Ostend, Norfolk

Ostend is a coastal settlement in the English county of Norfolk. The population is included in the civil parish of Walcott.

Ostend
Ostend
Location within Norfolk
OS grid referenceTG365325
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorwich
Postcode districtNR12

It is between the towns of Cromer and Caister-on-Sea being south of, and contiguous with, Walcott.

Ostend achieved a degree of national notability in June 2002 when a rare specimen of Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) was stranded on its beach.[1]

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