{{Short description|Residential area in Norfolk, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |official_name= Thorpe Marriott |coordinates = {{coord|52.68|1.21|display=inline,title}} |shire_district= Broadland |shire_county= Norfolk |region= East of England |constituency_westminster= Norwich North |post_town= NORWICH |postcode_district = NR8 |postcode_area= NR |dial_code= 01603 |os_grid_reference= TG165145 |static_image = 240px|Marriott's Way passes through the locality close to the village green |static_image_caption = Marriott's Way passes through the locality close to the village green }}
'''Thorpe Marriott''' is a residential area in Norfolk, England covering part of Taverham and Drayton parishes. Much of its housing was built during the last quarter of the 20th century.
It enjoys the amenities of both parishes, which are easily accessible from Fakenham Road (A1067). Although lacking its own school, surgery or chemist, Thorpe Marriott holds a church and the Old Mill public house.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Spackman |first=Anne |date=1994-08-06 |title=Property: A modern village in the making: When the planners conceived Thorpe Marriott in Norfolk, they wanted its homes to have a heart. Anne Spackman assesses the result |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/property-a-modern-village-in-the-making-when-the-planners-conceived-thorpe-marriott-in-norfolk-they-wanted-its-homes-to-have-a-heart-anne-spackman-assesses-the-result-1381818.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=The Independent}}</ref> Marriott's Way passes through it.
== History == Broadland District Council first earmarked the 380-acre site for development in 1986. By 1994, 1,500 homes had been built, with plans for the residence of around 5,200 people once the project was to be finished. The plans included a mix of house styles including family houses, two bedroom terraces and bungalows.<ref name=":0" />
In 2005, the landlord of The Otter pub in Thorpe Marriott campaigned to gain a drinks licence extension to open later on Saint George's Day by designating it as a national holiday, but this was refused by a high court judge.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-11-28 |title=Landlord loses St George's Day battle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/28/britishidentity |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
A mural of Grogu and the Mandalorian was created at a park in the area in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-04 |title=Star Wars fans praise new Mandalorian mural |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-66089712 |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Plans for the building of 1,530 new homes as well as a pub, a primary school, a medical centre, and shops on farmland on the edge of Thorpe Marriott, near the Norwich Northern Distributor Road were recommended in December that year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=George |last2=Bennett |first2=Connor |date=2023-12-01 |title=Thorpe Marriot estate: Pub and 1,500 homes could be built on farmland |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-67590198 |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Marriott's Way== Passing through the development is Marriott's Way, a long distance footpath, bridleway and cycle route which forms part of National Cycle Route 1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marriott's Way |url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/marriotts-way |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Sustrans |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Villages in Norfolk Category:Broadland