East Harling

East Harling

The village sign.
East Harling
 East Harling shown within Norfolk
OS grid referenceTL 993 865
Civil parishHarling
DistrictBreckland
Shire countyNorfolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR16
Dialling code 01953
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentBreckland
Websitehttp://eoe.xarg.co.uk/harling/
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°26′24″N 0°55′51″E / 52.44011°N 0.93076°E / 52.44011; 0.93076

East Harling is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village forms the principal settlement in the civil parish of Harling (where the population is included), and is located some 8 miles (13 km) east of the town of Thetford and 25 miles (40 km) south-west of the city of Norwich.[1]

The village is served by Harling Road railway station, which is situated 2 miles (3 km) to the north.

From 1808 to 1814 East Harling hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in the port of Great Yarmouth.

References

  1. Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 230 - Diss & Harleston. ISBN 0-319-21862-7.
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