Fleggburgh

Fleggburgh

St Margaret, Fleggburgh
Fleggburgh
 Fleggburgh shown within Norfolk
Area  12.04 km2 (4.65 sq mi)
Population 948 
    density  79/km2 (200/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG445140
Civil parishFleggburgh
DistrictGreat Yarmouth
Shire countyNorfolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town GREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode district NR29
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
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Coordinates: 52°40′07″N 1°36′53″E / 52.66852°N 1.61471°E / 52.66852; 1.61471

Fleggburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, sometimes also known as Burgh St Margaret. It is situated to the west of the Trinity Broads complex with the Broads National Park, some 12 km (7.5 mi) north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 25 km (16 mi) east of the city of Norwich.[1]

The civil parish, which also includes the villages of Billockby and Clippesby, has an area of 12.04 km2 (4.65 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 909 in 397 households, the population increasing to 948 in the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.[3]

Fleggburgh lies between Acle and Great Yarmouth. It has two churches, one of which burnt down in the 18th century, and one primary school.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same ward exists. This ward stretches south to Mautby with a total population taken in the 2011 census of 2,426.[4]

Notes

  1. Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
  2. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
  4. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 24 August 2015.

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