Holme-next-the-Sea
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Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | HUNSTANTON | |
| Postcode district | PE36 | |
| Dialling code | 01485 | |
| Police | Norfolk | |
| Fire | Norfolk | |
| Ambulance | East of England | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Holme-next-the-Sea is a small village and
The village's name means 'Island' next to the sea.
The civil parish has an area of 8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi) and in the
2001 census had a population of 322 in 177 households,[2] falling to 239 at the 2011 Census.[3] For local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
.
Its position on the North Sea coast makes it a prime site for migratory birds in autumn. It consequently is home to two adjoining nature reserves, one owned by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust and the other by the Norfolk Ornithological Association. A pair of black-winged stilts bred at the Wildlife Trust's Holme Dunes [1] in 1987, raising three young.[4]
The eastern end of
National Trail
.
It is the nearest village to Seahenge, the Bronze Age timber circle.
The parish church of
Nelson family, who lived at Holme House.[5]
Gore Point
Near the village is a area of beach and dunes known as “Gore Point” and is the north easternmost point of the area known as
Skegness in Lincolnshire yet by land it’s a journey of over 75 miles (121 km) and marks the narrowest point on The Wash
between the two points of entrance into the bay.
References
- ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
- ^ Office for National Statistics and Norfolk County Council, 2001. "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes."
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- TwitchingVol 1 No 6 Pages 148-150
- ^ "St. Mary's, Holme-next-the-Sea". The Saxon Shore Benefice. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holme next the Sea.
- Map sources for Holme-next-the-Sea
- "Holme-next-the-Sea". Key to English Place-names.
- Holme-next-the-Sea from origins.org/Genuki Norfolk
- Holme-next-the-Sea from NorfolkCoast.co.uk
- Holme-next-the-Sea village Website.
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