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 Coltishallmilitary 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]
Governanceedit
An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward stretches east with a total population of 2,934 at the 2011 Census.[3]
Notesedit
^"Civil population 2011". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
^Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
^"Ward population 2011". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
scottow, village, civil, parish, english, county, norfolk, located, some, miles, north, coltishall, miles, south, north, walsham, memoriallocation, within, norfolkarea8, population1, 2011, density166, grid, referencetg279235civil, parishdistrictnorth, norfolks. 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 ScottowScottow War MemorialScottowLocation within NorfolkArea8 59 km2 3 32 sq mi Population1 424 2011 Density166 km2 430 sq mi OS grid referenceTG279235Civil parishScottowDistrictNorth NorfolkShire countyNorfolkRegionEastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORWICHPostcode districtNR10PoliceNorfolkFireNorfolkAmbulanceEast of EnglandList of places UK England Norfolk 52 45 40 N 1 22 35 E 52 76100 N 1 37626 E 52 76100 1 37626 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 editAn electoral ward of the same name exists This ward stretches east with a total population of 2 934 at the 2011 Census 3 Notes edit Civil population 2011 Retrieved 2 September 2015 Office for National Statistics amp Norfolk County Council 2001 Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017 02 11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 December 2005 Ward population 2011 Retrieved 2 September 2015 http kepn nottingham ac uk map place Norfolk ScottowExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scottow Map sources for Scottow nbsp This Norfolk location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scottow amp oldid 1023717807, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
