LESSINGHAM
PARISH COUNCIL
Welcome to Lessingham and Hempstead with Eccles on Sea
Next Meeting of the Parish Council
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th March 2026 at 7.30pm in Lessingham Village Hall. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
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We currently have one vacancy for a parish councillor. If you are interested, or would like to find out more, please contact the parish clerk.​​​
Lessingham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
The village is 16.3 south-east of Cromer, 17.6 miles north-east of Norwich and 136 miles north-east of London.
The village lies 9 miles south-east of the town of North Walsham. The nearest railway station is at Worstead for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham and Norwich.
The parish also includes the village of Eccles-on-Sea and the hamlet of Hempstead.
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The village has a history stretching back for centuries, but not much documentation survives. The name Lessingham derives from the ‘homestead of the Leofsige’s people’.