South Wootton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximately 2 miles north-east of King's Lynn. It covers an area of 8.54 km2 and had a population of 3,717 in 1,450 households at the 2001 Census, increasing at the 2011 Census to a population of 4,247 in 1,696 households. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The older part of the village grew up around the village green and St. Mary's church, though there has been a fair amount of new housing built since the 1960s.