Hempstead | |
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Hempstead Village sign | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 7.19 km2 (2.78 sq mi) |
Population | 173 (2021 census) |
• Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TG105370 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HOLT |
Postcode district | NR25 |
Dialling code | 01263 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Hempstead is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Norfolk. The village is 2.7 miles south-southeast of the town of Holt, and 11.2 miles southwest of Cromer. In the last Census, carried out in 2021, the population of Hempstead was counted as 173,[1] slightly reducing from 177[2] at the 2011 Census. For local government purposes, the village is within the district of North Norfolk.