Scottow
Scottow War Memorial
Scottow Location within Norfolk
Area	8.59 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Population	1,424 (2011)
• Density	166/km2 (430/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG279235
Civil parish	Scottow
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR10
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°45′40″N 1°22′35″E / 52.76100°N 1.37626°E / 52.76100; 1.37626

Scottow is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located some 2.5 miles north of Coltishall and 5 miles south of North Walsham.

The villages name means 'Scots' hill-spur'.^{[citation needed]}

The civil parish has an area of 8.59 km² (3.32 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 1,774 in 357 households, the population decreasing to 1,424 at the 2011 Census.^[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.^[2]

Most of the former Royal Air Force Coltishall military airbase lay within the parish boundaries of Scottow. Today, part of the RAF base has been converted into HMP Bure, a prison for adult males, and the rest has been used to create Scottow Enterprise Park focused on helping businesses to grow through providing space in the form of offices and workshops, as well as business support.^{[citation needed]}

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward stretches east with a total population of 2,934 at the 2011 Census.^[3]