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Sculthorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is some 4 km (2.5 mi) north-west of Fakenham and 5 km (3.1 mi) south-east of South Creake.

Sculthorpe
Signpost in Sculthorpe
Sculthorpe Location within Norfolk
Area	8.52 km2 (3.29 sq mi)
Population	751 (2011)
• Density	88/km2 (230/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF896308
Civil parish	Sculthorpe
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FAKENHAM
Postcode district	NR21
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.84205°N 0.81379°E / 52.84205; 0.81379

The villages name means 'Skuli's outlying farm/settlement'.

The civil parish has an area of 8.52 km² (3.29 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 744 in 312 households, the population increasing to 751 at the 2011 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.[2]

The former water mill, about a mile south of the parish church, is now a pub and restaurant, but some of the workings remain visible.^{[citation needed]}

The large airfield of RAF Sculthorpe lies immediately to the west of the village.

Sculthorpe Moor Community Nature Reserve lies to the south of the village in Turf Moor Road

Notes

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

External links

• "Sculthorpe village website". Retrieved 6 August 2019.

Media related to Sculthorpe, Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons

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