Hopton-on-Sea Village Sign, Norfolk - Pictorial Village Signs on Waymarking.com

This sign is unusual as it is not a tall one, it is on a low plinth instead.

Hopton-on-Sea is a village, civil parish and seaside resort on the coast of eastern England in the county of Norfolk. It is located some 8 km south of the town of Great Yarmouth and very close to the UK's most easterly point, Lowestoft Ness.

The civil parish was, until 1974, in the county of Suffolk. It has an area of 5.63 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 2,706 in 1,166 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.

The village is best known for hosting the World Indoor Bowls Championship and for its tourist industry. It has a regular, if infrequent bus service to Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft and the village maintains a post office, two local convenience stores, a village primary school, and several amusement arcades, a bookmakers, a hair salon, take-away food venues and a chip shop. It once had its own station Hopton railway station, linking it to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft but this has now closed.

Notable former residents include comedians Joe Pasquale and Eddie Large, children's presenter Dave Benson Phillips, oil magnate Simon Martin and footballers Mark Noble and Laurie Sivell.

The original church of St Margaret's burnt down in 1865 to be replaced the following year by a new church of the same name designed by Samuel Sanders Teulon. It is in the Victorian neo-Norman style and contains stained glass by William Morris and Burne-Jones. The old church ruins are being restored to form a cultural centre for the village.

Location: On a small green just inside the village Plaque: no Construction Material: Wood Web Address: [Web Link] Sign Date: Not listed Occasion Commemorated: Not listed Artist: Not listed

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