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Population
  
4,640 (2011)

Civil parish
  
Dersingham

Country
  
England

Area
  
14.5 km²

Shire county
  
Norfolk

OS grid reference
  
TF 686 304

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Tuesday 5:41 AM

Dersingham

Weather
  
2°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 93% Humidity

District
  
King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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Dersingham is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the town of King's Lynn and 70 km (43 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich, opening onto the Wash.

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Map of Dersingham, King's Lynn, UK

The civil parish has an area of 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 4,502 in 2,110 households, the population increasing to 4,640 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

Sandringham House, a favoured holiday home of Queen Elizabeth and several of her predecessors, lies just to the south of Dersingham in the parish of Sandringham. The Queen visited Dersingham Infant School to mark her Diamond Jubilee accession day on 6 February 2012.

The nearby Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve, managed by English Nature, contains habitats ranging from marshland to heathland and woodland. Birds such as the redpoll, crossbill, long-eared owl, tree pipit, sparrowhawk and nightjar can be found here.

Notable residents

  • Arthur Bryant, historian and columnist for the Illustrated London News
  • Phil Collins, drummer, solo artist and lead singer with Genesis
  • Thomas Kerrich (1748–1828) artist and antiquarian was born here and became vicar in 1784
  • Ginger Baker, drummer, rented Dersingham Hall during his Baker Gurvitz Army period
  • References

    Dersingham Wikipedia