Carleton St Peter

Carleton St Peter

St Peter, Carleton St Peter
Carleton St Peter
 Carleton St Peter shown within Norfolk
Area  3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi)
Population 29 
   – density  9/km2 (23/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG338021
Civil parishCarleton St Peter
DistrictSouth Norfolk
Shire countyNorfolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR14
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°33′58″N 1°26′59″E / 52.566021°N 1.449852°E / 52.566021; 1.449852

Carleton St Peter is a civil parish in South Norfolk approximately 8 1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) south-east of Norwich. There is no village center but the Church provides a reference point and is 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of Thurton, and a similar distance south of Claxton, just east of Ashby St Mary.

In the 2001 census Carleton St Peter contained just 15 households and a population of 29 spread across the 3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi) of the parish.[1] The church cannot be reached by road and sits in a small graveyard in the middle of a field reached by a short path between ploughed fields.[2] The tower contains four bells but they cannot be rung.[3]

The parish extends northwards to include the Beauchamp Arms public house on the south bank of the River Yare and the nearby Buckenham Sailing Club. These lie at the end of Ferry Road although the ferry across to Buckenham on the north bank stopped running before World War II.

Between Carleton St Peter and Claxton, on the banks of Carleton Beck, lies Ducan's Marsh, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and one of the richest areas of unimproved wet grassland in East Norfolk.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Carleton St Peter parish information [South Norfolk Council]
  2. ↑ Carleton St Peter
  3. ↑ carleton.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000294.pdf

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