Shelfanger is a village situated about 3 miles from the town of Diss, Norfolk, England.

It covers an area of 6.99 km2 (2.70 sq mi) and had a population of 362 in 150 households at the 2001 census,[1] the population increasing to 378 at the 2011 census.

[2] In previous years there was a school, a post office, a pub, three shops, a blacksmiths and a garage run by a family of brothers called Bowman.

Josh Kirby (died 2001), an artist lived there.

This village has been previously recorded as Scelvangra, Schelfangyll, Shelfangles, Shelfhangre and Shelfhanger, though the significance of its name is largely unknown.