| Main | Births etc |
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| Sandringham | |
 Sandringham House |
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 Sandringham Sandringham shown within Norfolk | |
| Area | |
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| Population | 437 (2011) |
| - Density | |
| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Sandringham, Norfolk |
| District | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SANDRINGHAM |
| Postcode district | PE35 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
Church of St Mary Magdalene
Sandringham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Dersingham, 12 km (7.5 mi) north of King's Lynn and 60 km (37 mi) north-west of Norwich.[1]
The civil parish extends westwards from Sandringham village to the shore of the Wash some 6 km (3.7 mi) distant, and includes the villages of West Newton and Wolferton. It has an area of 41.91 km2 (16.18 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 402 in 176 households. The population had increased to 437 at the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, the parish is in the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[1][3]
Sandringham is best known as the location of Sandringham House and its estate, a favoured holiday home of Queen Elizabeth II and several of her predecessors. Near to Sandringham house is the Royal Stud, a stud farm that houses many of the royal horses. The village was the birthplace of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Queen Alexandra's Nest
Notes[]
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
- ^ "Civil parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128192&c=Sandringham&d=16&e=62&g=6449433&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1440844694408&enc=1. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
See also[]
- HMS Sandringham
External links[]
- Map sources for Sandringham, Norfolk
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Sandringham.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Sandringham". Encyclopædia Britannica. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 141.
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