Forncett

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall with a total population at the 2011 Census of 2,701. ==Forncett Industrial Steam Museum==

engine The Forncett Industrial Steam Museum houses a collection of large stationary steam engines which are occasionally demonstrated to the public. Included in the collection is a 150 hp Vickers Armstrong cross-compound pumping engine originally used to open Tower Bridge in London. It was the 'third' steam engine, installed as a wartime precaution against air-raid damage, and was removed to Forncett in 1974. The two original engines remain on display at Tower Bridge. Other exhibits include a Gimson and Company beam engine, and examples of Corliss engines, vertical engines and Woolf compound engines. ==Norfolk Tank Museum==

Situated in Station Road, the museum houses an exhibition of tanks, armoured vehicles, and weaponry. ==Notable people==

• Doreen Carwithen (1922-2003), composer, died there. • Frances Ellen Colenso, a historian of the Zulu Wars, was born here in 1849. • Robert Kett (), leader of Kett's rebellion, was the son of Forncett native Thomas Kett. ==Listed buildings==