Aylsham is a historical market community as well as civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly 9 mi (14 kilometres) north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, 11 miles (18 km) upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth as well as the North Sea, although it was just made navigable after 1779, allowing grain, coal as well as hardwood to be raised river. The town is close to huge estates as well as grand country houses at Blickling, Felbrigg, Mannington and Wolterton, which are important visitor destinations. 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 households, decreasing to a population of 3,999 in 1,591 households at the 2011 Census. For the functions of city government, the parish drops within the district of Broadland.