Bus Services
Contact: Eagles Bus Service
Address: The Eyrie, Back Lane, Castle Acre
Tel: 01760 755 641
Services: Private hire & contract work.
Information: Local Buses
Website:
Konectbus
Travel Search
Flexibus
Information: National Express Coaches
Website: National Express Coaches
Contact: Travel East Anglia
Website: Travel East Anglia
Contact: Around Swaffham – Tourist Information
Tel: 01760 722 255, 9am-5pm, Mon-Sat
Website: Around Swaffham
Rail Services
Location: King’s Lynn & Downham Market are the nearest rail stations
Contact: National Rail Train Tracker: 0871 200 49 50
Website: Trainline
Hospitals
Contact: Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Address: Gayton Road, King’s Lynn, PE30 4ET
Tel: 01553 613 613
Services: General admissions, A&E
Website: Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Contact: Swaffham Community Hospital
Address: Sporle Road, Swaffham PE37 7HL
Tel: 01760 726550
Services: No A&E
Doctors
Contact: Plowright Medical Centre
Address: 1 Jack Boddy Way, Swaffham PE37 7HJ
Tel: 01760 722 797
Website: Plowright Medical Centre
Contact: Manor Farm Medical Centre
Address: Mangate Street, Swaffham, PE37 7QN
Tel: 01760 721 786
Website: Manor Farm Medical Centre
Contact: The Campingland Surgery
Address: Campingland, Swaffham, PE37 7RD
Tel: 01760 721 211
Website: Campingland Surgery
Contact: Litcham Health Centre
Address: Manor Drive, Litcham, Norfolk, PE32 2NW
Tel: 01328 701 568
Website: Litcham Health Centre
Vets
Contact: Swaffham Veterinary Centre
Address: Unit 3, Tower Meadows, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 7LT
Tel: 01760 722054
Email: info@swaffhamvets.co.uk
Website: swaffhamvets.co.uk/
Contact: The Grove Veterinary Group
Address: 17-19 Lynn Street, Swaffham, PE37 7AU
Tel: 01760 723 739
Emergencies: 01328 862 137 (Fakenham branch)
Website: Grove Veterinary Group
Water & Sewerage Services
Contact: Anglian Water
Tel: 08457 145 145
Website: Anglian Water
Castle Acre has mains electricity, water and a sewerage system, but no gas supply. Most houses are now on main sewerage, though a number still have septic tanks. Private operators offer an emptying service, one of who is listed below. Others may be found by consulting the Yellow Pages.
Mr R Duffield (at Stanfield)
01328 700 275
Refuse Collection
Collection: Brown bin (garden waste) alternate Thursdays
Green bin (recycling) alternate Fridays
Black bin (general waste) alternate Fridays
Bank Holidays may affect some collections.
Library
Contact: Swaffham Library
Address: The Pightle, Swaffham, PE37 7DF
Tel: 01760 721 513
Opening hours: Swaffham Library
Police
Non Emergency Tel: 101
Facebook: Norfolk Constabulary
X: Norfolk Police (@NorfolkPolice)
Education
School: Castle Acre Primary School
Type: Church of England, voluntarily controlled (4-11yrs)
Address: Back Lane, Castle Acre, Norfolk, PE32 2AR
Tel: 01760 755 305
Applications: Applications for enrolment should be made to the Head Teacher
Website: Castle Acre School
Parish Magazine
The Parish Magazine is the village newspaper and includes all the villages in the Nar Valley Group.
Editor: Deborah Davis
Address: Park Cottage, Narford Road, Narborough
Tel: 01760 337 675
Email: deborahdavis603@yahoo.co.uk
Deliveries: Free deliveries
Contributions: Anyone with items of interest to be included in the magazine should send them to the editor, Deborah Davis.
Advertising: To advertise in the magazine please contact Barbara Whitehorn on 01760 755 032 or email c.whitehorn@btinternet.com
At present there is no correspondent for the local press – The Lynn News & The Eastern Daily Press.
