Paston | |
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The Parish Church of Saint Margaret. | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi) |
Population | 239 (parish, 2011 census)[1] |
• Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TG275387 |
• London | 139 miles (224 km) |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NORTH WALSHAM |
Postcode district | NR28 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Paston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.[2] The village is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of North Walsham and 9.1 miles (14.6 km) south-east of Cromer. It is 19.2 miles (30.9 km) north-east of the city of Norwich. The village sits astride the coast road between Mundesley and Bacton. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International.
The village gives its name to the Pastonian Stage, a British regional subdivision of the Pleistocene Epoch. The village was served by Paston & Knapton railway station on the North Walsham to Cromer section of the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway from 1881 until 1964.