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Docking
Docking shown within Norfolk |
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| Area | 25.79 km2 (9.96 sq mi) |
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| Population | 1,150 |
| - Density | 45 /km2 (120 /sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TF765370 |
| Parish | Docking |
| District | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KING'S LYNN |
| Postcode district | PE31 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
Docking is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and contains the highest point in North West Norfolk. It covers an area of 25.79 km2 (9.96 sq mi) and had a population of 1,150 in 469 households as of the 2001 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Docking has many small businesses including antique clothing and giftware, tea rooms and its own tattoo studio.
The village church is St Mary the Virgin.[2]
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RAF Docking was a former Royal Air Force airfield open from 1940 until 1958.
Until 1952 the village had its own Docking railway station, on the line between King's Lynn and Wells. It was closed along with the rest of line as part of cutbacks of Britain's railways.