Fakenham

Fakenham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the , about 25 miles north-west of . The town is at the junction of several roads, including the A148 from to , the A1067 to Norwich and the A1065 to .
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  • Type: Town with 7,620 residents
  • Description: town in Norfolk, England
  • Also known as: “Fakenham Lancaster” and “Fakenham, Norfolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corn Exchange, Fakenham and Fakenham Library.

Movie theater
Photo: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the Market Place, Fakenham, , England. The structure, which is currently used as a cinema, is a Grade II listed building.

Library
Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Museum
Photo: Lajmmoore, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hempton and Toftrees.

Village
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and a civil parish in the county of , along the course of the . is 0.8 miles south-west of Fakenham and 33.9 miles north west of .

Hamlet
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the district, in the county of , England. The hamlet is 2.3 miles south west of Fakenham, 27.3 miles north west of and 113 miles north north east of .

Village
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is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the district, in the county of , England. It is located about 4 kilometres west of the market town of Fakenham.

Fakenham

Latitude
52.8299° or 52° 49′ 48″ north
Longitude
0.8477° or 0° 50′ 52″ east
Population
7,620
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
IATA airport code
FKH
United Nations Location Codes
GB FHO and GB FKM
Open location code
9F42RRHX+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21519563
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2649730
Wiki­data ID
Q237650
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Fakenham” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Fakenham”
  • Asturian: “Fakenham”
  • Basque: “Fakenham”
  • Bengali: “ফ্যাকেনহ্যাম”
  • Catalan: “Fakenham”
  • Cebuano: “Fakenham”
  • Chinese: “費克納姆”
  • Chinese: “費肯漢姆”
  • Chinese: “费克纳姆”
  • Chinese: “费肯汉姆”
  • Dutch: “Fakenham”
  • French: “Fakenham”
  • German: “Fakenham”
  • Gujarati: “ફેકનહામ”
  • Irish: “Fakenham”
  • Italian: “Fakenham”
  • Japanese: “フェイクナム”
  • Kannada: “ಫೇಕನ್ಹಾಮ್”
  • Korean: “페이큰햄”
  • Ladin: “Fakenham”
  • Lithuanian: “Fakenheimas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fakenham”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fakenham”
  • Norwegian: “Fakenham”
  • Persian: “فاکنهام”
  • Polish: “Fakenham”
  • Portuguese: “Fakenham”
  • Romanian: “Fakenham”
  • Russian: “Фейкенем”
  • Russian: “Фейкенхэм”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فاکنهام”
  • Spanish: “Fakenham”
  • Swedish: “Fakenham”
  • Tamil: “பாக்கென்ஹாம்”
  • Telugu: “ఫేక్హ్యామ్”
  • Turkish: “Fakenham”
  • Urdu: “فاکینہام”
  • Volapük: “Fakenham”
  • Welsh: “Fakenham”

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