| Static Image Name: | St Mary's church - geograph.org.uk - 709930.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Mary's Church, now redundant |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.64°N 0.844°W |
| Official Name: | Bradenham |
| Population: | 700 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.55 |
| Civil Parish: | Bradenham |
| Shire District: | Breckland |
| Shire County: | Norfolk |
| Region: | East of England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Mid Norfolk |
| Post Town: | Thetford |
| Postcode District: | IP25 |
| Postcode Area: | IP |
| Dial Code: | 01362/01760 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF 9208 |
Bradenham is a village and civil parish, a conglomeration of East and West Bradenham, in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 5miles south-west of the town of Dereham and 19miles west of the city of Norwich.[2]
The civil parish has an area of 16.55 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 722 in 301 households,[3] the population decreasing to 700 in 293 households at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the Breckland district.[4] [5]
The River Wissey rises in Bradenham and flows to the west whilst the River Yare rises to the east of Bradenham and flows to the east.
Bradenham derives from the Anglo-Saxon for a broad (meaning large) hamlet.[6]
Bradenham is home to St. Mary's Church, a Grade I listed building dating back to the fourteenth century.
Bradenham Hall was home to the Haggard family for many years and the birthplace of the writer Sir Henry Rider Haggard.[7]