Carleton St Peter is a hamlet and

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approximately south-east of

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. There is no village centre but the

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provides a reference point and is north-east of Thurton, and a similar distance south of

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, just east of Ashby St Mary. In the 2001 census Carleton St Peter contained just 15 households and a population of 29 spread across the of the parish. The church cannot be reached by road and sits in a small graveyard in the middle of a field reached by a short path between ploughed fields. The tower contains four bells but they cannot be rung. The parish extends northwards to include the ''Beauchamp Arms'' public house on the south bank of the

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and the nearby Buckenham Sailing Club. These lie at the end of Ferry Road although the ferry across to

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on the north bank stopped running before

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. Between Carleton St Peter and Claxton, on the banks of Carleton Beck, lies Ducan's Marsh, a

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and one of the richest areas of unimproved wet grassland in East Norfolk.

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St Peter's ChurchBuckenham Sailing ClubBuckenham Ferry, 1893Buckenham Ferry 1930
{{Civil Parishes of South Norfolk Hamlets in Norfolk South Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk