Walpole Cross Keys
Walpole Cross Keys is located in Norfolk
Walpole Cross Keys
Walpole Cross Keys
Location within Norfolk
Area4.03 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population518 (2011)
• Density129/km2 (330/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF518199
Civil parish
  • Walpole Cross Keys
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKING'S LYNN
Postcode districtPE34
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°45′20″N 0°14′54″E / 52.755464°N 0.248308°E / 52.755464; 0.248308

Walpole Cross Keys is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 4.03 km2 (1.56 sq mi) and had a population of 469 in 182 households at the 2001 census,[1] the population increasing to 518 at the 2011 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Walpole Cross Keys' Primary School received a 'good' rating from Ofsted following a short inspection in 2019.[3]

Walpole railway station, closed in 1959, was within the parish.

Notes

  1. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Walpole Cross Keys Primary School Ofsted 'Good' report". Ofsted News. 26 March 2019.


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