Borough of Great Yarmouth

Borough of Great Yarmouth
Borough of Great Yarmouth
Non-metropolitan district and borough
	Great Yarmouth Minster
	Great Yarmouth shown within Norfolk
	Coordinates: 52°36′28″N 1°43′59″E / 52.60778°N 1.73306°E
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Norfolk
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Great Yarmouth
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Great Yarmouth Borough Council
• MPs	Rupert Lowe
Area
• Total	67.2 sq mi (174.0 km2)
• Rank	154th (of 296)
Population (2022)
• Total	99,862
• Rank	246th (of 296)
• Density	1,500/sq mi (570/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 94.6% White ; 1.9% Asian ; 1.6% Mixed ; 1.1% Black ; 0.8% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 46.7% Christianity ; 45.2% no religion ; 7.4% other ; 0.7% Islam ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
OS grid reference	TG5271507684

The Borough of Great Yarmouth is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. It is named after its main town, Great Yarmouth, and also contains the town of Gorleston-on-Sea^[2]^[3] and a number of villages and rural areas, including part of The Broads. Other notable settlements include Caister-on-Sea, Hemsby, Hopton-on-Sea and Winterton-on-Sea.

The borough is on the east coast of Norfolk, facing the North Sea. It borders North Norfolk to the north, Broadland to the west, South Norfolk to the south-west, and East Suffolk to the south.

^ ^a ^b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Great Yarmouth Local Authority (E07000145)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "8 facts about glorious Gorleston". Great British Life. 16 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
^ "A-Z of Norfolk nostalgia: A history of Gorleston in pictures". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.