Strumpshaw

Strumpshaw
Strumpshaw
	; St Peter, Strumpshaw
	Strumpshaw Location within Norfolk
Area	11.69 km2 (4.51 sq mi)
Population	634 (2011)[1]
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG350077
Civil parish	Strumpshaw;
District	Broadland;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR13
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England

Strumpshaw is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the northern bank of the River Yare around 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of Norwich. The parish covers an area of 11.69 km² (4.51 sq mi) and had a population of 602 in 245 households at the 2001 census,[2] increasing to a population of 634 in 261 households at the 2011 Census. 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. The Wherry Lines railway line running between Norwich and Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft runs through the parish. Trains call at Buckenham railway station at weekends only.

The small villages of Buckenham and Hassingham, formally both parishes in their own right, lie within the civil parish of Strumpshaw.

Strumpshaw Hall

Strumpshaw Hall lies closer to the river, next to the railway line. It is the home of the Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum, with a collection of traction engines and steam rollers. It also has a showman's engine, a steam wagon and a narrow-gauge railway with a Simplex diesel disguised as a steam engine.

Natural environment

The Strumpshaw Fen RSPB reserve is operated by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. It caters for up to 20000 visitors annually. It is bordered to the east by Buckenham Marshes RSPB reserve and lies within the Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve and Yare Broads and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Rail Access

The nearest station is Buckenham railway station on the Wherry Line.

Notes

"Civi Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.

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[1] "Civi Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[2] Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.