Editing King's Lynn (section)

==In popular culture==
Ruth Galloway, fictional heroine of [[Elly Griffiths]]' novels, is a forensic anthropologist living in a cottage near King's Lynn and teaching at the fictional University of North Norfolk.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ellygriffiths.co.uk/ruthgalloway.htm 
|publisher=Elly Griffiths' official website |title=Ruth Galloway |access-date=25 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503144624/http://ellygriffiths.co.uk/ruthgalloway.htm |archive-date= 3 May 2015}}</ref>

Peter Grainger's DC Smith Investigation series of detective novels is set in "Kings Lake", a thinly-disguised King's Lynn.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DC Smith Series |url=https://www.goodreads.com/series/161291-dc-smith |website=Goodreads}}</ref>

The fictional comedy character [[Alan Partridge]] was born in [[Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn]]. The character itself, played by [[Steve Coogan]], grew up in [[Norwich]] and frequently makes references to Norfolk.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/sep/02/alan-partridge-podcast-interview-boris-johnson-oasthouse|title=Alan Partridge on his new podcast: 'This is the real, raw, be-cardiganed me'|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 September 2020|access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref>