Ostend | |
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Ostend shown within Norfolk | |
OS grid reference | TG365325 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Norwich |
Postcode district | NR12 |
EU Parliament | East of England |
Ostend is a coastal settlement in the English county of Norfolk. The population is included in the civil parish of Walcott.
It is between the towns of Cromer and Caister-on-Sea being south of, and contiguous with, Walcott.
Ostend achieved a degree of national notability in June 2002 when a rare specimen of Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) was stranded on its beach.