Salthouse

For other places with the same name, see Salthouse (disambiguation).

Salthouse
The Parish Church of St Nicholas, Salthouse
Salthouse is located in Norfolk
Salthouse
Salthouse
Location within Norfolk
Area6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population201 (2011 census)
• Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG075439
• London131
Civil parish
  • Salthouse
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHOLT
Postcode districtNR25
Dialling code01263
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
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Norfolk
52°57′N 1°05′E / 52.95°N 1.09°E / 52.95; 1.09

Salthouse is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the salt marshes of North Norfolk. It is 3.8 miles (6.1 km) north of Holt, 5.4 miles (8.7 km) west of Sheringham and 26.3 miles (42.3 km) north of Norwich. The village is on the A149 coast road between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth. 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 landscape around Salthouse lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast. The civil parish has an area of 6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 196 in 88 households,[1] the population increasing to 201 at the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.

Changes in governmental policy have discontinued management of coastal erosion in North Norfolk.[3]

The Parish Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building; it was rebuilt by Sir Henry Heydon (died 1504).[4] From 2001 to 2011 the church in Salthouse was the setting for an annual month-long contemporary art exhibition by artists with a Norfolk connection. The exhibition was organised by the North Norfolk Exhibition Project (NNEP).[5] The curator of Salthouse 09 was Simon Martin from Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, on a theme of 'Salt of the Earth.' The exhibition ran from 2 July to 2 August 2009 and included ceramics, film, installation, painting, printmaking and sculpture. The 50 artists in the exhibition included Maggi Hambling, Gary Breeze,[6] Kabir Hussain, Colin Self, Margaret Mellis and Ana Maria Pacheco and the potters Ruthanne Tudball and Stephen Parry.

The Salthouse Sculpture Trail[7] features a number of local artist's sculptures over approximately ten miles, linking Salthouse Church and Heath, Holt town, Holt Country Park, Kelling Heath Holiday Park and Kelling Heath.

  1. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Coastal Planning in North Norfolk: Information Sheet no. 1 (May 2007)" (PDF). North Norfolk District Council. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas, Salthouse (Grade I) (1152302)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ^ "About NNEP - Cley 15 from 2 July-2 August 2015". Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Gary Breeze - Designer and Sculptor".
  7. ^ http://www.salthousetrail.co.uk/index.html The Salthouse Sculpture Trail