Sandringham, Norfolk

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Sandringham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county Norfolk. The village is situated Template:Convert south of Dersingham, Template:Convert north of King's Lynn, and Template:Convert north-west of Norwich.<ref name=osexp250>Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. Template:ISBN.</ref>

The village's name means 'Sandy Dersingham', with Dersingham meaning 'homestead/village of Deorsige's people'.

The civil parish extends westwards from Sandringham village to the shore of the Wash Template:Convert distant, and includes the villages West Newton and Wolferton. It has an area of Template:Convert and in 2001 had a population of 402 in 176 households. The population had increased to 437 at the 2011 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For the purposes of local government, the parish is in the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.<ref name="osexp250"/><ref>Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 2 December 2005.</ref>

Sandringham is best known as the location of Sandringham House and its estate, a private residence of British monarchs since Edward VII, who used it as a holiday home. Near to the house is the Royal Stud, a stud farm that houses many of the royal horses. The village was the birthplace of Diana, Princess of Wales.

In terms of public transport, Sandringham is served by bus route 35 between King's Lynn and Hunstanton, operated by Lynx.Template:Fact Template:Multiple image