Green farm where Mrs. Temple’s Cheeses are made, including the highly acclaimed ‘Binham Blue’.
The Old School Gallery has been home to Sculptor Henry Moore and more recently, till his death, internationally recognised artist Alfred Cohen. Diana Cohen still runs the gallery showing leading artists & exhibitions.

There is now only one public house left in the village, The Carpenters Arms.

The Wighton Scarecrow Festival takes place over the Saturday, Sunday & Monday of the first May Bank Holiday. This event has become a high point in the Norfolk calendar and attracts thousands of visitors, including holiday- makers now making it an annual pilgrimage to the event. There are varied exhibitions and a scarecrow café to enjoy, as well as, scarecrows in many of the gardens and public areas. The Children’s competition is always on the common on the Sunday afternoon. All events are free and open to all visitors & locals.

All-Saints Church has an interesting history; it is surprisingly bigger than Wells church, with the tower rebuilt in the 1970’s by donation from a wealthy Canadian. The size of the church reflects that the Wighton community was once bigger than Well’s, till the industrial revolution, when a reversal of fortune took place with Well’s mills automating and Wighton’s didn’t.

The Wells to Walsingham light railway passes the outskirts of the village on, what was, the old main London line and can still be used to get to and from Wighton at Seaton’s Halt.