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Watton

market town in the district of Breckland within the English county of Norfolk
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Watton

Summary

Watton is a civil parish[1]. Watton ranks in the top 4% of civil_parish entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Watton is located in Breckland[3].
  • Watton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Watton's instance of is recorded as civil parish[5].
  • Watton's instance of is recorded as market town[6].
  • Watton's shares border with is recorded as Bradenham[7].
  • Watton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Weeze[8].
  • Watton's postal code is recorded as IP25[9].
  • Watton's Commons category is recorded as Watton, Norfolk[10].
  • Watton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[11].
  • Watton's local dialing code is recorded as 01953[12].
  • Watton's OS grid reference is recorded as TF916008[13].
  • Watton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.571269444444, 'lon': 0.82586111111111}[14].
  • Watton's authority is recorded as Watton Town Council[15].
  • Watton's official website is recorded as https://www.wattontowncouncil.gov.uk/[16].
  • Watton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Watton, Norfolk[17].
  • Watton has a population of {'amount': '+6819'}[18].
  • Watton has a population of {'amount': '+8967'}[19].
  • Watton has a population of {'amount': '+7202'}[20].
  • Watton covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.20'}[21].
  • Watton's historic county is recorded as Norfolk[22].

Body

Geography

Watton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Watton is located in Breckland[3].

Physical Characteristics

Watton covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.20'}[21]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6819'}[18], {'amount': '+8967'}[19], and {'amount': '+7202'}[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include civil parish[5] and market town[6].

Why It Matters

Watton ranks in the top 4% of civil_parish entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[2] Watton has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Watton is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Breckland
    Official website → https://www.wattontowncouncil.gov.uk/
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 52.571269444444, 'lon': 0.82586111111111}
    Population → {'amount': '+6819'}, {'amount': '+8967'}, {'amount': '+7202'}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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