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Village in Norfolk, England
Human settlement in England
Kelling
(also known as
Low Kelling
and as
Lower Kelling
)
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is a village and a
civil parish
in the
English
county of
Norfolk
. The village is 10.1 miles (16.3 km) west of
Cromer
, 26 miles (42 km) north of
Norwich
, and 130 miles (210 km) northeast of
London
. The village straddles the
A149 Coast road
between
Kings Lynn
and
Great Yarmouth
.
The villages name means 'Cylla's/Ceolla's people'.
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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.
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Village amenities
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Kelling is a small village (pop 177 in 2011), which had a reputation for smuggling.
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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,
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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
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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
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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 of part the
strategic defence
during the Second World War.
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Kelling
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