Hillington, Norfolk


Hillington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 287 in 123 households as of the 2001 census, increasing to 400 at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
The village straddles the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. It formerly had a railway station, but this closed in 1959.

Notable people

Hillington is the traditional home of the ffolkes baronets. Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet was Rector of Hillington from 1912 until his death. His nephew, the intelligence officer and conservationist Tracy Philipps, was born here in 1888.