Great Snoring

Great Snoring
Great Snoring houses and war memorial
Great Snoring is located in Norfolk
Great Snoring
Great Snoring
Location within Norfolk
Area6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population143 (2011)
• Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF946345
• London105 mi (169 km) SSW
Civil parish
  • Great Snoring
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFAKENHAM
Postcode districtNR21
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°52′25″N 0°53′29″E / 52.8736°N 0.8914°E / 52.8736; 0.8914

Great Snoring is a rural village in North Norfolk by the River Stiffkey, in the east of England. It is situated approximately 25 miles (40 km) north-west from the city and county town of Norwich, and 2 miles (3 km) north from the larger village of Little Snoring.

At the centre of the village are the listed buildings of St Mary's Church and the Old Rectory. The village's main road, called The Street comprises houses of brick and flint. The nearest inn and shop is in Little Snoring.[1]

Village population in the 2001 Census was 168, reduced to 143 at the 2011 Census.[2]

  1. ^ "Great Snoring in Norfolk". NorfolkCoast.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2006.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.