Alpington

Alpington

Alpington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated about six miles (10 km) south-east of Norwich and is closely associated with Yelverton just to the north.

The civil parish has an area of 2.18 square kilometres and in the 2001 census had a population of 460 in 199 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.ref|osnncc

The village has a village hall, primary school and a pub the 'Wheel of Fortune'. British tennis-player Richard Bloomfield is from Alpington.

Alpington and Yelverton are served by bus route 570 operated by [http://www.angliancoaches.co.uk/company_profile.html Anglian Coaches] providing five services a day into Norwich and out to Seething and Loddon: [http://www.angliancoaches.co.uk/timetables/data/570.pdf Timetable]

References

* 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] ". Retrieved December 2, 2005.

External links

* [http://www.alpington.norfolk.sch.uk Alpington & Bergh Apton Church of England V.A Primary School]
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/a/alpington/ Alpington] on Genuki.


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