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Northwold
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Also known as Northwold, Norfolk

Northwold ("North forest") is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,070 in 448 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,085 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the hamlets of Whittington and Little London.

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Place details

Locality
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
736
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.os_grid_reference
TL751971
UK place.official_name
Northwold
UK place.population
1,085
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.area_total_km2
19.72
UK place.static_image_name
Northwold.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Northwold
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
Northwold
UK place.constituency_westminster
South West Norfolk
UK place.postcode_district
IP26
UK place.postcode_area
IP
UK place.post_town
THETFORD
UK place.dial_code
01366

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Northwold ("North forest") is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,070 in 448 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,085 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the hamlets of Whittington and Little London.

The village is north of Brandon, which is also the closest railway station on the Thetford to Ely line, and from London. It lies just to the north of the A134 between Thetford and King's Lynn and on the river Wissey, in the Western division of the county, Grimshoe Hundred, Thetford union and county court district, Cranwich rural deanery, Norfolk archdeaconry and Norwich Diocese.

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

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