Briston

Briston is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk that contains the hamlet of Briston Common. The village is 11 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 13.3 miles west south west of Cromer, 20.3 miles north north west of the city of Norwich, and 125 miles north north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich but a steam line is also available from Holt to Sheringham. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The civil parish had in 2001 census, a population of 2,021, increasing to 2,439 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk. The village is situated on the route of the B1354 that runs between the A148 at Thursford and the B1149 at Saxthorpe. ()