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Griston is a village and civil parish in the Wayland area of the Breckland district within the English county of Norfolk.
It covers an area of 5.62 km2 (2.17 sq mi) and had a population of 1,206 in 206 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 1,540 in 246 households at the 2011 Census.
Our district council is Breckland District Council.
The village has a unique place in British folklore as the home of the ‘Babes In The Wood’ fable.
It has a church in the name of St. Peter and St. Paul, a pub ‘The Waggon and Horses’, and a residential care home ‘Thorp House’. The village footprint is dominated by HMP Wayland, a category ‘C’ prison operated by the Ministry of Justice.
Griston lies between the market town of Watton, where the nearest high school is Wayland Academy, and a fellow Wayland village of Caston, where the nearest primary school is Caston CE VA Primary School.
The village is served by the 81, 82, X2 & X3 bus services linking it to Watton, Thetford, Attleborough and Norwich.
