Coordinates: 52°37′02″N 1°28′13″E / 52.6171°N 1.4702°E
| Strumpshaw | |
  Strumpshaw shown within Norfolk |
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| Area | 4.5 sq mi (11.69 km²) |
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| Population | 602 |
| - Density | 133/sq mi (51/km²) |
| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Strumpshaw |
| District | Broadland |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR13 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
Strumpshaw is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, on the River Yare in Norfolk, England, within The Broads National Park. It covers an area of 11.69 km2 (4.51 sq mi) and had a population of 602 in 245 households as of the 2001 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.
The village lies a little distance from the river, on the slopes of Strumpshaw Hill, the highest area of land in the Norfolk Broads. Because of its elevation, Strumpshaw hosted, from the late 1790s through to the mid 1810s, a repeater station in the shutter telegraph chain linking the Admiralty in London with Great Yarmouth.
Strumpshaw Hall lies closer to the river, next to the railway line. It is the home of a Steam Museum, with a collection of engines, tractors and other items.
In Strumpshaw Fen is the RSPB Strumpshaw Fen nature reserve, and part of the Mid-Yare NNR National Nature Reserve. The fen lies between the Yare and the Norwich to Great Yarmouth railway line.
Notes
- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
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