Holme-next-the-Sea

Holme-next-the-Sea

Infobox UK place
official_name= Holme-next-the-Sea
country= England
region= East of England
shire_county= Norfolk
shire_district= King's Lynn and West Norfolk
constituency_westminster= North West Norfolk
population= 322 (2001)
os_grid_reference= TF7043
latitude= 52.96
longitude= 0.54
post_town= HUNSTANTON
postcode_area= PE
postcode_district= PE36
dial_code= 01485

Holme-next-the-Sea is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some 5 km north-east of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, 30 km north of the town of King's Lynn and 70 km north-west of the city of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (2002). "OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West". ISBN 0-319-21886-4.]

The civil parish has an area of 8.82 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 322 in 177 households. [Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. " [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] ."] For local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

Its position on the North Sea coast makes it a prime site for migratory birds in autumn. It consequently is home to two adjoining nature reserves, one owned by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust and the other by the Norfolk Ornithological Association. A pair of black-winged stilts bred at the Wildlife Trust's Holme Dunes [http://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature%20reserves/map-links/holme.htm] in 1987, raising three young. [Boyd, Bill (1987) The Black-winged Stilts at Holme Norfolk Naturalists' Trust reserve "Twitching" Vol 1 No 6 Pages 148-150]

The eastern end of Hunstanton golf links reach to Holme, and public rights of way mean that birders and golfers have learned to co-exist. It is the meeting point of the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path National Trails.

It is the nearest village to the Bronze Age timber circle site of Seahenge.

References

External links

*oscoor|TF707434_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources for Holme next the Sea.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/h/holme_next_sea/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Holme.
* [http://www.norfolkcoast.co.uk/location_norfolk/vp_holme.htm Information from NorfolkCoast.co.uk] on Holme.
* [http://www.magazinewood.co.uk/page13.htm Magazine Wood Website] Information about walking Peddars Way and the Norfolk Coastal path.


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