North Norfolk is a
local government district 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 Nor ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
. Its council is based in
Cromer. The population at the 2011 Census was 101,149.
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...
. It was a merger of
Cromer Urban District,
North Walsham Urban District,
Sheringham Urban District,
Wells-next-the-Sea Urban District,
Erpingham Rural District, Smallburgh Rural District, and
Walsingham Rural District.
The district was originally to be called Pastonacres, but changed its name by resolution of the council and permission of the
Secretary of State for Environment before it formally came into existence on 1 April 1974.
Politics
Elections to the district council are held every four years, with all of the seats on the council up for election every fourth year. The council was run by a Conservative administration, the
Conservative party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
Political parties called The Conservative P ...
having gained a majority of 8 seats at the
2011 elections, which they increased to 18 at the
2015 elections. However, a series of subsequent by-elections
and defections has put the council under
No overall control. The council had previously been under
Liberal Democrat control from 2003.
In the 2015 elections, the Conservatives won a second successive term after more than doubling their majority to 18. The district is run using the Leader and Cabinet model used by the majority of councils in England and Wales, with the current leader Sarah Bütikofer of the Liberal Democrats having taken over in November, 2018.
Historical composition
Composition
The district is entirely parished, and is made up of 121
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
es. At the time of the
2001 census, the district had an area of , with a population of 98,382 in 43,502 households.
The district contains the following civil parishes:
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Alby with Thwaite,
Aldborough,
Antingham
Antingham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located about south of Cromer and north of North Walsham. The civil parish has an area of 6.12 square kilometres and in the 2001 census had ...
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Ashmanhaugh
Ashmanhaugh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 20 km north east of Norwich. See Inside the churches of St Swithinhere& Beeston St Lawrenchere Apart from Ashmanhaugh village itself, the parish also ...
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Aylmerton
Aylmerton is a village in the county of Norfolk, England. It is in the area of North Norfolk and lies south of the North Sea, south-west of Cromer and east of Holt. The parish is bordered by the parishes of Beeston Regis and Runton to th ...
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Baconsthorpe
Baconsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. It is 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Holt, 5 miles (8 km) south of Sheringham and 20 miles (32 km) north of Norwich.
Popula ...
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Bacton,
Barsham,
Barton Turf,
Beeston Regis,
Binham
Binham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north west of Norwich, west of Cromer and north north east of London. The village lies east south east of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea.
The neares ...
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Blakeney,
Bodham,
Briningham
Briningham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 9.9 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 13.3 miles west south west of Cromer, 22.3 miles north north west of the city of Norwich, and 124 mil ...
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Brinton,
Briston,
Brumstead
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Catfield
Catfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies south-south-east of the nearby town of Stalham.
History
Catfie ...
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Cley-Next-The-Sea,
Colby,
Corpusty
Corpusty is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Corpusty and Saxthorpe, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England, situated on the River Bure. Corpusty is about sixteen miles from Norwich and six miles ...
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Cromer
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Dilham,
Dunton
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East Beckham
East Beckham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.''OS Explorer Map 252 – Norfolk Coast East''. . The village is north of Norwich, south-west of Cromer and north-east of London. The nearest railway station is in ...
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East Ruston,
Edgefield,
Erpingham
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Fakenham,
Felbrigg
Felbrigg is a small village just south of Cromer in Norfolk, England.''OS Explorer Map 24'' (Edition A 1997) – ''Norfolk Coast Central''. . The Danish name means a 'plank bridge'.
Historians believe that the original village was clustered aro ...
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Felmingham
Felmingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located west of North Walsham and north of Norwich, along the B1145 between King's Lynn and Mundesley.
History
Felmingham's name is of Anglo-Saxon orig ...
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Field Dalling,
Fulmodeston
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Gimingham
Gimingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Gimingham has no shops, but has a Church, a pond and a preserved Water Mill. The village is north of North Walsham and south east of Cromer. It is north of the city of ...
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Great Snoring,
Gresham,
Guestwick,
Gunthorpe
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Hanworth,
Happisburgh
Happisburgh () is a village civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is on the coast, to the east of a north–south road, the B1159 from Bacton on the coast to Stalham. It is a nucleated village. The nearest substantial to ...
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Helhoughton
Helhoughton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is west-south-west of the town of Fakenham, west-northwest of Norwich and north-northeast of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which ...
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Hempstead,
Hempton,
Hickling,
High Kelling,
Hindolveston,
Hindringham,
Holkham,
Holt
Holt or holte may refer to:
Natural world
*Holt (den), an otter den
* Holt, an area of woodland
Places Australia
* Holt, Australian Capital Territory
* Division of Holt, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in Vic ...
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Honing,
Horning,
Horsey,
Hoveton
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Ingham,
Ingworth,
Itteringham
Itteringham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, some northwest of the market town of Aylsham. It covers an area of and had a population of 136 in 60 households at the 2001 census, the population reducing to 125 at ...
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Kelling
Kelling (also known as ''Low Kelling'' and as ''Lower Kelling'') is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is west of Cromer, north of Norwich, and northeast of London. The village straddles the A149 Coas ...
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Kettlestone,
Knapton
Knapton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is southeast of Cromer, northeast of Norwich and northeast of London. The Village is located alongside the B1145 a route which runs between King's Lynn and ...
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Langham,
Lessingham
Lessingham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 16.3 south-east of Cromer, 17.6 miles north-east of Norwich and 136 miles north-east of London. The village lies 9 miles south-east of the town of North ...
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Letheringsett with Glandford
Letheringsett with Glandford is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It includes the village of Letheringsett, along with the hamlet of Glandford. The village straddles the A148 King’s Lynn to Cromer road. Letheringsett is 1.2 mile ...
