Kelling

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Kelling
St Marys Kelling Parish Church.
Kelling shown within Norfolk
Population	175 (parish, 2001 census)
OS grid reference	TG094429
Parish	Kelling
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHERINGHAM
Postcode district	NR25
Dialling code	01263
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°56′N 1°07′E / 52.94, 1.11

Kelling (also known as Lower Kelling) is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 10.1 miles west of Cromer, 26 miles north of Norwich and 130 miles north-east of London. The village straddles the A149 Coast road between Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast.

Changes in government policy have discontinued management of coastal erosion in North Norfolk.^[1]

1 Village amenities
2 Images
3 References
4 Links

[edit] Village amenities

Kelling is a small village (pop 170 in 2004^[2]), which had a reputation for smuggling.^[3] The village has a reading room, which is now a book shop, gallery and tea-room. There is a small Victorian school house built in 1876 and opened October 1877,^[4] still in use as a primary school today on the coastal side of the A149 just opposite the reading room. Today it is attended by 90^[5] children from the surrounding area. The postal addresses for Kelling are unusual as only 10 of the 37 properties have a number; the rest are known only by the house name^[6] the postcode for the village is NR25 7EL.

Around Kelling are Kelling Heath and Muckleburgh Hill, two raised areas of outstanding natural beauty. The heaths contain a network of paths, nature trail and views of the surrounding area. Kelling village is 1 km from the coast which is accessed via a road used as a public path (RUPP). The coastline at Kelling along with Weybourne and Salthouse was important as a strategic defence during the Second World War.

[edit] Images

The Street	The Street about 1911	The Street	The Old Reading Room
The Old Reading Room	Kelling Village School	Kelling War Memorial	Poppies in field near Kelling
WW2 Type 22 Pillbox on the shingle beach at Kelling	WW2 Norcon pillbox on Kelling Hard

[edit] References

^ http://www.northnorfolk.org/coastal/documents/coastal_planning_leaflet.pdf
^ http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc041970.pdf
^ Weybourne, Peaceful mirror of a turbulent past: by Peter Brooks, Published by Poppyland Publishing: Page 16, Smugglers and Volunteers: ISBN 0 946148 05 8
^ kelling school 1900
^ Kelling Primary School (TALMOS Gateway): Look at our school
^ http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/addressfinder?catId=400145

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WW2 Coastal Defences

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See also: South Norfolk • Great Yarmouth • Broadland • North Norfolk • King's Lynn and West Norfolk • Breckland