Aylsham is a historic market town and also civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, virtually 9 mi (14 kilometres) north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, 11 miles (18 km) upstream from Aylsham as well as remains to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, permitting grain, coal as well as timber to be raised river. The town is close to huge estates as well as grand country houses at Blickling, Felbrigg, Mannington and also Wolterton, which are very important visitor attractions. The civil parish has an area of 4,329 acres (17.52 km2) as well as in the 2001 census had a population of 5,504 in 2448 homes, reducing to a population of 3,999 in 1,591 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of city government, the church drops within the district of Broadland.