East Harling
East Harling | |
The village sign. |
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East Harling |
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OS grid reference | TL 993 865 |
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Civil parish | Harling |
Shire county | Norfolk |
Region | East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NORWICH |
Postcode district | NR16 |
Dialling code | 01953 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
EU Parliament | East of England |
UK Parliament | Breckland |
Website | http://eoe.xarg.co.uk/harling/ |
Coordinates: 52°26′24″N 0°55′51″E / 52.44011°N 0.93076°E
East Harling is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village forms the principal settlement in the civil parish of Harling, and is located some 8 miles (13 km) east of the town of Thetford and 25 miles (40 km) south-west of the city of Norwich.[1]
The village is served by Harling Road railway station, which is situated 2 miles (3 km) to the north.
From 1808 to 1814 East Harling hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in the port of Great Yarmouth.
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 230 - Diss & Harleston. ISBN 0-319-21862-7.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Harling. |
- Map sources for East Harling
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on East Harling.