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Little Barningham,
Little Snoring,
Ludham
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Matlaske
Matlaske is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is North-north-west of Norwich, south-west of Cromer and north-north-east of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line ...
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Melton Constable,
Morston
Morston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
It covers an area of and had a population of 86 in 42 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civ ...
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Mundesley
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Neatishead,
Northrepps,
North Walsham
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Overstrand
Overstrand is a village (population 1,030) on the north coast of Norfolk in England, two miles east of Cromer. It was once a modest fishing station, with all or part of the fishing station being known as Beck Hythe. In the latter part of the 19t ...
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Paston,
Plumstead
Plumstead is an area in southeast London, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England. It is located east of Woolwich.
History
Until 1965, Plumstead was in the historic county of Kent and the detail of much of its early history can ...
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Potter Heigham,
Pudding Norton
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East Raynham,
West Raynham,
South Raynham
South Raynham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Raynham, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is situated on the A1065 road some SW of Fakenham. The River Wensum flows nearby. In 1931 ...
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Roughton,
West Runton
West Runton is a village in North Norfolk, England, on the North Sea coast.
Toponymy
The villages name means either, Runa's farm/settlement' or 'Runi's farm/settlement'.
Overview
West Runton and East Runton together form the parish of Runton ...
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East Runton,
Ryburgh
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Salthouse
Salthouse is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the salt marshes of North Norfolk. It is north of Holt, west of Sheringham and north of Norwich. The village is on the A149 coast road between ...
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Scottow,
Sculthorpe,
Sea Palling,
Sharrington
Sharrington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brinton, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is laid out on the southern edge of the A148, 3.5 miles west of Holt. The village is ...
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Sheringham,
Sidestrand,
Skeyton
Skeyton is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village and parish of Skeyton had in the 2001 census a population of 200, increasing slightly to 207 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the ...
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Sloley,
Smallburgh
Smallburgh is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is fourteen miles (21 km) south-east of Cromer, fourteen miles (21 km) north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies five miles ...
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Southrepps
Southrepps is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is southeast of Cromer, north of Norwich and north of London. The village lies northeast of the A149 between Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth. The ne ...
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Stalham,
Stibbard,
Stiffkey
Stiffkey () is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A149 coast road, some east of Wells-next-the-Sea, west of Blakeney, and north-west of the city of Norwich.Ordnance Survey ...
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Stody,
Suffield,
Sustead
Sustead is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about four miles south-west of Cromer.
The parish also includes the villages of Bessingham and Metton. The parish is bounded by Aldborough and Hanworth to the south, Ro ...
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Sutton,
Swafield
Swafield is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north north east of Norwich, south south east of Cromer and north-east of London. The village lies north of the town of North Walsham. The village sits ...
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Swanton Abbott
Swanton Abbott is a village and civil parish in the district of North Norfolk. It has an area of and a population of 565 at the 2011 Census (including Westwick). The village lies south of North Walsham, south of the seaside town of Cromer and ...
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Swanton Novers
Swanton Novers is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is west-south-west of Cromer, north-north-west of Norwich and north-north-east of London. The village lies south-west of the town of Holt. The near ...
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Tatterford,
Tattersett
Tattersett is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
It covers an area of and had a population of 902 in 390 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 962 at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local g ...
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Testerton
Testerton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Pudding Norton, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located between the village of Great Ryburgh and the market town of Fakenham. I ...
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Thornage
Thornage is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 2.7 miles south-west of Holt, 23.2 miles north-west of Norwich and 11.3 miles east of Fakenham, and straddles the B1110 road between Holt and Guist. The n ...
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Thorpe Market,
Thurgarton,
Thurning,
Thursford
Thursford is a village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, eastern England. The village is 16.3 miles southwest of Cromer, 24.5 miles northwest of Norwich and 121 miles north-east of London. The village lies 6.9 miles northwest of the nea ...
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Trimingham
Trimingham is a coastal village and a civil parish in the North Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. The village is north of North Walsham, east of Cromer, north of the city and county town of Norwich, and is on the B1159 coastal road bet ...
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Trunch
Trunch is a village and parish in Norfolk, England, situated three miles north of North Walsham and two miles from the coast at Mundesley. At the Census 2011 the village had a population of 909. The parish covers an area of .
The villages name ...
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Tunstead
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Upper Sheringham
Upper Sheringham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north-north-west of Norwich, west of Cromer and north-north-east of London. The village is from the town of Sheringham. The nearest railway st ...
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Walsingham,
Warham,
Wells-next-the-Sea,
West Beckham
West Beckham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk The village is west south west of Cromer, north north west of Norwich and north north east of London. The village lies east of the town of Holt. The village is i ...
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Westwick,
Weybourne,
Wickmere,
Wighton,
Witton,
Wiveton,
Wood Norton,
Worstead
Controversies
Almost £389,000 was given to the council's "joint head of paid services", Nick Baker, in the form of an "exit package", reported ''Private Eye'' in October 2020. This was £89,000 more than the council had spent purchasing dwellings to support homeless people in 2019/20, the ''Eastern Daily Press'' reported. The council's opposition leader, Christopher Cushing, was quoted describing the payment to Baker as "extraordinary". The ''Press'' also reported the total cost of so-called "golden goodbyes" for senior council staff had risen to £1.8 million.
Cultural references
The 2013 movie ''
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'' was filmed in the area.
The
World of Darkness Parody, Hunter: The Parenting is set in the area.
References
External links
Visit North NorfolkNorth Norfolk District Council*
North Norfolk Railway- Photographs of North Norfolk
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North Norfolk Coast Events Calendar
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Non-metropolitan districts of Norfolk
Natural regions of England