Southrepps Village first telegraphic links to the outside world were by telegrams using a single line from Cromer. The Telegram Office was in The Homestead, a private house in the High Street. Telegrams were printed out on a morse based device and delivered by Telegram boys at all times of the day and in all weathers.
Later regular telephone lines linked a select few to the manual exchange in Cromer. To this day properties in the village have the vestige of these early numbers in the last three numerals of their current number.
The first dedicated local exchange came into service in December 1930. It was an unmanned RAX5 automatic exchange located in Craft Lane in the corner of a field some distance from the village .
The derelict building is still largely intact minus its equipment.
In 1948 a new automatic exchange was built in Chapel Street. This unmanned exchange serves Trimingham, Southrepps, Thorpe Market and most of Antingham .
Like all UK exchanges, the traditional copper based Public Switched Telephone Network Services are being retired . The final withdrawal date is scheduled for 31st January 2027 as part of the implementation of an all digital IP based system .
It Is likely that the Chapel Street exchange building will then be redundant . The village also has the infrastructure for an independent full fibre network provided by Truespeed.