Coltishall

Coordinates: 52°43′41″N 1°21′43″E / 52.7281°N 1.36189°E / 52.7281; 1.36189

Coltishall
St John the Baptist, Coltishall
Coltishall  Coltishall shown within Norfolk
Area	7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population	1,405
- Density	193 /km2 (500 /sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG271197
Parish	Coltishall
District	Broadland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR12
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Coltishall is a village (population 1,405^[1]) on the River Bure, west of Wroxham, in the English county of Norfolk,^[2] within the Norfolk Broads.

Coltishall was a place of note even when the Domesday Book was compiled. For 250 years it was a centre of the malting industry. Many Norfolk wherries (trading ships) were built here.

Between 1779 and 1912, it was possible to navigate the River Bure all the way to Aylsham, but now the limit of navigation for powered craft is just south of Coltishall.^[3]

The nearby RAF Coltishall played an important role during World War II, and afterwards, but was finally closed in December 2006. The site is now home to HMP Bure.

Horstead watermill on the Coltishall-Horstead river border was one of the most photographed mills in the county until it burned down in 1963.

References

1. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes."
2. ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
3. ^ The Canals of Eastern England, (1977), John Boyres and Ronald Russell, David and Charles, ISBN 978-0-71537-415-3

External links

• Horstead watermill history