Bacton is a village and

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, England. It is on the Norfolk coast, some south-east of

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, north-west of

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and north of

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. Besides the village of Bacton, the parish includes the nearby settlements of Bacton Green, Broomholm, Keswick and Pollard Street. It also includes Edingthorpe, which was added to Bacton civil parish under the County of Norfolk Review Order, 1935. The seaside village, whose name is derived from 'Bacca's farm/settlement', is located on the North Norfolk coast between Mundesley (a

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) and Walcott, Norfolk. Bacton is known for its very quiet sandy beaches offering miles of walking along the beach and cliffs. The

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passes through the village and also the

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long-distance footpath linking

and

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In the east of the parish can be found the ruined

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Bromholm Priory. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 1,130 in 474 households the population increasing to 1,194 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the

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. Amenities in the village include: a village shop, a hotel, two cafes, a Chinese restaurant and kebab house, as well as a recreation ground. In addition there are several caravan parks and estates consisting of privately owned holiday chalets, giving holidaymakers access to the beach. During the

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there was also an airfield located nearby, RAF Bacton.

Coastal erosion

The village and adjoining coastline has extensive sea defences, erected to prevent

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. Part of this sea wall in nearby Walcott, Norfolk was damaged in the storm surge in December 2013, which caused damage to several caravans and chalets. North of Bacton lies the village of Paston where the Bacton Gas Terminal is located. In July 2019 a scheme commenced to deposit almost two million cubic metres of sand, forming a artificial dune. Costing £20 million, the scheme will protect the gas terminal, as well as the villages of Bacton and Walcott. The sea defences are expected to protect the area for between 15 and 20 years.

Bacton Gas Terminal

Pijpleiding Belgie Nederland naar het Verenigd Koninkrijk

The Bacton Gas Terminal is at one end of a gas pipeline connecting England to the Netherlands. The pipeline runs from a compressor station at the Balgzand Gas Plant at

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, North Holland, to a coastal terminal near Bacton. It began to be laid in July 2006 and became operational on 1 December 2006.

War memorial

Bacton War Memorial takes the form of a stone cross in St. Andrew's Churchyard. It commemorates the following from the

: * Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur P. Mack (1863–1916), 9th Battalion,

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* Lieutenant Jack C. Barnes (d.1915), Plymouth Battalion, Royal Naval Division * Lieutenant Harold S. F. Cosens (1889–1914), 1st Battalion,

East Yorkshire Regiment The East Yorkshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot and later renamed the 15th Regiment of Foot. It saw service for three centuries, before eventually being ...

* Sergeant Cyril R. Leathes (d.1915), 9th Battalion,

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* Gunner Charles Punchard (1886–1917), 291st Siege Battery,

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* Private Edward H. Denton (d.1917), 905th Maintenance Company,

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* Private Henry J. Allison (d.1917), 6th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment * Private Arthur W. Noad (1893–1915), 2nd Battalion,

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* Private Arthur Bean (1885–1916), 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment * Private Marshall F. Gotts (d.1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Deck-hand Christopher West (d.1916), ''HM Drifter Tuberose'' * William Daniels

References

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Bacton

External links

*
Information from Genuki Norfolk
on Bacton *
Village News - local newsletter for Bacton, Edingthorpe, Ridlington and Witton

Bacton Beach House with photos of the area

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