Editing Hunstanton (section)

{{Short description|Seaside town in Norfolk, England}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name = Hunstanton
|country = England
|region = East of England
|static_image_name = View of Hunstanton Front From The Beach.jpg
|static_image_caption = View of Hunstanton front from the beach
|shire_county = [[Norfolk]]
|shire_district = [[King's Lynn and West Norfolk]]
|constituency_westminster = [[North West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Norfolk]]
|population = 4,229
|area_total_km2 = 6.07
|population_ref = ([[2011 UK census|2011]])
|os_grid_reference = TF6740
|coordinates = {{coord|52.93|0.48|display=inline,title}}
|post_town = HUNSTANTON
|postcode_area = PE
|postcode_district = PE36
|dial_code = 01485
}}

'''Hunstanton''' (sometimes pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ʌ|n|s|t|ə|n||audio=En-uk-Hunstanton.ogg}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Stuart |date=2020-02-03 |title=Do you know how to say these strange place names correctly? |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norfolk-s-happisburgh-and-hunstanton-make-list-of-mispronounced-place-1508218 |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=[[Eastern Daily Press]] |language=en-UK}}</ref>) is a [[seaside resort|seaside town]] in [[Norfolk]], England, which had a population of 4,229 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124903&c=hunstanton&d=16&e=62&g=6449236&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1440759959952&enc=1 |title=Town population 2011 |access-date=28 August 2015 |archive-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011192031/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124903&c=hunstanton&d=16&e=62&g=6449236&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1440759959952&enc=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It faces west across [[The Wash]]. Hunstanton lies 102 miles  (164&nbsp;km) north-north-east of [[London]] and 40 miles (64&nbsp;km) north-west of [[Norwich]].