Cockley Cley

Cockley Cley
Cockley Cley All Saints
Cockley Cley
Cockley Cley shown within Norfolk
Area	17.94 km² (6.93 sq mi)
Population	232 (2011)
• Density	13/km² (34/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF792042
Civil parish	Cockley Cley
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SWAFFHAM
Postcode district	PE37

Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°36′24″N 0°38′44″E / 52.60673°N 0.64554°E / 52.60673; 0.64554Coordinates: 52°36′24″N 0°38′44″E / 52.60673°N 0.64554°E / 52.60673; 0.64554

Cockley Cley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 17.94 km² (6.93 sq mi) and had a population of 138 in 58 households in the 2001 census, including South Pickenham and increasing to a population of 232 in 103 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

Its church, All Saints, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk but in 1991 much of the tower collapsed. The church was restored in 1866–88 by diocesan architect Richard Phipson. The interior was not harmed by the tower's collapse and exhibits the Victorian concept of how a church should look. The north arcade is 14th century, and it has been copied for the south arcade.

From 1975 a reconstructed Iceni village was a visitor attraction at Cockley Cley. It finally closed in 2014.

Cockley Cley village sign

Rare Allan Williams Turret fortifications of World War II in Cockley Cley

Entrance to the reconstruction of an Iceni village

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