The Borough of Great Yarmouth is a

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with

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status in

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

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. It is named after its main town,

Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth (), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town and unparished area in, and the main administrative centre of, the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. A pop ...

History

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, under the

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, as a merger of the former

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of Great Yarmouth, along with part of

Blofield and Flegg Rural District Blofield and East and West Flegg Rural Districts were adjacent rural districts in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1935. They were formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on rural sanitary districts of the same names, and lay between Nor ...

, and also part of the

Lothingland Rural District Lothingland was a rural district in East Suffolk, England, named after the ancient half-hundred of Lothingland which was merged with Mutford half-hundred in 1763 to form Mutford and Lothingland. The rural district was formed in 1934 by the mer ...

in East Suffolk. Council Hall, Caister-on-Sea - geograph

The amendment to include five parishes from Lothingland RD in

was made by Anthony Fell, MP for Yarmouth, at committee stage. In the 2016 Referendum on the issue, 71.5% of Great Yarmouth voted to leave the European Union, the 5th highest such leave vote in the country.

Politics

Elections to the borough council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the currently 39 seats on the council being elected at each election. ;Historic overall control of council by party group *

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: 1973 to 1980, 1983 to 1986, 2000 to 2012, 2016 to date *

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:1990 to

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to 2013 *No overall control by one group of councillors in other years As of the end of April 2018,

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s have these denominations: ;UK Youth Parliament Although the

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is an apolitical organisation, the elections are run in a way similar to that of the Local Elections. The votes come from 11 to 18-year olds and are combined to make the decision of the next, 2-year

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. The elections are run at different times across the country with Great Yarmouth's typically being in early Spring and bi-annually. The current Member of Youth Parliament for Great Yarmouth is Cameron Hodds MYP. Gorleston On Sea aerial image - Norfolk UK beach (14610803220)

Gorleston On Sea aerial image - Norfolk UK beach (14610803220)

Composition

The borough comprises the urban area of Great Yarmouth itself, together with 21 surrounding parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the borough had an area of 182 km², of which 26 km² was in the urban area and 156 km² in the surrounding parishes. The borough had a population of 90,810 in 39,380 households, with 47,288 people in 21,007 households living in the urban area, whilst 43,522 people in 18,373 households lived in the surrounding parishes.

Places

Besides Great Yarmouth itself, other significant settlements in the borough include: * Bastwick, Belton, Bradwell, Browston Green,

Burgh Castle Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the east bank of the River Waveney, some west of Great Yarmouth and within the Norfolk Broads National Park. The parish was part of Suffolk until ...

, Burgh St Margaret *

Caister-on-Sea Caister-on-Sea, also known colloquially as Caister, is a large village and seaside resort in Norfolk, England. It is close to the large town of Great Yarmouth. At the 2001 census it had a population of 8,756 and 3,970 households, the populati ...

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* East Somerton *

Filby Filby is a village and civil parish in the English of Norfolk. The village is located north-west of Great Yarmouth and east of Norwich, between Filby and Ormesby Little Broads. History Filby's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin ...

Fleggburgh Fleggburgh, also known as Burgh St Margaret, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located north-west of Great Yarmouth and east of Norwich, bisected by the A1064 between Acle and Caister-on-Sea. Histo ...

, Fritton *

Gorleston-on-Sea Gorleston-on-Sea (), known colloquially as Gorleston, is a town in the Borough of Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, England, to the south of Great Yarmouth. Situated at the mouth of the River Yare it was a port town at the time of the Domesday Book. ...

Hemsby Hemsby is a village, seaside resort and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. It is situated some north of the town of Great Yarmouth.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . In the 2001 census Hemsby had a ...

Hopton-on-Sea Hopton-on-Sea is a village, civil parish and seaside resort on the coast of East Anglia in the county of Norfolk. The village is south of Great Yarmouth, north-west of Lowestoft and near the UK's most easterly point, Lowestoft Ness. The villa ...

Martham Martham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and north-east of the city of Norwich. The villages name means 'marten homestead/village' or 'weasel/marten h ...

Mautby Mautby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, in the East Flegg Hundred. The parish comprises a largely rural area along the north bank of the River Bure, and also includes the small villages of Runham and Thrigby. It is ...

* Runham *

Ormesby St. Margaret Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby is a civil parish in the England, English county of Norfolk. It is made up of the inland village of Ormesby St Margaret and the adjacent seaside resorts of Scratby and California. The villages are some apart, an ...

Ormesby St. Michael Ormesby St Michael is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and east of the city of Norwich. Nearby are Ormesby Broad and Ormesby Little Broad, both pa ...

* Repps, Rollesby *

St. Olaves St Olaves is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Waveney, south-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and the same distance north-west of the Suffolk town of Lowestoft. It is within The Broads national ...

, Scratby, Stokesby *

Thrigby Thrigby is a village and former civil parish east of Norwich, now in the parish of Mautby, in the Borough of Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 47. Amenities It ha ...

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Winterton-on-Sea Winterton-on-Sea is a village and civil parish on the North Sea coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is north of Great Yarmouth and east of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The civil parish ...

* Cobholm Island Great Yarmouth Sea Front from Scroby Sands - geograph

Parishes

The urban area of Great Yarmouth itself is unparished. The remainder of the district comprises the following

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es: *

Ashby with Oby Ashby with Oby is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, which is located some 5 km or 3 miles north of Acle and 15 km or 9 miles north-west of Great Yarmouth. It named for the deserted mediaeval villages of Ashby and Oby, wit ...

* Belton with Browston †, Bradwell †,

† *

, Fleggburgh with Billockby & Clippesby, Fritton and St. Olaves † *

† *

Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby is a civil parish in the England, English county of Norfolk. It is made up of the inland village of Ormesby St Margaret and the adjacent seaside resorts of Scratby and California. The villages are some apart, an ...

Repps with Bastwick Repps with Bastwick is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It comprises the adjacent villages of Bastwick and Repps, which are situated some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and north-east of the city of Norwich. The pari ...

, Rollesby *

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Stokesby with Herringby Stokesby with Herringby is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It comprises the village of Stokesby and the surrounding rural area. It is situated on the banks of the River Bure, some 10 km west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 25 ...

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West Caister West Caister is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated just inland from the coast, some from the seaside resort of Caister-on-Sea and north of the town of Great Yarmouth. The civil parish has an area of a ...

† formerly part of

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the

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of Great Yarmouth.

Individuals

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Rt Hon Lord Nelson : 1800. *

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Cora Batley: 1997. *

Michael Thomas Jeal: 14 April 2022.

Military Units

* The 1st East Anglian Regiment: 1963. * The

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: 1964. *

HMS Yarmouth Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Yarmouth'' after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth: * was a 50-gun ship launched in 1653 and broken up in 1680. * was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1709 ...

, RN: 1984. * The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Lifeboat Station, RNLI: 1984. * The

Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service, or Caister Lifeboat, is based at Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk, and operates one of only three offshore lifeboats in the UK that are independent of the RNLI. A lifeboat at Caister was first documented in 1791, ...

: 1984. * 901 Troop

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: 28 September 2012. * The

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(Great Yarmouth Branch): 2 November 2012. * , RN: 11 June 2013.

References

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