West Caister

Human settlement in England

West Caister

District

Great Yarmouth

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townGREAT YARMOUTHPostcode districtNR30PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°38′39″N 1°42′10″E / 52.64420°N 1.70291°E / 52.64420; 1.70291

West Caister is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated just inland from the coast, some 2 km (1.2 mi) from the seaside resort of Caister-on-Sea and 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the town of Great Yarmouth.^[2]

The civil parish has an area of 6.85 km² (2.64 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 195 in 83 households, reducing to a population of 175 in 72 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.^[3]

West Caister is the site of Caister Castle, a 15th-century moated castle built by Sir John Fastolf, who was the inspiration for William Shakespeare's Falstaff. The great Thomas Ward lived much of his life there adjacent to the main part of the village next to its close neighbour Ormesby St Margaret".^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
^ Office for National Statistics & 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.