Lexham is a parish consisting of the twin villages of

East Lexham East Lexham is a village and former civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located east of King's Lynn and north-west of Norwich, close to the course of River Nar. In 1931, the parish had a population of 160 residents whic ...

and

West Lexham West Lexham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lexham, in the Breckland District, Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is north of the town of Swaffham, west north west of Norwich and north east of ...

situated in the

Breckland Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a la ...

District of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nort ...

and covers an area of with a population of 157 at the 2001 census. The Lexham villages are just over a mile apart and lie north of

Swaffham Swaffham () is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District and English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,9 ...

and by road east from

Kings Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough, nor ...

. It is served by St.Nicholas church in West Lexham and St.Andrews in East Lexham in the Benefice of Litcham. Both churches have

round towers Round or rounds may refer to: Mathematics and science * The contour of a closed curve or surface with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, cant, or sphere * Rounding, the shortening of a number to reduce the numb ...

with St.Andrews reputed to be the oldest in the country. The Nar Valley Way passes through the villages with a permissive path through the grounds of Lexham Hall estate.Nar Valley Way
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References

{{authority control Villages in Norfolk Breckland District Civil parishes in Norfolk