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Ringstead, Norfolk

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Population
  
324 (2011)

Civil parish
  
Ringstead

Country
  
England

Area
  
11.13 km²

Shire county
  
Norfolk

OS grid reference
  
TF707403

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Thursday 2:05 PM

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Weather
  
20°C, Wind SW at 39 km/h, 54% Humidity

District
  
King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Ringstead is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 11.13 km2 (4.30 sq mi) and had a population of 355 in 155 households at the 2001 census, reducing to 324 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

Contents

Map of Ringstead, UK

Downs

The Ringstead downs is a large forested area at the bottom of the village. The downs link Ringstead to the nearby resort town of Hunstanton.

Notable residents

  • Julian Mond, 3rd Baron Melchett (1925 -1973) - former chairman of British Steel Corporation
  • Sonia Mond, Sonia Melchett, Baroness Melchett - 1928; socialite and author
  • Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett - 1948; former Lord in Waiting, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister of State
  • Felix Maynard -1996

    • References

    Ringstead, Norfolk Wikipedia
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