Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby
Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is made up of the inland village of Ormesby St Margaret and the adjacent seaside resorts of Scratby and California. The villages are some 1 mi (1.6 km) apart, and they are situated about 6 mi (9.7 km) north of the town of Great Yarmouth and 19 mi (31 km) east of the city of Norwich.
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Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 7.32 km2 (2.83 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,974 (2011) |
| • Density | 543/km2 (1,410/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG 494 148 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GREAT YARMOUTH |
| Postcode district | NR29 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| Website | www.ormesby.org |
The civil parish has an area of 4.5 mi (7.2 km) and in the 2001 census had a population of 4,021 in 1,680 households, the population reducing to 3,974 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.
Ormesby St Margaret is separate from the village of Ormesby St Michael, which lies some 2 mi (3.2 km) to the west.
Great Ormesby railway station was once located here on the line between Great Yarmouth and Melton Constable. It is now closed.
California owes its name to the discovery of some 16th-century gold coins on the beach in 1848, at a time when the California gold rush had captured the attention of the world. The 1940s Home front museum Blitz and Pieces is based in the parish.