Lyng, Norfolk

Lyng
The Mill House on the River Wensum at Lyng
Lyng is located in Norfolk
Lyng
Lyng
Location within Norfolk
Area7.99 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population860 (2021)
• Density108/km2 (280/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG 068 176
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR9
Dialling code01603
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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52°43′09″N 01°03′36″E / 52.71917°N 1.06000°E / 52.71917; 1.06000

Lyng is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the River Wensum, some 10 km (6.2 mi) north-east of the town of East Dereham and 20 km (12 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich.[1]

The civil parish has an area of 7.99 km2 (3.08 sq mi) and in the 2021 census had a population of 860 people in 360 separate households (in the 2011 census had a population of 807 in 356 households).[citation needed] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the Elmham and Mattishall division of Norfolk County Council and the Upper Wensum ward of Breckland District Council.[2]

  1. ^ Great Britain. Ordnance Survey (1999), East Dereham & Aylsham : Castle Acre & Reepham, Southampton, U.K.: Ordnance Survey, ISBN 0-319-21869-4, OCLC 61504634, retrieved 10 October 2022
  2. ^ "Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001)". 11 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

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