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Rackheath
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Rackheath is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, and is roughly north-east of Norwich city centre. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,551 in 625 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 1,972 in 762 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. It is the site of a proposed new eco-town.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 164 inbound references to Rackheath, and connects out to civil parish, county of England and Germany.
It is catalogued under topics including Broadland, Civil parishes in Norfolk and Villages in Norfolk.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Broadland
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,628
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.postcode_area
- NR
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TG279139
- UK place.official_name
- Rackheath
- UK place.population
- 1,972
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 7.52
- UK place.static_image_name
- Holy Trinity, Rackheath - geograph.org.uk - 448668.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Holy Trinity Church, Rackheath
- UK place.shire_district
- Broadland
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Rackheath
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Broadland and Fakenham
- UK place.postcode_district
- NR13
- UK place.post_town
- NORWICH
- UK place.dial_code
- 01603
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Broadland
- Population
- 1972
- Area
- 7.52
- Image
- Holy Trinity, Rackheath - geograph.org.uk - 448668.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rackheath
- postal code
- NR13
- OS grid reference
- TG279139
- P8168
- spirituals
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Rackheath Eco Town
- References
- External links
Rackheath is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, and is roughly north-east of Norwich city centre. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,551 in 625 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 1,972 in 762 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. It is the site of a proposed new eco-town.
The villages name origin is uncertain 'Narrow landing place' or perhaps, 'hollow landing place' or 'narrow path landing place'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rackheath” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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