Attleborough

Attleborough
Attleborough railway station
Attleborough is located in Norfolk
Attleborough
Attleborough
Location within Norfolk
Area21.9 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Population10,482 (2011 Census)
• Density479/km2 (1,240/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM049954
Civil parish
  • Attleborough
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAttleborough
Postcode districtNR17
Dialling code01953
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
WebsiteAttleborough Town Council
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°31′06″N 1°01′09″E / 52.51826°N 1.01916°E / 52.51826; 1.01916

Attleborough is a market town and civil parish located on the A11 between Norwich and Thetford in Norfolk, England. The parish is in the district of Breckland and has an area of 21.9 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi).

The 2001 Census recorded the town as having a population of 9,702 distributed between 4,185 households,[1] increasing to a population of 10,482 in 4,481 households in the 2011 Census.[2] 11,232 Population [2021] – Census[3]

Attleborough is in the Mid-Norfolk constituency of the UK Parliament, represented since the 2010 general election by the Conservative MP George Freeman.

Attleborough railway station provides a main line rail service to both Norwich and Cambridge.

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 25 July 2005.
  2. ^ "Town population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Attleborough (Norfolk, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 26 August 2024.