Swaffham
Sign in to saveSwaffham (; "swoffum") is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District and English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Swaffham
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.civil_parish
- Swaffham
- UK place.shire_district
- Breckland
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South West Norfolk
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Rotunda Swaffham.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Buttercross Swaffham market place
- UK place.population
- 8,434
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 29.6
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TF815095
- UK place.post_town
- SWAFFHAM
- UK place.postcode_area
- PE
- UK place.postcode_district
- PE37
- UK place.dial_code
- 01760
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Swaffham (; "swoffum") is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District and English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.
The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households, which increased to 7,258, in 3,258 households, at the 2011 census. By the time the 2021 census took place, the population had jumped to 8434. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.