Scottow

{{short description|Village in Norfolk, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|52.76100|1.37626|display=inline,title}}

|os_grid_reference = TG279235

|official_name = Scottow

|population = 1,424

|population_ref = (2011)

|area_total_km2 = 8.59

|static_image_name = Scottow War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 615774.jpg

|static_image_width = 140

|static_image_caption= Scottow War Memorial

|shire_district = North Norfolk

|shire_county = Norfolk

|region = East of England

|civil_parish = Scottow

|constituency_westminster =

|postcode_district = NR10

|postcode_area = NR

|post_town = NORWICH

|dial_code =

|london_distance =

}}

Scottow is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located some 2.5 miles north of Coltishall and 5 miles south of North Walsham.

The villages name means 'Scots' hill-spur'.{{fact|date=May 2021}}

The civil parish has an area of {{convert|8.59|km2|abbr=on}} and in 2001 had a population of 1,774 in 357 households, the population decreasing to 1,424 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128256&c=NR10+5AQ&d=16&e=62&g=6449724&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1441200714277&enc=1|title=Civil population 2011|access-date=2 September 2015}} For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls |date=2017-02-11 }}. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

Most of the former Royal Air Force Coltishall military airbase lay within the parish boundaries of Scottow. Today, part of the RAF base has been converted into HMP Bure, a prison for adult males, and the rest has been used to create Scottow Enterprise Park focused on helping businesses to grow through providing space in the form of offices and workshops, as well as business support.{{fact|date=May 2021}}