In October, 1942 a Short Stirling bomber aircraft crashed in the parish killing all eleven crewmen on-board.

[7] Denver is located along the course of the River Great Ouse and at the junction of the A10, between London and King's Lynn, and the A1122, between Outwell and Swaffham.

[9] In the novels of Dorothy L. Sayers, the fictional Duke of Denver's family seat is supposedly based on the village.

Denver an electoral ward for local elections and is part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is South West Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour Party's Terry Jermy MP.