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{{Short description|Village in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
 | country           = England
 | coordinates       = {{coord|52.70701|1.14851|display=inline,title}}
 | official_name     = Attlebridge
 | population        = 223
 | population_ref    = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120229&c=Attlebridge&d=16&e=62&g=6448431&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1469644326719&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=27 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> 
 | area_total_km2    = 5.27
 | static_image_name = St Andrew, Attlebridge, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 485058.jpg
 | static_image_caption = St Andrew's church
 | shire_district    = [[Broadland]]
 | shire_county      = [[Norfolk]]
 | region            = East of England
 | civil_parish      = Attlebridge
 | constituency_westminster = 
 | postcode_district = NR9
 | postcode_area     = NR
 | post_town         = NORWICH
 | dial_code         = 01603
 | os_grid_reference = TG128168
 | london_distance   = 
}}

'''Attlebridge''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[England|English]] [[county]] of [[Norfolk]]. It is situated about 8 miles (13&nbsp;km) north-west of [[Norwich]], where the [[A1067 road|A1067]] crosses the [[River Wensum]].

The civil parish has an area of 5.27 square kilometres and in the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]] had a population of 122 in 50 households, increasing to a population of 223 in 96 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[Broadland]].<ref>Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]''. Retrieved 2 December 2005.</ref>

The mediaeval parish church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE|num = 1372661|desc= CHURCH OF ST ANDREW |accessdate = 12 March 2014}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:River Wensum2.JPG|thumb|left| The [[River Wensum]] below the village at [[Marriott's Way]]]]

The village is named after [[Ætla]] and the nearby bridge he is credited with constructing.<ref>''[http://www.broadland.gov.uk/leisure_and_tourism/1145.asp Information from Broadland District Council on Attlebridge]''. Retrieved 11 June 2007.</ref> Between the 1880s and 1950s the settlement had its own [[Attlebridge railway station]] offering direct trains to [[Norwich]] and [[Kings Lynn]]. It was eventually closed as a cost-cutting measure by [[British Rail]].{{fact|date=April 2021}}

During [[World War II]] a nearby airfield, designated [[RAF Attlebridge]], was used as an airfield for launching [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] aircraft missions against [[Axis Powers of World War II|Axis]] targets in [[World War II in Europe|Europe]].<ref>''[http://www.controltowers.co.uk/A/Attlebridge.htm Information about RAF Attlebridge airfield from ControlTowers.co.uk]''. Retrieved 11 June 2007.</ref>

==War memorial==
Attlebridge's memorial plaque is on Station Road, opposite St. Andrew's Church. It commemorates the following fallen from the [[First World War]]:
* Private William J. Wortley (1878–1916), 1st Battalion, [[Essex Regiment]]
* Private Benjamin J. Rayner (1885–1916), 10th Battalion, [[Royal Fusiliers]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Attlebridge}}
*[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/a/attlebridge/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Attlebridge.
*[http://www.broadland.gov.uk/leisure_and_tourism/1145.asp Information from Broadland District Council] on Attlebridge.
*{{OpenDomesday|TG1216|attlebridge|Attlebridge}}

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{{Civil Parishes of Broadland}}


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[[Category:Villages in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk]]


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