Holt, Norfolk 4.89

Holt is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. The town is 22.8mi north of the city of Norwich, 9.5mi west of Cromer and 35mi east of King's Lynn. The town is on the route of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the national rail network can be made via the Bittern Line to Norwich. Holt also has a railway station on the preserved North Norfolk Railway, the 'Poppy Line', of which it is the south-western terminus. The nearest airport is Norwich. The town has a population of 3,550, rising and including the ward to 3,810 at the 2011 census. Holt is within the area covered by North Norfolk District Council.