Irstead is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in The Broads National Park in the English

England

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 county of Norfolk, England. The village is situated at Irstead Shoals, on the River Ant

River Ant

The River Ant is a tributary river of the River Bure in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 17 miles long , and has an overall drop of 25 metres from source to mouth...

 just south of Barton Broad

Barton Broad

Barton Broad lies within The Broads in Norfolk, the United Kingdom. The broad is situated to the south and east of the village of Barton Turf, and is within the parish of Barton Turf....

, the second largest of the Norfolk Broads. The village forms part of the civil parish of Barton Turf

Barton Turf

Barton Turf is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 20 km north-east of the city of Norwich, on the northwestern edge of Barton Broad, the second largest broad of the Norfolk Broads within The Broads National Park...

, and the district

Non-metropolitan district

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 of North Norfolk

North Norfolk

North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Cromer. The council headquarters can be found approximately out of the town of Cromer on the Holt Road.-History:...

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Several of the village's buildings are reed-thatched, including in particular the very attractive St Michael's Church.

External links

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• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Irstead.