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 miles
- King's Lynn 21.1 miles
- Thetford 18.3 miles
- North Walsham 23.1 miles
- Downham Market 22.2 miles
- Diss 21.8 miles
- Attleborough 11.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Dereham Toftwood Ward 1.7 miles
- Dereham Withburga Ward 1.8 miles
- Shipdham-with-Scarning Ward 2 miles
- Dereham Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Wendling Parish 2.1 miles
- Shipdham Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Whinburgh and Westfield Parish 2.8 miles
- Yaxham Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Bradenham Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Dereham Neatherd Ward 2.9 miles
- Lincoln Ward 3 miles
- Longham Built-up area 3 miles
Example postcodes in Scarning
NR19 2DL, NR19 2TS, NR19 2NL, NR19 2PD, NR19 2RZ, NR19 2UP, NR19 2PN, NR19 2NN, NR19 2LH … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 16.1 miles
- Stansted Airport 60.7 miles
- Dereham Railway Station 2.3 miles
- Yaxham Railway Station 2.7 miles
Hotels near Scarning Ad
- Greenbanks Hotel 4 2.6 miles
- The White Hart Hotel 6.9 miles
- The George Hotel, Dereham 2.1 miles
- The Kings Head Hotel 3 5.9 miles
- Barnham Broom Hotel, Golf & Spa 4 8 miles
- Best Western the George Hotel, Swaffham 3 8.9 miles
Schools in Scarning
- Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Saham Wood Forest 5.1 miles
- Wayland Wood Forest 8.4 miles
- Fakenham Racecourse Recreation 11.1 miles
- Lynford Hall Estate 13.7 miles
- Snetterton Heath Estate 14 miles
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Museum 14.4 miles
- Brettenham Heath National Nature Preserve Nature reserve 15.7 miles
- Chapelfield Centre Shopping centre 16.6 miles
- Blickling Hall Historic site 17.2 miles
- Carrow Road Stadium 17.4 miles
- Sandringham House Estate 19.8 miles