Sandringham, Norfolk

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Sandringham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county Norfolk. The village is situated Template:Convert south of Dersingham, Template:Convert north of King's Lynn, and Template:Convert north-west of Norwich.<ref name=osexp250>Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. Template:ISBN.</ref>

The village's name means 'Sandy Dersingham', with Dersingham meaning 'homestead/village of Deorsige's people'.

The civil parish extends westwards from Sandringham village to the shore of the Wash Template:Convert distant, and includes the villages West Newton and Wolferton. It has an area of Template:Convert and in 2001 had a population of 402 in 176 households. The population had increased to 437 at the 2011 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For the purposes of local government, the parish is in the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.<ref name="osexp250"/><ref>Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 2 December 2005.</ref>

Sandringham is best known as the location of Sandringham House and its estate, a private residence of British monarchs since Edward VII, who used it as a holiday home. Near to the house is the Royal Stud, a stud farm that houses many of the royal horses. The village was the birthplace of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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