North Creake

Coordinates: 52°54′30″N 0°45′15″E / 52.90837°N 0.75406°E / 52.90837; 0.75406

North Creake
Signpost in North Creake
North Creake  North Creake shown within Norfolk
Area	14.99 km2 (5.79 sq mi)
Population	414
- Density	28 /km2 (73 /sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF853381
Parish	North Creake
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FAKENHAM
Postcode district	NR21
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

North Creake is a village and civil parish in the north west of the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 14.99 km² (5.79 sq mi) and had a population of 414 in 184 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. The parish shares boundaries with the adjacent parishes of Burnham Market, Burnham Thorpe, Holkham, Walsingham, South Creake, Barwick and Stanhoe.^[2]

The village centre and Jolly Farmers pub

Plaque on the site of the air crash

St Mary's Church

The village lies 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Burnham Market and about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the north Norfolk coast. 1 mile (1.6 km) further south is the twin village of South Creake.^[3]

The village lies on the River Burn, which flows through the centre of the village. 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of the village along the river lies the ruined Creake Abbey. The village itself musters a church, a public house, and a post office. Most of the agricultural land surrounding the village, and many of the village houses, today belong to the estate of the Earl Spencer, who consequently has significant influence on village matters, although his family seat is many miles away in Althorp, Northamptonshire.

On April 27, 1944, a De Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber, on a night training exercise, crashed in the centre of the village killing the crew of two. On the 60th anniversary of the crash in 2004, a plaque on the approximate location of the crash was unveiled by an Royal Air Force guard of honour and other dignitaries, including relatives and friends of those killed.

See also

• RAF North Creake Second World War airfield

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. ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. http://www.election-maps.co.uk/. Retrieved 2008-03-03. 
3. ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21887-2.

External links

• Map sources for North Creake
• Photographs of North & South Creake
• Norfolkcoast.co.uk on North Creake.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on North Creake.