There are three defibrillators in Scarning –
Details of how to access the defibrillators are at each location. Clear instructions to use the defibrillators are given.
They can be used by anyone, without any prior knowledge of these life saving machines.
Scarning Info website – Chris Farnham 07836 675858 Mail@Scarning.Info
Scarning Parish Council – Nick Hartley 07938 001056 Clerk@Scarning-PC.Gov.UK
Breckland Council – Lynda Turner 07500 818315 Lynda.Turner@Breckland.Gov.UK
Breckland Council – Paul Hewett 07788 381773 Paul.Hewett@Breckland.Gov.UK
Norfolk County Council – William Richmond 07717 868067 William.Richmond@Norfolk.Gov.UK
Member of Parliament – George Freeman 01953 600617 George.Freeman.MP@Parliament.UK
Bin day – Breckland Bin Collection
Breckland Assistant – Alexa Skill
Dereham Recycling Centre – Trafalgar Business Park, Rash’s Green NR19 1JG – Norfolk County Council
Report fly-tipping – 01362 696870 Breckland Council
Report road defects, overgrown hedges etc – 0344 800 8020 Norfolk County Council
Report power cut – 0800 3163105 UK Power Networks
Report water leak – 0800 771881 Anglian Water
Report gas leak – 0800 111999 National Grid
Police – 101 or 999 Norfolk Constabulary
NHS Direct – 111 NHS Direct
N&NU Hospital – 01603 286286 Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Community Car Scheme – Janet Newell 07827 972163 Dereham Town Council
Shipdham Lane Playing Field – Charles Hewson (Committee Chairperson) 07941 126977 Charles_Hewson@hotmail.co.uk
Andy Hudson (Committee Vice-Chairperson) 07771 755159 AJHudson.Builders@btinternet.com
Ben Hudson (Committee Secretary) 07772 647170 Ben-Hudson@hotmail.co.uk
Blackthorn Drive Playing Field & Scarning Water Meadows – Nick Hartley (Parish Clerk) 07938 001056 Clerk@Scarning-PC.Gov.UK
Village Hall Bookings – Nick Hartley 01362 687492 ScarningVH.BookingsClerk@Gmail.Com
Village Hall Secretary – Sonia Lee 07795 807967 ScarningVH.Secretary@Gmail.Com
Scarning Allotments – Tim Abel 01362 851116 TimAbel.PMN@Gmail.Com
St Peter & St Paul’s Church – Tim Farnham 07831 106246 Tim@FarnhamFarms.Co.UK
Parish Safeguarding Officer – Tricia Foreman 01362 687082 PForeman4@Sky.Com
Daisy Programme – Breaking the chain of abuse in Breckland – Who To Call
Scarning Tennis – Clare Jones 07889 077396 ScarningTennis@Gmail.Com
Scarning Table Tennis Club – Frank Foreman 01362 687082 or Eddie Kidd EddieKidd16@Gmail.Com
Scarning Art Club – Mike Ward 01362 652 935 Mike@MDEward.Co.UK
Scarning Bowls Club – Alan Glister 07780 924017 AlanGlister@BTInternet.Com
Village Website – www.Scarning.Info
Parish Council Website – www.ScarningPC.Info
Scarning Primary School Website – www.ScarningPrimary.Co.UK
Bus/train information – Travel Norfolk – 0870 608 2608
Car Link – 01603 700657
Citizens Advice Bureau – Dereham Citizens Advice Bureau 0800 144 8848
Dereham Meeting Point – 01362 698866 Dereham Meeting Point
aboutDereham – Carolyn Coleman 01362 695084 Hello@aboutDereham.Org
Love Dereham – Athena Poole 07749687981 Love Dereham
Dog warden service – Animal Warden Services
Please let us know of any other contacts which could be included.
East of England Co-op Foodstore
Old Swaffham Road
Dereham
NR19 2AZ
01362 699179
Website –East of England Co-op
Online delivery also available with Snappy Shopper
Opening hours:
Monday – 06:00 – 23:00
Tuesday – 06:00 – 23:00
Wednesday – 06:00 – 23:00
Thursday – 06:00 – 23:00
Friday – 06:00 – 23:00
Saturday – 06:00 – 23:00
Sunday – 08:00 – 22:00
Follow this link to access the above map on the BusAtlas website, which has maps for every county in the UK and would be useful if you are travelling further afield.
Norfolk County Council Travel Planner – Travel Norfolk
Route 20 Konectbus (school days only)
Wendling, Bus Shelter 0817
Scarning, Church 0821
Dereham, Memorial 0830
Northgate High School 0835
Crown Road, Sixth Form 0838
Neatherd High School 0840
Neatherd High School 1535
Crown Road, Sixth Form 1537
Northgate High School 1545
Scarning, Church 1600
Wendling, Bus Shelter 1604
Route Number 4 Konectbus
Runs every hour from Dereham Market Place to Norwich Bus station via Mattishall and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. This useful service stops adjacent to Morrisons supermarket, Homebase and Tesco in Dereham.
Route Number 8 Konectbus
Runs every half hour from Dereham Market Place directly to Norwich Bus station and Railway station
For more details of these services and others see Konectbus website.
excel First: Peterborough to Norwich (routes A and B)
These two buses stop and pass through the village providing a 30 minutes service, during the day Monday – Saturday, the whole route from Norwich train station to Peterborough bus station. This is a PDF version of the timetable (valid from 31/08/25)
For more details of these services and others see FirstGroup website.
There is sadly no Post Office in Scarning, but there are the following Post Boxes with their last collection times.
Royal Mail – Post Boxes Interactive Map
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The Mobile Library (Route Number CEN316) stops in Scarning at Shipdham Lane (Mayfair) on Monday afternoons from 13.20 to 13.35, and returns every four weeks. Please see the Events page for full details. Here is a PDF of the full timetable of stops in our area – Mobile Library timetable – CEN 316
They carry a good selection of books for borrowing, you can also return books, and if you wanted to order specific titles from any library, they will bring these out for collection as well. As well as adult fiction and non-fiction there is also a huge selection of children’s books, plus quite a few jigsaw puzzles.
Email – Central.Mobiles.Lib@Norfolk.Gov.UK
Website – Mobile Libraries
Did you know?
These signs indicate where a water hydrant is.
Please don’t remove or paint over these signs, erect fences or allow foliage to grow covering them.
These signs help fire crews quickly locate hydrants in an emergency and for our technicians when they need to carry out maintenance.
