West Lexham

West Lexham

Infobox UK place
official_name= West Lexham
country= England
region= East of England
shire_district= Breckland
shire_county= Norfolk
civil_parish= Lexham CP
static_

static_image_caption =Saint Nicholas parish church, West Lexham, Norfolk
population= 157 (parish, 2001 census)
population_density=
os_grid_reference= TF840120
latitude= 52.721173
longitude= 0.72558
post_town= KING`S LYNN
postcode_area= PE
postcode_district= PE32
dial_code= 01328
constituency_westminster=
london_distance= convert|105|mi|km

West Lexham is a Hamlet within the civil parish of Lexham in the English county of [Norfolk [ OS Explorer Map 238 – Dereham & Aylsham, Castle Acre & Reepham. ISBN 0 319 23810 5] .The Hamlet is 5.9 miles north of the town of Swaffham, 30.6 miles west north west of Norwich and 105 miles north east of London. The nearest railway station is at King’s Lynn for the Fen Line which runs between King’s Lynn and Cambridge. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland. The parish had in 2001 census, a population of 157. The Hamlet lies a little way east of the A1065 between Swaffham and Fakenham [County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk, ISBN 978 1 84348 614 5] .

References

External links

* [http://www.roundtowerchurches.de/Karte/B3/Lexham_West_St_Nicholas/lexham_west_st_nicholas.html Website with photos of West Lexham St. Nicholas] , a round-tower church


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