Runton

Human settlement in England

Runton

District

North Norfolk

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCROMERPostcode districtNR27PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°56′00″N 1°15′00″E / 52.9333°N 1.25°E / 52.9333; 1.25

Runton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk consisting of the villages of East Runton and West Runton. It covers an area of 5.44 km² (2.10 sq mi) and had a population of 1,633 in 784 households at the 2001 census,^[1] the population increasing to 1,667 at the 2011 Census.^[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.

The name 'Runton' means either, 'Runa's farm/settlement' or 'Runi's farm/settlement'.^[3]

Governance

Runton falls in the electoral ward called The Runtons. This ward stretches south to Aylmerton and had a total population at the 2011 census of 2,125.^[4]

Notes

^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ "Key to English Place-names".
^ "The Runtons Ward population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.