{{Short description|Village in Norfolk, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|52.71|1.15|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Attlebridge | population = 223 | population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120229&c=Attlebridge&d=16&e=62&g=6448431&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1469644326719&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=27 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 5.27 | static_image_name = St Andrew, Attlebridge, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 485058.jpg | static_image_caption = St Andrew's church | shire_district = Broadland | shire_county = Norfolk | region = East of England | civil_parish = Attlebridge | constituency_westminster = | postcode_district = NR9 | postcode_area = NR | post_town = NORWICH | dial_code = 01603 | os_grid_reference = TG128168 | london_distance = }}
'''Attlebridge''' is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is about {{convert|8|mi|km}} north-west of Norwich, where the A1067 road crosses the River Wensum.
The civil parish has an area of {{convert|5.27|km2|mi2}} and in the 2001 census had a population of 122 in 50 households, increasing to a population of 223 in 96 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.<ref>Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]''. Retrieved 2 December 2005.</ref>
The mediaeval parish church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE|num = 1372661|desc= CHURCH OF ST ANDREW |accessdate = 12 March 2014}}</ref>
==History== [[File:River Wensum2.JPG|thumb|left| The River Wensum below the village at Marriott's Way]]
The village is named after Ætla and the nearby bridge he is credited with constructing.<ref>''[http://www.broadland.gov.uk/leisure_and_tourism/1145.asp Information from Broadland District Council on Attlebridge]''. Retrieved 11 June 2007.</ref> Between the 1880s and 1950s the settlement had its own Attlebridge railway station offering direct trains to Norwich and Kings Lynn. It was eventually closed as a cost-cutting measure by British Rail.{{fact|date=April 2021}}
During World War II a nearby airfield, designated RAF Attlebridge, was used as an airfield for launching Allied aircraft missions against Axis targets in Europe.<ref>''[http://www.controltowers.co.uk/A/Attlebridge.htm Information about RAF Attlebridge airfield from ControlTowers.co.uk]''. Retrieved 11 June 2007.</ref>
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Attlebridge}} *[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/a/attlebridge/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Attlebridge. *[http://www.broadland.gov.uk/leisure_and_tourism/1145.asp Information from Broadland District Council] on Attlebridge. *{{OpenDomesday|TG1216|attlebridge|Attlebridge}}
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Category:Broadland Category:Villages in Norfolk Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk
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