Brancaster
Sign in to saveBrancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county Norfolk. It is about west of the town Burnham Market, north of the town King's Lynn and north-west of the city Norwich. The parish includes the villages Brancaster and Brancaster Staithe and the former parish Burnham Deepdale, all of which lie along the A149 road. The Roman settlement Branodunum is on the edge of the village Brancaster.
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Place details
- Locality
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 430
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary the Virgin Brancaster Norfolk.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary the Virgin, Brancaster
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TF775438
- UK place.official_name
- Brancaster
- UK place.population
- 797
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 21.43
- UK place.shire_district
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Brancaster
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Population
- +797
- Area
- +21.43
- Image
- Brancaster village sign - geograph.org.uk - 265542.jpg
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Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county Norfolk. It is about west of the town Burnham Market, north of the town King's Lynn and north-west of the city Norwich. The parish includes the villages Brancaster and Brancaster Staithe and the former parish Burnham Deepdale, all of which lie along the A149 road. The Roman settlement Branodunum is on the edge of the village Brancaster.
The parish has an area of and at the 2011 census had a population of 797 in 406 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is on the North Sea coast, with the villages bordering Brancaster Manor marshes. Scolt Head Island, a barrier island designated as a National Nature Reserve within the neighbouring parish Burnham Norton, is immediately to the north of much the parish boundary.