Fairstead, Norfolk

The Fairstead Estate is a suburb of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. The population of Fairstead ward of King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough at the 2011 Census was 6,479.[1]

Green space in Fairstead
Houses in Fairstead

Facilities

Fairstead has two schools, Fairstead Community Primary School, a very large primary school, and Churchill Park School, which was completed in 2010 and is a merger of Alderman Jackson and Ethel Tipple Schools.

Fairstead has its own minor shopping zone, called Centre Point, with a doctor's surgery, a chemist and about 4-6 other shops. There is also a community hall. At the other end of the estate there is a convenience store.

Fairstead has a small wooded area extending from the front of the school area.

The pub has been knocked down as the residents complained of it being an eyesore this was done through the Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk and West Norfolk police safer neighbourhood teams. Affordable housing is to be built on the site of the old pub.

References
  1. "Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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