Editing Hunstanton (section)

==Governance==
The Hunstanton [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] belongs to the Borough Council of [[King's Lynn and West Norfolk]].<ref>Borough site [https://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/homepage/151/borough_elections_2015 Retrieved 4 December 2016.]</ref> Its 2011 population was 5,420.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13693593&c=hunstanton&d=14&e=62&g=6449234&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1440760268546&enc=1 |title=Ward population 2011 |access-date=28 August 2015}}</ref> Hunstanton has a mayor and a 17-member town council that meets twice a month at [[Hunstanton Town Hall]].<ref>Council site [http://www.hunstantontowncouncil.co.uk/hunstanton-town-council Retrieved 4 December 2016.] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018082953/http://hunstantontowncouncil.co.uk/hunstanton-town-council |date=18 October 2016}}</ref> The parish was formed as "New Hunstanton" in 1894 from "Hunstanton".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/docking.html|title=Docking Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=7 February 2023}}</ref> On 1 April 1974 "New Hunstanton" parish was renamed "Hunstanton" and "Hunstanton" parish renamed "Old Hunstanton".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/fakenham.html|title=Fakenham Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=7 February 2023}}</ref>