Docking, Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°54′07″N 0°37′27″E / 52.90197°N 0.6241°E / 52.90197; 0.6241

Docking
Signpost in Docking
Docking  Docking shown within Norfolk
Area	25.79 km2 (9.96 sq mi)
Population	1,150
- Density	45 /km2 (120 /sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF765370
Parish	Docking
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KING'S LYNN
Postcode district	PE31
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Docking is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and contains the highest point in North West Norfolk. It covers an area of 25.79 km² (9.96 sq mi) and had a population of 1,150 in 469 households as of the 2001 census.^[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

Docking has many small businesses including antique clothing and giftware, tea rooms and its own tattoo studio.

The village church is St Mary the Virgin.^[2]

RAF Docking

RAF Docking was a former Royal Air Force airfield open from 1940 until 1958.

Transport

Until 1952 the village had its own Docking railway station, on the line between King's Lynn and Wells. It was closed along with the rest of line as part of cutbacks of Britain's railways.

Notable residents

• St. Henry Walpole Jesuit priest and martyr.
• Nick Aldis - Professional wrestler currently working for TNA and a Gladiator on the UK version of the show.
• Rev. George Smith defender of Rorke's Drift during the Zulu War of 1879 was born in Docking in 1845.

Notes

1. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
2. ^ St Mary the Virgin

External links

• History of the village
• Staffordshire House
• Map of Docking and surrounding areas
• RAF Docking airfield history
• [1] Lasting Image Tattoo