Swaffham

Also known as Swaffham, Norfolk

Swaffham (; "swoffum") is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District and English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Swaffham
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.shire_county: Norfolk
UK place.civil_parish: Swaffham
UK place.shire_district: Breckland
UK place.constituency_westminster: South West Norfolk
UK place.static_image_name: File:Rotunda Swaffham.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: The Buttercross Swaffham market place
UK place.population: 8,434
UK place.population_ref: (2021)
UK place.area_total_km2: 29.6
UK place.os_grid_reference: TF815095
UK place.post_town: SWAFFHAM
UK place.postcode_area: PE
UK place.postcode_district: PE37
UK place.dial_code: 01760

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Wikidata facts

Population: 7258
Area: 29.6
Official website: www.swaffhamtowncouncil.co.uk
Image: Rotunda Swaffham.jpg
Dialing code: 01760

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Commons category: Swaffham
OS grid reference: TF815095
postal code: PE37
P8168: zero of a function
P12749: Friedrich Gerstäcker

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Swaffham (; "swoffum") is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District and English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.

The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households, which increased to 7,258, in 3,258 households, at the 2011 census. By the time the 2021 census took place, the population had jumped to 8434. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.