Binham

Binham
Flint Cottages, Binham, Norfolk
Binham is located in Norfolk
Binham
Binham
Location within Norfolk
Area11.52 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Population292 (parish, 2011 census)
• Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF 980 390
• London124 miles (200 km)
Civil parish
  • Binham CP
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFAKENHAM
Postcode districtNR21
Dialling code01328
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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52°55′05″N 0°56′58″E / 52.91806°N 0.94942°E / 52.91806; 0.94942

Binham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.[1] The village is 29.3 miles (47.2 km) north west of Norwich, 16.9 miles (27.2 km) west of Cromer and 124 miles (200 km) north north east of London. The village lies 4.9 miles (7.9 km) east south east of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea.

The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

The civil parish has an area of 11.52 km2 (4.45 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 273 in 124 households, including Cockthorpe and increasing to 292 at the 2011 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.[3]

  1. ^ "OS Explorer Map 24" – Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21726-4
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.