Editing Strumpshaw

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{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
 | country           = England
 | coordinates       = {{coord|52.6171|1.4702|display=inline,title}}
 | os_grid_reference = TG350077
 | official_name     = Strumpshaw
 | population        = 634
 | population_ref    = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129258&c=Strumpshaw&d=16&e=62&g=6448372&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1469974956719&enc=1|title=Civi Parish population 2011|accessdate=31 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
 | area_total_km2    = 11.69
 | shire_district    = [[Broadland]]
 | shire_county      = [[Norfolk]]
 | region            = East of England
 | civil_parish      = Strumpshaw
 | constituency_westminster = 
 | postcode_district = NR13
 | postcode_area     = NR
 | post_town         = NORWICH
 | dial_code         = 01603
 | london_distance   = 
|static_image_name = St Peter, Strumpshaw, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 1247274.jpg
|static_image_caption= St Peter’s Church, Strumpshaw
}}

'''Strumpshaw''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[English county]] of [[Norfolk]]. It is located on the northern bank of the [[River Yare]] around {{convert|6|mi|km}} south-east of [[Norwich]]. The parish covers an area of {{convert|11.69|km2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 602 in 245 households at the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]],<ref>[http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls |date=2017-02-11 }}. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.</ref> increasing to a population of 634 in 261 households at the 2011 Census.  For the purposes of local government, it falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[Broadland]].

The villages name means 'stump wood'.

The village lies a little distance from the river, on the slopes of Strumpshaw Hill, the highest area of land in the [[Norfolk Broads]]. Because of its elevation, Strumpshaw hosted, from the late 1790s through to the mid-1810s, a repeater station in the [[Optical telegraph|shutter telegraph chain]] linking the Admiralty in London with [[Great Yarmouth]]. The [[Wherry Lines]] railway line running between Norwich and Great Yarmouth and [[Lowestoft]] runs through the parish. Trains call at [[Buckenham railway station]] at weekends only.

The small villages of [[Buckenham]] and [[Hassingham]], formerly both parishes in their own right, lie within the civil parish of Strumpshaw.

==Strumpshaw Hall==
Strumpshaw Hall lies closer to the river, next to the railway line. It is the home of the [[Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum]], with a collection of [[traction engine]]s and [[steam roller]]s. It also has a [[showman's engine]], a [[steam wagon]] and a [[narrow-gauge railway]] with a [[Simplex]] diesel disguised as a steam engine.

==Natural environment==
The [[Strumpshaw Fen RSPB reserve]] is operated by the [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]]. It caters for up to 20,000 visitors annually. It is bordered to the east by [[Buckenham Marshes RSPB reserve]] and lies within the [[Mid-Yare NNR|Mid-Yare National Nature Reserve]] and [[Yare Broads and Marshes]] [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]].

==Rail Access==
The nearest station is [[Buckenham railway station]] on the [[Wherry Line]].

== Notes ==
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http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Strumpshaw

==External links==
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[[Category:Villages in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk]]