Scarning is a village and civil parish in Breckland, Norfolk, lying just to the south‑west of the market town of Dereham. It occupies gently rolling agricultural countryside typical of mid‑Norfolk and combines residential streets and small pockets of light industry with surrounding farmland, with straightforward road links into Dereham and onward to Norwich.
Historically a farming community with medieval roots, Scarning today has a mixed population of long‑standing local families and commuters, a primary school and a cluster of village organisations that centre community life around the church and village hall. The parish retains a strong village identity despite incremental expansion, offering local clubs, occasional events and pleasant country walks that reflect its rural character.
Postcode districts covering Scarning
Most populated places nearby
- Norwich 16 miles25.7 km
- King's Lynn 21.1 miles34 km
- Thetford 18.3 miles29.4 km
- North Walsham 23.1 miles37.2 km
- Downham Market 22.2 miles35.8 km
- Diss 21.8 miles35.1 km
- Attleborough 11.7 miles18.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Dereham Toftwood Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Dereham Withburga Ward 1.8 miles3 km
- Shipdham-with-Scarning Ward 2 miles3.3 km
- Dereham Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Wendling Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Shipdham Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Whinburgh and Westfield Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Yaxham Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Bradenham Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Dereham Neatherd Ward 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Lincoln Ward 3 miles4.8 km
- Longham Built-up area 3 miles4.9 km
Example postcodes in Scarning
NR19 2UG, NR19 2LB, NR19 1LN, NR19 2FF, NR19 2NU, NR19 2PQ, NR19 2PN, NR19 2LF, NR19 2NW … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Stansted Airport 60.7 miles97.8 km
- Dereham Railway Station 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Yaxham Railway Station 2.7 miles4.3 km
Hotels near Scarning Ad
- Greenbanks Hotel 4 2.6 miles4.3 km
- The White Hart Hotel 6.9 miles11 km
- The George Hotel, Dereham 2.1 miles3.4 km
- The Kings Head Hotel 3 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Barnham Broom Hotel, Golf & Spa 4 8 miles12.9 km
- Watton by Verve 7.4 miles12 km
- Red Lion 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Best Western the George Hotel, Swaffham 3 8.9 miles14.3 km
Schools in Scarning
- Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Saham Wood Forest 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Wayland Wood Forest 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Fakenham Racecourse Recreation 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Lynford Hall Estate 13.7 miles22 km
- Snetterton Heath Estate 14 miles22.5 km
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Museum 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 16.6 miles26.6 km
- Blickling Hall Historic site 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Carrow Road Stadium 17.4 miles28.1 km
- Sandringham House Estate 19.8 miles31.8 km