Walpole, Norfolk

Walpole
Walpole
Walpole shown within Norfolk
Area	19.27 km2 (7.44 sq mi)
Population	1,804 (2011)
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF497169
Civil parish	Walpole
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WISBECH
Postcode district	PE14
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°43′47″N 0°12′56″E / 52.729587°N 0.215521°E / 52.729587; 0.215521Coordinates: 52°43′47″N 0°12′56″E / 52.729587°N 0.215521°E / 52.729587; 0.215521

Walpole is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 19.27 km² (7.44 sq mi), including the villages of Walpole St. Peter and Walpole St. Andrew, and had a population of 1,707 in 654 households as of the 2001 census, the population increasing to 1,804 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

Edmund of Walpole was Abbot of Bury St Edmunds from 1248 to 1256.

St Andrew's Church is a Grade 1 listed redundant church. It is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

St Peter's Church is a Grade 1 listed parish church located in Walpole St Peter. Known as "the Cathedral of the Fens", the largely Perpendicular building is often regarded as one of England's finest parish churches. St Peter's was used as the parish church of the fictional village of Fenchurch St Paul in the celebrated 1970s production of Dorothy L Sayer's novel The Nine Tailors, starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey.

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward had a population at the 2011 Census was 2,322.

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