Fleggburgh

Fleggburgh
St Margaret, Fleggburgh
Fleggburgh  Fleggburgh shown within Norfolk
Area	12.04 km^2 (4.65 sq mi)
Population	948
– density	79/km^2 (200/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG445140
Civil parish	Fleggburgh
District	Great Yarmouth
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode district	NR29
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°40′07″N 1°36′53″E / 52.66852°N 1.61471°E

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.

External links

• Fleggburgh Parish Council web site

• Map sources for Fleggburgh.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Burgh St Margaret.