Hoe, Norfolk
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Hoe is a village situated in the Breckland
Breckland (district)
Breckland District is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in East Dereham.Breckland District derives its name from the Breckland landscape region, a gorse covered sandy heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk...

 District of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

 and covers an area of 925 hectares (2,286) Acres) with an estimated population of 219 as of UK census 2001.

The village lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Beetley
Beetley
Beetley is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,385. The village is situated four miles north of Toftwood....

, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Swanton Morley
Swanton Morley
Swanton Morley is a picturesque village situated in the heart of Norfolk. It is a village steeped in history documented back to the Domesday Book...

 and 2.5 miles (4 km) by road north from Dereham
Dereham
Dereham, also known as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, some 15 miles west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles east of King's Lynn. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of...

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It is served by St.Andrews church in the Benefice of Swanton Morley.

Mid-Norfolk Railway
Mid-Norfolk Railway
The Mid-Norfolk Railway or MNR is a heritage railway in the English county of Norfolk. Opening as a tourist line in 1997, it is often referred to as a "New Generation" heritage railway....

 is planning to extend the historical line to Hoe and construct a platform
Hoe railway station
Hoe railway station or Gressenhall Halt is a planned station at Hoe, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is being constructed on the Mid-Norfolk Railway's northern extension towards Fakenham, using platform materials recovered from Cambridgeshire. This is a new-build station, there having never...

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