King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
—  Borough  —
Shown within Norfolk
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Administrative county	Norfolk
Founded
Admin. HQ	King's Lynn
Government
– Type	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
– Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
– Executive:	Conservative
– MPs:	Henry Bellingham (C) Elizabeth Truss (C)
Area
– Total	551.7 sq mi (1,429 km2)
Area rank	12th
Population (2010 est.)
– Total	143,600
– Rank	Ranked 131st
– Density	260.3/sq mi (100.5/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
– Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	33UE
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity	98.7% White
Website	west-norfolk.gov.uk

King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district and borough in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn.

History

The district was formed in 1974 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of King's Lynn, Hunstanton and Downham Market urban districts along with Docking Rural District, Downham Rural District, Freebridge Lynn Rural District and Marshland Rural District. The district was originally known as just West Norfolk, and adopted its present name in 1981.

Composition

The district comprises the urban area of King's Lynn itself, together with 102 surrounding parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the district had an area of 1,473 km², of which 28 km² was in the urban area and 1,445 km² in the surrounding parishes. The district had a population of 135,345 in 58,338 households, with 34,564 in 15,285 households living in the urban area, whilst 100,781 people in 43,053 households lived in the surrounding parishes.^[1]

The urban area of King's Lynn itself is unparished. The remainder of the district lies within the following civil parishes:

• Anmer
• Bagthorpe with Barmer, Barton Bendish, Barwick, Bawsey, Bircham, Boughton, Brancaster, Burnham Market, Burnham Norton, Burnham Overy, Burnham Thorpe
• Castle Acre, Castle Rising, Choseley, Clenchwarton, Congham, Crimplesham
• Denver, Dersingham, Docking, Downham Market, Downham West
• East Rudham, East Walton, East Winch, Emneth
• Feltwell, Fincham, Flitcham with Appleton, Fordham, Fring
• Gayton, Great Massingham, Grimston
• Harpley, Heacham, Hilgay, Hillington, Hockwold cum Wilton, Holme next the Sea, Houghton, Hunstanton
• Ingoldisthorpe
• Leziate, Little Massingham
• Marham, Marshland St. James, Methwold, Middleton
• Nordelph, North Creake, North Runcton, Northwold, North Wootton
• Old Hunstanton, Outwell
• Pentney
• Ringstead, Roydon, Runcton Holme, Ryston
• Sandringham, Sedgeford, Shernborne, Shouldham, Shouldham Thorpe, Snettisham, South Creake, Southery, South Wootton, Stanhoe, Stoke Ferry, Stow Bardolph, Stradsett, Syderstone
• Terrington St. Clement, Terrington St. John, Thornham, Tilney All Saints, Tilney St. Lawrence, Titchwell, Tottenhill
• Upwell
• Walpole, Walpole Cross Keys, Walpole Highway, Walsoken, Watlington, Welney, Wereham, West Acre, West Dereham, West Rudham, West Walton, West Winch, Wiggenhall St. Germans, Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen, Wimbotsham, Wormegay, Wretton

References

• Official Website

1. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

Coordinates: 52°45′18″N 0°23′46″E / 52.7549°N 0.3962°E / 52.7549; 0.3962