Strumpshaw is a village

Village

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 and civil parish in the English county 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...

, on the River Yare

River Yare

The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches the river connects with the navigable waterways of The Broads....

 in Norfolk, England, within The Broads National Park.
It covers an area of 11.69 km² (4.5 sq mi) and had a population of 602 in 245 households as of the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district

Non-metropolitan district

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 of Broadland

Broadland

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The village lies a little distance from the river, on the slopes of Strumpshaw Hill, the highest area of land in the Norfolk Broads. Because of its elevation, Strumpshaw hosted, from the late 1790s through to the mid 1810s, a repeater station in the shutter telegraph chain linking the Admiralty in London with Great Yarmouth.

Strumpshaw Hall lies closer to the river, next to the railway line. It is the home of the Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum

Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum

The Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum in Strumpshaw, Norfolk is home to a collection of Traction engines, Steam rollers, a Showman's engine and a Steam wagon which are run on special occasions and on the last Sunday of each month from April to October....

, with a collection of Traction engine

Traction engine

A traction engine is a self-propelled steam engine used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives from the Latin tractus, meaning 'drawn', since the prime function of any traction engine is to draw a load behind it...

s, and Steam rollers. It also has a Showman's engine, a Steam wagon

Steam wagon

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 and a narrow gauge railway with a Simplex

Simplex

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 diesel disguised as a steam engine.

In Strumpshaw Fen

Strumpshaw Fen

Strumpshaw Fen is a fen on the River Yare in Norfolk, England, between Brundall and Cantley.Much of the area is RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, a nature reserve in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds....

 is the RSPB Strumpshaw Fen

RSPB Strumpshaw Fen

thumb|right|360px|A view from the brick hide over water showing mostly [[Greylag Goose]] coming into land for the evening. Strumpshaw Fen is a nature reserve managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . It is situated at Strumpshaw Fen, a fen on the River Yare in Norfolk, England...

 nature reserve, and part of the Mid-Yare NNR

Mid-Yare NNR

Mid-Yare NNR is a National Nature Reserve in Norfolk, east of Norwich, established by English Nature and managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . In RSPB publications, this reserve is known as Strumpshaw Fen....

 National Nature Reserve

National Nature Reserve

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. The fen

Fen

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 lies between the Yare and the Norwich to Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...

 railway line and is one of the few breeding areas in Great Britain

Great Britain

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 for the Bittern

Bittern

Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter-necked, often more secretive members of this family...

  and the Old World Swallowtail

Old World Swallowtail

The Old World Swallowtail is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the Common Yellow Swallowtail or simply the Swallowtail...

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