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Scottow
Scottow
	Scottow War Memorial
	Scottow Location within Norfolk
Area	8.59 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Population	1,424 (2011)
• Density	166/km2 (430/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG279235
Civil parish	Scottow;
District	North Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR10
Dialling code	01692
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°45′40″N 1°22′35″E / 52.76100°N 1.37626°E

Scottow is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located some 2.5 miles north of Coltishall and 5 miles south of North Walsham.

Correct pronunciation

"Scotter"^[1]

History

The villages name means 'Scots' hill-spur'.^{[citation needed]}

The civil parish has an area of 8.59 km² (3.32 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 1,774 in 357 households, the population decreasing to 1,424 at the 2011 Census.^[2] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.^[3]

Most of the former Royal Air Force Coltishall military airbase lay within the parish boundaries of Scottow. Today, part of the RAF base has been converted into HMP Bure, a prison for adult males, and the rest has been used to create Scottow Enterprise Park, which is focused on helping businesses to grow through providing space in the form of offices and workshops, as well as business support.

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward stretches east with a total population of 2,934 at the 2011 Census.^[4]

Notes

↑ https://friendsofnorfolkdialect.com/portfolio-items/norfolk-placenames/
↑ "Civil population 2011". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 2 September 2015.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Scottow

External links

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[1] ttps://friendsofnorfolkdialect.com/portfolio-items/norfolk-placenames/

[2] "Civil population 2011". Retrieved 2 September 2015.

[3] Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

[4] "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 2 September 2015.

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