Sculthorpe

Sculthorpe
Norfolk
Sculthorpe Mill
Location
Grid reference:	TF896308
Location:	52°50’31"N, 0°48’50"E
Data
Population:	751  (2011)
Post town:	Fakenham
Postcode:	NR21
Local Government
Council:	North Norfolk

Sculthorpe is a village in Norfolk, two and a half miles north-west of Fakenham and three miles south-east of South Creake.

The village's name means 'Skuli's (outlying) farm/settlement'.

The wider civil parish has a recorded population of 751 at the 2011 census.

About the village

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 Village also has a second pub called The Sculthorpe Aviator.

A large airfield, RAF Sculthorpe, lies immediately to the west of the village.

Sculthorpe Moor Community Nature Reserve lies to the south of the village.

Signpost in Sculthorpe

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Sculthorpe)

• Sculthorpe Village

References

• Place-Names