South Creake

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South Creake
Norfolk
File:Our Lady St Mary, South Creake, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 315391.jpg
Our Lady St Mary, South Creake
Location
Grid reference: TF861355
Location: 52°53’5"N, 0°45’52"E
Data
Population: 516  (2011)
Post town: Fakenham
Postcode: NR21
Local Government
Council: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Parliamentary
constituency:
North West Norfolk

South Creake is a village in the north-west of Norfolk, a mile and a half south of its twin village of North Creake, and some five miles north-west of the town of Fakenham.

The village is on the River Burn, which flows through the centre of the village. On a hill above the village can be found the Bloodgate Hill Iron Age Fort.

File:South Creake Sign.jpg
South Creake village sign

The civil parish had a recorded population of 516 at the 2011 census.

St Mary's, the Church of England parish church, is a Grade I listed building.[1]

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References

  1. National Heritage List 1077798: Church of St Mary (Grade I listing)