Great Ellingham is a village situated in the Breckland

Breckland (district)

Breckland District is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in East Dereham.Breckland District derives its name from the Breckland landscape region, a gorse covered sandy heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk...

 District of Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

 and covers an area of 1114 hectares (4.3 square miles) with a population of 1108 as of UK census 2001, though the district's 2007 estimate suggests that this may have risen to 1165. The village lies 2.5 miles north west of Attleborough

Attleborough

Attleborough is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England situated between Norwich and Thetford. The parish falls within the district of Breckland and has an area of 21.90 km² with a Mainline to both Norwich and Cambridge....

, 2 miles south east of its sister village of Little Ellingham

Little Ellingham

Little Ellingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north west of Attleborough, north west of its sister village of Great Ellingham, west south west of Norwich and north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Attleborough for the Breckland...

 and 12 miles by road south from Dereham

Dereham

Dereham, also known as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, some 15 miles west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles east of King's Lynn. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of...

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Great Ellingham is served by St.James church in the Benefice

Benefice

A benefice is a reward received in exchange for services rendered and as a retainer for future services. The term is now almost obsolete.-Church of England:...

of Great Ellingham.

Great Ellingham primary school teaches just over 150 pupils up to the age of 11.

The Crown public house, one of six pubs that used to be in the village, was once called The Bell and dates from the mid 18th century.