Broadland

Also known as Broadland District

Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. Its council is based at the Broadland Business Park on the outskirts of Norwich. The district includes the towns of Acle, Aylsham, Reepham, Sprowston and Thorpe St Andrew. Several of the district's settlements (including Sprowston and Thorpe St Andrew) form part of the Norwich built-up area, lying outside the city's boundaries to the north-west and north-east. The district also includes numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Some eastern parts of the district lie within The Broads.

Key facts

COA wide.escutcheon: Azure in chief two Broadland Sailing Cruisers and on a mount issuant in base a Norfolk Drainage Mill all Proper on a chief wavy Or between two ostrich feathers Ermine the quill of each piercing a scroll Argent a dexter arm embowed in a maunch Gules the hand Proper grasping a rose Gules barbed seeded and slipped Proper.
COA wide.crest: On a wreath of the colour a mount Vert thereon a griffin sejant Or the body and underside of the wing each charged with three fleurs-de-lys Azure resting the dexter foreleg on a mitre affronty Or.
COA wide.badge: On a roundel Azure fimbriated Or issuant therefrom six fleurs-de-lys Azure a Broadland Sailing Cruiser as in the arms.
COA wide.motto: God Keep Our Broad Land
COA wide.notes: Granted 16 January 1979 by the College of Arms.
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Settlement.settlement_type: Non-metropolitan district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Sovereign state
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Settlement.subdivision_type3: Non-metropolitan county
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Settlement.subdivision_name: United Kingdom
Settlement.subdivision_name1: England