Holt is a market town, civil parish and selecting ward in the English region of Norfolk. The community is 22.8 miles (36.7 kilometres) north of the city of Norwich, 9.5 miles (15.3 kilometres) west of Cromer and also 35 miles (56 km) eastern of King's Lynn. The community gets on the path of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearby train station is in the town of Sheringham where accessibility to the national rail network can be made using the Bittern Line to Norwich. Holt likewise has a train station on the preserved North Norfolk Railway, the 'Poppy Line', of which it is the south-western terminus. The nearest airport terminal is Norwich. The town has a population of 3,550, climbing and including the ward to 3,810 at the 2011 census. Holt is within the area covered by North Norfolk District Council.