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The Norfolk town which will soon be unable to bury its dead

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A report to West Norfolk Council warns the long-term viability of Gayton Road Cemetery in King's Lynn is "under threat due to environmental constraints".

They include a high water table which has rendered more than half of its 5,400 plots "non-compliant" with ground water regulations enforced by the Environment Agency, leaving just 55 remaining.

Gayton Road Cemetery, which is running out of grave plots (Image: Google) And with around 30 new graves required for burials every year, "capacity is rapidly........

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