Aylsham

Also known as Aylsham, Norfolk

Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly north of Norwich. The town is close to Blickling, Felbrigg, Mannington and Wolterton, which are important tourist attractions.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Aylsham
UK place.population: 8,817
UK place.population_ref: (2021)
UK place.shire_district: Broadland
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.shire_county: Norfolk
UK place.static_image_name: File:Aylsham town centre just off the market place, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 1358110.jpg
UK place.constituency_westminster: Broadland and Fakenham
UK place.post_town: NORWICH
UK place.postcode_district: NR11
UK place.postcode_area: NR
UK place.dial_code: 01263
UK place.civil_parish: Aylsham

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: market town
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Broadland
Population: 5504
Area: 17.52
Time zone: UTC±00:00
Image: Aylsham Town Hall.jpg
Dialing code: 01263

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Commons category: Aylsham
OS grid reference: TG1927
postal code: NR11
P8168: Zhao Jianhua

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

History
Local events and attractions
Local government
Parish church
Transport
Roads
Railways
Waterways
Media
Notable people
Listed buildings
Twinning
References
External links

The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 5,504 increasing to a population of 6,016 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aylsham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.