Swanton Abbott

Swanton Abbott
Swanton Abbott
Swanton Abbott shown within Norfolk
Area 4.76 km2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population 565 (2011)
• Density 119/km2 (310/sq mi)
OS grid reference TG264257
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR10
Dialling code 01692
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament

Swanton Abbott is a village and civil parish in the district of North Norfolk.[1] It has an area of 4.76 square kilometres (1.84 sq mi) and a population of 565 at the 2011 Census (including Westwick).[2] The village lies 4 miles (6.4 km) south of North Walsham, 15 miles (24 km) south of the north Norfolk seaside town of Cromer and 13.5 miles (21.7 km) north by road from the centre of the city of Norwich, Norfolk's administrative centre.

Amenities

It is served by St Michael's church[3] in the ecclesiastical parish of Worstead. A small group attend the Wesleyan Reform Union Chapel in the village.

Swanton Abbott Community Primary School is a co-educational school for children from 4–11 years.

There were two public houses in the village, the Jolly Farmers and the Weavers Arms. The Weavers Arms closed around 2003 and the Jolly Farmers closed in 2010 but re-opened in 2011 under new management.

St Michael, Swanton Abbot

References

  1. ↑ Census 2001 population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Norfolk churches

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