Aylsham is a historic market town and also civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, almost 9 mi (14 km) north of Norwich. The river climbs near Melton Constable, 11 miles (18 kilometres) upstream from Aylsham and also continues to Great Yarmouth and also the North Sea, although it was just made navigable after 1779, permitting grain, coal and lumber to be raised river. The town is close to large estates and also grand country houses at Blickling, Felbrigg, Mannington as well as Wolterton, which are necessary vacationer destinations. The civil parish has a location of 4,329 acres (17.52 km2) and also in the 2001 census had a population of 5,504 in 2448 homes, lowering to a population of 3,999 in 1,591 families at the 2011 Census. For the functions of city government, the church drops within the district of Broadland.