Alpington

Alpington
Alpington
	Alpington Location within Norfolk
Area	2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Population	477 (2011 census)
• Density	219/km2 (570/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG294018
District	South Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR14
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°33′56″N 1°23′00″E / 52.56563°N 1.38336°E

Alpington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated about six miles (10 km) south-east of Norwich and is closely associated with Yelverton just to the north.

The civil parish has an area of 2.18 square kilometres and in the 2001 census had a population of 460 in 199 households, increasing to 477 at the 2011 Census.^[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.^[2]

The village has a village hall, primary school and a pub, the 'Wheel of Fortune'.

Alpington and Yelverton are served by Ambassador Travel buses to Norwich and out to Seething and Loddon.

Notable residents

British tennis-player Richard Bloomfield is from Alpington.

Notes

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 September 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.

External links

Community website for Alpington and Yelverton
Media related to Alpington at Wikimedia Commons
Alpington on GENUKI.
Alpington in the Domesday Book

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[osnncc-2] *Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

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