East Anglia

East Anglia is a region of eastern England, named after one of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, which was named after the homeland of the Angles, Angeln in northern Germany. The kingdom consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk but the region's boundaries are vague. It includes the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, with part or all of the pre-April 1 1974 Cambridgeshire. Some people include Essex - sometimes only the northern part thereof - and a small part of southern Lincolnshire bordering The Wash. Some of the area is characterised by its flatness, consisting of fenland and reclaimed marshland, though much of Suffolk comprises gently rolling hills. East Anglia forms part of the East of England administrative region.

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England - Anglo-Saxon - Angeln - Germany - Norfolk - Suffolk - April 1 - 1974 - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Lincolnshire - The Wash - Fen - Marshland - East of England - Administrative region

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Arable farming and horticulture have proven very successful in this fertile country. The landscape has been heavily influenced by Dutch technology, from the influx of clay pantiles to the draining of the fens. It has a wide range of small-scale holiday destinations ranging from traditional coastal resorts, through historic towns such as Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge and Ely to the modern holiday villas of Center Parcs set in Thetford Forest. The military constructed many airfields during World War II and a few of these remain in use. One, near Norwich, has become Norwich International Airport, a civilian airfield to serve the city.

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Farming - Horticulture - Dutch - Clay - Pantiles - Bury St Edmunds - Cambridge - Ely - Center Parcs - Thetford - Military - Airfield - World War II - Norwich - Norwich International Airport

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The Norfolk Broads, now part of The Broads National Park, form a network of waterways between Norwich and the coast and are popular for recreational boating.

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Norfolk Broads - The Broads National Park - Waterway

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The University of East Anglia lies a few miles west of Norwich. Norwich is the largest city in East Anglia, but the East of England regional assembly is based in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

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University of East Anglia - Norwich - Norwich - Bury St. Edmunds - Suffolk

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