Hopton-on-Sea

infobox UK place
country = England
static_

latitude= 52.534
longitude= 1.738
official_name= Hopton-on-Sea
population = 2,706
shire_district= Great Yarmouth
shire_county = Norfolk
region= East of England
constituency_westminster= Great Yarmouth
post_town= GREAT YARMOUTH|postcode_district = NR31
postcode_area= NR |dial_code= 01502
os_grid_reference= TM5399

Hopton-on-Sea is a village, civil parish and seaside resort on the coast of eastern England in the county of Norfolk. It is located some 8 km south of the town of Great Yarmouth and very close to the UK's most easterly point, Lowestoft Ness. [Ordnance Survey (2005). "OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads". ISBN 0-319-23769-9.]

The civil parish was, until 1974, in the county of Suffolk. It has an area of 5.63 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 2,706 in 1,166 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth. [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]

The village is best known for hosting the World Indoor Bowls Championship and for its tourist industry. It has a regular, if infrequent bus service to Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft and the village maintains a post office, two local convenience stores, a village primary school, and several amusement arcades, take-away food venues and a chip shop. It once had its own station Hopton railway station, linking it to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft but this now closed.

Notable former residents include comedians Joe Pasquale and Eddie Large, oil magnate Simon Martin and footballer Mark Noble.

"Hopton-on-Sea should not be confused with the village of Hopton which is still in Suffolk but near to the Norfolk town of Diss.There is also a British Holidays Caravan Park, named Hopton Holiday Village. There is also a Hopton near Wirksworth in Derbyshire"

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