page_title: Burnham Market
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Burnham Market / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Burnham Market
context_page_description: Burnham Market is an English village and civil parish near the north coast of Norfolk. Burnham Market is one of the Burnhams, a group of adjacent villages. It results from a merger of three original villages: Burnham Sutton, Burnham Ulph and Burnham Westgate.
context_section_description: Burnham Market is about 1 mile (1.6 km) inland, about 5 miles (8 km) west of Wells-next-the-Sea, 12 miles (19 km) north-east of Hunstanton and 10 miles (16 km) north of Fakenham. The smaller villages of Burnham Deepdale and Burnham Norton are within 2 miles (3 km) to the west and north of Burnham Market, whilst Burnham Overy and Burnham Thorpe are a similar distance to the east. North Creake is about 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south. The larger town of King's Lynn is 20 miles (32 km) to the south-west and the city of Norwich is 30 miles (48 km) to the south-east.
  The civil parish has an area of 18.43 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 948 in 496 households, decreasing to 877 at the 2011 Census. For purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
  Burnham Market is close to the mouth of the River Burn and the name Burnham probably derives from this. However another theory is that the town was a centre for the amber trade. As the name implies, historically Burnham had a market and was therefore considered a town, however that market was discontinued several years before 1854. Today Burnham Market is more normally considered a village, albeit one slightly larger and considerably busier than its immediate neighbours.
  The village was served until 1952 by a railway originally built as the West Norfolk Junction Railway. It connected Burnham Market to the east with Holkham and Wells-next-the-Sea, and to the west with several intermediate stations and a junction at Heacham with the line between Hunstanton and Kings Lynn. The station was located on the road to North Creake, south of the village centre. The main station building and platform still exist.
caption: Burnham Market in the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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