Sandringham is a village and

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in the north of the English

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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 ...

. The village is situated south of

Dersingham Dersingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north of the town of King's Lynn and north-west of the city of Norwich, opening onto The Wash.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk ...

, north of

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and north-west of

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.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West''. . The village's name means 'Sandy Dersingham'. 'Dersingham' meaning 'Homestead/village of Deorsige's people'. The civil parish extends eastwards from Sandringham village to the shore of

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some distant, and includes the villages of West Newton and

Wolferton Wolferton is a village in north Norfolk, England, 2 miles west of Sandringham, 7½ miles north of King's Lynn and 37¼ miles northwest of Norwich. Background The village's name means 'Wulfhere's farm/settlement'. The village forms part of th ...

. It has an area of and in 2001 had a population of 402 in 176 households. The population had increased to 437 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish is in the

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King's Lynn and West Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 147,451. History The district was ...

.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001.
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
''. Retrieved 2 December 2005. Sandringham is best known as the location of

Sandringham House Sandringham House is a country house in the parish of Sandringham, Norfolk, England. It is one of the royal residences of Charles III, whose grandfather, George VI, and great-grandfather, George V, both died there. The house stands in a estate ...

and its estate, a private residence of

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since

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, who used it as a holiday home. Near to the house is the Royal Stud, a

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that houses many of the royal horses. The village was the birthplace of

Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her ac ...

. In terms of public transport, Sandringham is served by bus route 35 between

and Hunstanton, operated by

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