Lynford is a village and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk. The parish covers an area of , and the 2001 Census recorded a population of 157 in 81 households.Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009. Lynford lies north east of Brandon and between Mundford, to the north west, and Thetford, to the south east, on the A134. It lies deep within Breckland forestry land between the Stanford Training Area and Thetford Forest.
Lynford was served by a Roman Catholic chapel of ease, now in the care of the Norfolk Churches Trust.Norfolk Churches Our Lady of Consolation and Saint Stephen was joined to St Mary's Catholic Church in Thetford.Thetford contact
Lynford Hall, which is actually closer to Mundford, was rebuilt in the 19th century by Stephens Lyne-Stephens who was known as the richest commoner in England.EDP 'The hall, the dancer and the disputed millions' The hall is now a hotel and conference centre. Lynford Arboretum and Lakes, formerly part of Lynford Hall estate, is now owned by the Forestry Commission.Lynford Arboretum
Grimes Graves, the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Great Britain, lie a mile to the south.Grime's Graves Lynford Quarry is one of only two sites on mainland Britain which has evidence of Neanderthal occupation.
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