Edgefield

Edgefield is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 13.6 miles east-north-east of the town of Fakenham, 12.4 miles west-south-west of Cromer and 127 miles north-north-east of London. The nearest town is Holt which lies 3.3 miles north of the village. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village is situated on the B1149 Norwich to Holt road. The parish had, in the 2001 census, a population of 393, reducing to 385 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.

The village is spread over a large area with the centre concentrated around a village pond. There is a public house which is called The Pigs, it has a garage which now only fixes cars. The village no longer has a school but the old school is now used as a house. The War Memorial which stands on the village green, alongside the Norwich to Holt road, was renovated at a cost of £1,968 in 2004. The Memorial was rededicated on Remembrance Sunday of that year.

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