Sculthorpe is a village and
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the
English county
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of
Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...
. The village is some north-west of
Fakenham
Fakenham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Wensum, about north-west of Norwich. The town is at the junction of several local roads, including the A148 from King's Lynn to Cromer, the A1067 to N ...
and south-east of
South Creake.
The village's name means 'Skuli's outlying farm/settlement'.

The civil parish has an area of and in 2001 had a population of 744 in 312 households, the population increasing to 751 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the
district
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of
North Norfolk
North Norfolk is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer, and the largest town is North Walsham. The district also includes the towns of Fakenham, Holt, Norfolk, Holt, Shering ...
.
[Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. ]
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
''. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
The former water mill, about a mile south of the parish church, is now a pub and restaurant, but some of the workings remain visible.
The large airfield of
RAF Sculthorpe lies immediately to the west of the village.
Sculthorpe Moor Community Nature Reservelies to the south of the village in Turf Moor Road
The Village also has a second pub called The Sculthorpe Aviator.
Notes
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Sculthorpe
External links
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North Norfolk
Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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