Woodbastwick is a village

Village

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 and civil parish in the English

England

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 county

County

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 of Norfolk

Norfolk

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. It is located on the River Bure

River Bure

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 between Cockshoot Broad

Cockshoot Broad

Cockshoot Broad, one of the Norfolk Broads, lies on the River Bure within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England. It is one of several Broads where boats are not allowed at any time of the year, although they can moor at its entrance. It is a nature reserve in the care of Norfolk Wildlife Trust...

 and Salhouse Broad

Salhouse Broad

Salhouse Broad, one of the Norfolk Broads, is situated on the River Bure in The Broads in Norfolk, England.The broad is situated just off the river and attracts little through traffic. It lies south of Hoveton Great Broad and about half a mile north of the village of Salhouse. The Broad is...

, within The Broads National Park and close to Bure Marshes NNR

Bure Marshes NNR

Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve is maintained by English Nature in Norfolk, England, within The Broads National Park.It is mostly fen land and includes four Broads which are disused peat workings dug between 900 and 1350:...

 (National Nature Reserve

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). The city of Norwich

Norwich

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 lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the south-east.

The village name relates to bast, a pliable substance found under the bark of the lime

Tilia

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 tree. Danish

Denmark

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 and Saxon invaders used bast as a form of binding to tie leggings and other items. As a consequence, Woodbastwick's village sign

Village sign

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 shows two invaders tying their leggings.

Woodbastwick is an attractive village with thatched houses set around a village green, and the church of St Fabian & St Sebastian, also thatched. The Woodforde Broadland Brewery

Woodforde’s Brewery

Woodforde’s Brewery is a micro-brewery located in Slad Lane in the village of Woodbastwick, in the county of Norfolk. The brewery produced its first commercial brew in 1981 from original brewery in the village of Drayton north east of Norwich. In 1996 the brewery’s popular Wherry bitter became...

 is located in the village and produces cask ale

Cask ale

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s such as Wherry Bitter, Nelson's Revenge, Norfolk Nog and Headcracker.

The civil parish has an area of 19.04 km² (7.4 sq mi) and in the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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 had a population of 362 in 157 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district

Non-metropolitan district

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 of Broadland

Broadland

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External links

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• Woodbastwick Church and the Broadside Benefice Parishes
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Woodbastwick.
• NorfolkCoast.co.uk on Woodbastwick.