Population 1,399 (2011) Civil parish Brooke Area 8.72 km² Dialling code 01508 | OS grid reference TG293001 Local time Saturday 6:24 AM | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 95% Humidity | ||
Brooke is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, about 7 miles south of Norwich and roughly equidistant from Norwich and Bungay. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,242 in 554 households, including Howe the population increasing to 1,399 at the 2011 census.
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Map of Brooke, UK
The church of Brooke St Peter is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.
In common with most small Norfolk villages public services are few, however the village is better served than most by one primary school (Brooke Primary), a garage and petrol station, post office, farm store & butcher, two pubs including a popular restaurant. –
Governance
An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward had a total population of 2,662 at the 2011 Census.