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Bacton, Norfolk

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Amenities in the village include: a village shop, a hotel, two cafes, a Chinese restaurant and kebab house, as well as a recreation ground. In addition there are several caravan parks and estates consisting of privately owned holiday chalets, giving holidaymakers access to the beach. During the
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is located. In July 2019 a scheme commenced to deposit almost two million cubic metres of sand, forming a 6-kilometre (4 mi) artificial dune. Costing £20 million, the scheme will protect the gas terminal, as well as the villages of Bacton and
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had a population of 1,130 in 474 households the population increasing to 1,194 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the
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is at one end of a gas pipeline connecting England to the Netherlands. The pipeline runs from a compressor station at the Balgzand Gas Plant at
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The seaside village, whose name is derived from 'Bacca's farm/settlement', is located on the North Norfolk coast between
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Bacton War Memorial takes the form of a stone cross in St. Andrew's Churchyard. It commemorates the following from the
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was damaged in the storm surge in December 2013, which caused damage to several caravans and chalets.
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The Leas Beach Park with photos of Bacton beach, fossils found on the beach and the surrounding area
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The civil parish has an area of 9.45 square kilometres (3.65 sq mi) and in the
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The village and adjoining coastline has extensive sea defences, erected to prevent
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Village News - local newsletter for Bacton, Edingthorpe, Ridlington and Witton
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Private Marshall F. Gotts (d.1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
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Private Arthur Bean (1885–1916), 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
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Private Edward H. Denton (d.1917), 905th Maintenance Company,
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Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur P. Mack (1863–1916), 9th Battalion,
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Lieutenant Jack C. Barnes (d.1915), Plymouth Battalion,
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North of Bacton lies the village of Paston where the
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Keswick, North Norfolk

Bacton is located in Norfolk
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