Carleton St Peter
St Peter, Carleton St Peter
Carleton St Peter Location within Norfolk
Area	3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi)
Population	29
• Density	9/km2 (23/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG338021
Civil parish	Carleton St Peter
District	South Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR14
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°33′58″N 1°26′59″E / 52.566021°N 1.449852°E / 52.566021; 1.449852

Carleton St Peter is a hamlet^[1] and civil parish in South Norfolk approximately 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) south-east of Norwich. There is no village centre but the church provides a reference point and is 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of Thurton, and a similar distance south of Claxton, just east of Ashby St Mary.

In the 2001 census Carleton St Peter contained just 15 households and a population of 29 spread across the 3.19 km² (1.23 sq mi) of the parish.^[2] The church cannot be reached by road and sits in a small graveyard in the middle of a field reached by a short path between ploughed fields.^[3] The tower contains four bells but they cannot be rung.^[4]

The parish extends northwards to include the Beauchamp Arms public house on the south bank of the River Yare and the nearby Buckenham Sailing Club. These lie at the end of Ferry Road although the ferry across to Buckenham on the north bank stopped running before World War II.

Between Carleton St Peter and Claxton, on the banks of Carleton Beck, lies Ducan's Marsh, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and one of the richest areas of unimproved wet grassland in East Norfolk.^[5]

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