Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.7794°N 0.4426°W |
Os Grid Reference: | TF648230 |
Official Name: | South Wootton |
Population: | 4,247 |
Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.54 |
Static Image: | UK SouthWootton.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 120px |
Static Image Caption: | Signpost in South Wootton |
Region: | East of England |
Civil Parish: | South Wootton |
Postcode District: | PE30 |
Postcode Area: | PE |
Post Town: | KING'S LYNN |
Dial Code: | 01553 |
South Wootton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximately north-east of King's Lynn.It covers an area of 8.54km2 and had a population of 3,717 in 1,450 households at the 2001 Census,[2] increasing at the 2011 Census to a population of 4,247 in 1,696 households.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
The older part of the village grew up around the village green and St. Mary's church, though there has been a fair amount of new housing built since the 1960s.There are two schools in South Wootton, South Wootton Infant School, followed by South Wootton Junior School.
The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin in South Wootton is led by the Rector, the Rev. Canon James Nash. It falls under the Parish of The Woottons and the Deanery of Lynn in the Diocese of Norwich.