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Eaton is a village and a suburb of the city of Norwich, the county town of Norfolk in the East of England.Eaton lies to the southwest of the city centre on the A11 road, the main route to London/Cambridge. It comprises: Eaton Village (around and immediately east of the junction of Bluebell Road, Church Lane and Newmarket Road)Eaton Rise - between the A140 Ipswich Road and Eaton golf clubthe area west of Eaton Park. The population of the Norwich ward of Eaton was 8,781 at the 2011 Census.The traditional-style painted wooden village sign, at the main road junction, shows an elephant and a barrel (representing E + tun). Tun=barrel.Shops and services at Eaton Village in 2010 comprised a post office, a supermarket (containing a Boots pharmacy, Laura Ashley, and an estate agent), Barclays bank, two financial advisors, another estate agents, an undertaker, two hairdressers, a dry cleaner, two pubs ('The Red Lion' and 'The Cellar House'), an Indian takeaway, Fish and chip shop,the former HSBC bank is currently vacant. A smaller parade of shops off Norvic Drive comprises a hairdresser, a bike shop, a fitted kitchen supplier and a general store.