Sidestrand

Also known as Sidestrand (civil parish), Norfolk, Sidestrand, Norfolk

Sidestrand is a village and a civil parish on the coast of the English county of Norfolk. The village is north of Norwich, south east of Cromer and north-east of London. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham for the Bittern Line which runs between Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. From the Census 2011 the population was included in the civil parish of Trimingham.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Sidestrand
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.shire_district: North Norfolk
UK place.shire_county: Norfolk
UK place.civil_parish: Trimingham
UK place.static_image: -2020-09-17 Sidestrand church and village, Norfolk.JPG
UK place.static_image_width: 240px
UK place.static_image_caption: The village of Sidestrand September 2020
UK place.population: 370
UK place.population_ref: (parish, 2001 census)
UK place.area_total_km2: 1.73
UK place.os_grid_reference: TG262392
UK place.label_position: bottom
UK place.post_town: CROMER
UK place.postcode_area: NR
UK place.postcode_district: NR27
UK place.dial_code: 01263

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Wikidata facts

Population: 93
Area: 1.73
Image: Sidestrand Church - geograph.org.uk - 288027.jpg
Dialing code: 01263

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OS grid reference: TG262392
Commons category: Sidestrand
postal code: NR27

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History
Coastline
Saint Michael's church
Other items of interest
Gallery
References
External links

==History== The name Sidestrand is thought to derive from the old English word "sid", meaning broad or spacious, and the Danish "strond", meaning shore. The area was immortalised as "Poppyland" in the writings of the Victorian journalist Clement Scott.