Ostend, Norfolk

Ostend, Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°50′17″N 1°30′36″E / 52.83806°N 1.50997°E / 52.83806; 1.50997

Ostend
Ostend is located in Norfolk
Ostend

 Ostend shown within Norfolk
OS grid reference TG365325
District North Norfolk
Shire county Norfolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Ostend is a coastal settlement in the English county of Norfolk.

It is between the towns of Cromer and Caister-on-Sea being south of, and contiguous with, Walcott.

Ostend achieved a degree of national notability in June 2002 when a rare specimen of Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) was stranded on its beach.[1]

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