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Roughton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 3.7 miles (6.0 km) south of Cromer, 19.6 miles (31.5 km) north of Norwich, and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north-west of North Walsham. It straddles the A140 between Cromer and Norwich and the B1463.

Roughton
The Parish Church
Roughton Location within Norfolk
Area	7.23 km2 (2.79 sq mi)
Population	934 (parish, 2011 census)[1]
• Density	129/km2 (330/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG220320
• London	134 miles (216 km)
Civil parish	Roughton
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR11
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.8824°N 01.29803°E / 52.8824; 01.29803

The villages name means 'Rough farm/settlement', referring to the character of the ground.

The Village Today

Facilities in the village include a church, primary school, public house, village hall, fish and chip shop, play area, garage, windmill and fishing lake.[2]

The Parish Church

Roughton church, St Mary's, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The tower is believed to be of Saxon origin and much of the main body of the building is Victorian.[2]

The Einstein connection

In September 1933, Albert Einstein was brought to live in a small hut on Roughton Heath after fleeing Nazi Germany. Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson MP offered Einstein a refuge in Norfolk before he travelled to the United States. While here, he was sculpted by Jacob Epstein.[3] A blue plaque commemorating Einstein's stay can be found at the entrance of the New Inn public house in the village.[4] On 7 October 1933, he set sail from Southampton for a new life in the United States and never returned to Europe.[5]

Einstein's visit inspired several works, including Mark Burgess’s radio play Einstein in Cromer, Philip Glass’s opera Einstein on the Beach, and a song of the same name by Counting Crows.[5] The story behind Einstein's visit to Roughton has been told in a book - Saving Einstein. When Norfolk Hid a Genius. The Double Life of Oliver Locker-Lampson.[6]

Disappearance of April Fabb

The schoolgirl April Fabb was cycling from Metton nearby to visit her sister in Roughton when she disappeared without trace on 8 April 1969.[7]

Public transport

The nearest railway station is at Roughton Road for the Bittern Line, which runs between Sheringham, Cromer, and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. Sanders provide a regular bus services to Norwich, Sheringham, Cromer, and Holt.

References

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Roughton

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roughton, Norfolk.

External links

• St Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches website
• Sanders Bus service
• Norfolk Green bus service
• Konectbus timetable
• Roughton Chip Shop
• The New Inn Roughton
• BBC Norfolk

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