Thursford

Thursford
Thursford village green
Thursford
Thursford shown within Norfolk
Area	6.02 km² (2.32 sq mi)
Population	205 (2011 census)
• Density	34/km² (88/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF979344
• London	137
Civil parish	Thursford
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FAKENHAM
Postcode district	NR21
Dialling code	01328

Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Broadland
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°52′N 0°58′E / 52.86°N 0.96°E / 52.86; 0.96Coordinates: 52°52′N 0°58′E / 52.86°N 0.96°E / 52.86; 0.96

Thursford is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 16.3 miles southwest of Cromer, 24.5 miles northwest of Norwich and 121 miles north-east of London. The village lies 6.9 miles northwest of the nearby town of Fakenham. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The village once had its own Thursford railway station which is now closed. It is a proposed stop on the Norfolk Orbital Railway.

Thursford parish church is called St Andrew’s and has some fine examples of Victorian stained glass windows. The church was rebuilt in the early 1860s with money given by the Chadd family who lived in the nearby Thursford Hall.

Thursford is part of the Broadland parliamentary constituency, before this it was for many years in the Norfolk North constituency until boundary changes in 2010.

Thursford is the home of the Thursford Collection, which is an assortment of steam engines and organs housed in a museum. The collection was founded by the late George Cushing and what began as a hobby turned into one of the world's most important steam and fairground museums. The collection includes a Mighty Wurlitzer which is the fourth-largest in Europe and has a total of 1,339 pipes. There is also a 19th-century gondola merry-go-round which was built in the Norfolk factory of Frederick Savage. The merry-go-round is decorated with carved heads depicting Queen Victoria and her family, including the German Kaiser Wilhelm II.

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