The Official Guide to North Walsham 2019 - 2020
A massive thank you to all the people who contributed to this guide. Fi Collett, Julie Cameron, Diana Velhagen, Rosalie Gibb, Nick Stone, Chris & Alex Alexander, Andrea Hudson, Pete Appleton, Richard Crossley, North Walsham & District Community Archive committee & its Facebook group members, Just Regional and last, but not least, all the advertisers who have funded this project. Produced by Wayne Beauchamp, North Walsham. web: www.waynebeauchamp.co.uk Published by North Walsham Town Council, 18 King’s Arms St, North Walsham NR28 9JX. tel: 01692 404114 Printed by Barnwell Print, 20 Dunkirk, Aylsham, Norwich NR11 6SU. tel: 01263 732767.
A massive thank you to all the people who contributed to this guide. Fi Collett, Julie Cameron, Diana Velhagen, Rosalie Gibb,
Nick Stone, Chris & Alex Alexander, Andrea Hudson, Pete Appleton, Richard Crossley,
North Walsham & District Community Archive committee & its Facebook group members,
Just Regional and last, but not least, all the advertisers who have funded this project.
Produced by Wayne Beauchamp, North Walsham. web: www.waynebeauchamp.co.uk
Published by North Walsham Town Council, 18 King’s Arms St, North Walsham NR28 9JX. tel: 01692 404114
Printed by Barnwell Print, 20 Dunkirk, Aylsham, Norwich NR11 6SU. tel: 01263 732767.
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Official</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong><br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
<strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong>
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 1<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Official</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong><br />
A Message from the<br />
Town Mayor of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
From the Retiring Town Mayor<br />
As Mayor of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> for 2018-<strong>2019</strong>, and previously in 2016-2017<br />
I am pleased <strong>to</strong> be writing a message in this Town <strong>Guide</strong>, the first for five<br />
years. A big thank you goes <strong>to</strong> everybody involved in the production.<br />
As a <strong>to</strong>wn, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> has moved a long way forward since the last<br />
guide and the Town Council has worked with many groups <strong>to</strong> improve the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn for its residents and visi<strong>to</strong>rs.<br />
2018 saw the opening of the Mi-Centre, which houses both the Information<br />
Office and the Heritage Museum. This resource has been a long time<br />
coming and has proved very popular with both locals and holidaymakers.<br />
Also in 2018 the Town Council, working collaboratively with other<br />
stakeholders successfully secured a bid of £100,000 from the Market Town<br />
Initiative Fund. Many projects are planned including refurbishment of St<br />
Nicholas Precinct and a great asset for the <strong>to</strong>wn in free Wi-Fi.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Play have worked tirelessly <strong>to</strong> fundraise for improvements<br />
<strong>to</strong> our parks with a major overhaul of Trackside next on the agenda.<br />
This guide is the biggest guide ever and is a testament, in my opinion, that<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> is on the up!<br />
I hope you find it useful.<br />
Barry Hester (Town Mayor 2018/<strong>2019</strong>)
2 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong><br />
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CONTAINER STORAGE<br />
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based in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, Norfolk. We<br />
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industries. Those services expanded over<br />
the years <strong>to</strong> include Bluebird self s<strong>to</strong>rage<br />
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n Free use of trolleys and pallett trucks<br />
n Unit sizes from 20SQ ft up <strong>to</strong> 200SQ ft<br />
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 3<br />
Contents<br />
What’s inside and where <strong>to</strong> find it!<br />
4 Welcome <strong>to</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Map<br />
6 <strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Chamber for Business<br />
7 Introducing our community<br />
8 Local Government<br />
9 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town Council<br />
11 Services Direc<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
Banks and Building Societies<br />
Emergency Services<br />
Employment<br />
13 Local Government<br />
Social Housing<br />
Social Services<br />
15 Utilities<br />
17 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Library<br />
19 Animal Welfare<br />
21 Local Transport<br />
22 Aerial pho<strong>to</strong>graph <strong>2019</strong><br />
25 M.i. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Community Shop<br />
26 Friesenried - Our Bavarian Twin Town<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Men’s Shed<br />
28 Accommodation & Entertainment<br />
31 Refuse / Recycling<br />
33 Education<br />
35 Places of Worship<br />
39 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Play<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Funday<br />
41 Local Parks and Play Areas<br />
44 Pigney’s Wood<br />
45 Bac<strong>to</strong>n Wood (Wit<strong>to</strong>n Wood)<br />
47 Sadler’s Wood<br />
Bryant’s Heath<br />
49 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> & Dilham Canal<br />
50 Local Walks<br />
53 Oak Tree Sculpture<br />
Lepus the GoGo Hare<br />
54 Bluebell Pond<br />
55 Local places of interest<br />
59 Regular Events<br />
63 Places <strong>to</strong> visit<br />
64 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Markets<br />
65 <strong>The</strong> Atrium<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Ghost Walks<br />
67 Mike Thurs<strong>to</strong>n Water Activities Centre<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Sports Centre<br />
69 Rossis Leisure<br />
Vic<strong>to</strong>ry Swim and Fitness Centre<br />
71 Indexed Street Map<br />
74 Clubs and Societies<br />
83 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> - Its origin and<br />
place in his<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
91 <strong>The</strong> Pubs of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
93 Ship Yard<br />
95 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Heritage Group<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> & District<br />
Community Archive<br />
96 His<strong>to</strong>ric Plaques around the Town Centre<br />
101 A His<strong>to</strong>ry in Pho<strong>to</strong>graphs<br />
114 Aerial pho<strong>to</strong>graph 1928<br />
117 A <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry in Streets<br />
140 Aerial pho<strong>to</strong>graph 1957<br />
Dedicated <strong>to</strong> the memory of Roger Buck who was instrumental in making<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Official</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> happen between 1991 and 2012.
4 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong><br />
north<br />
scale in metres<br />
0 50 100<br />
C<br />
lyngate<br />
industrial area<br />
mundesley road<br />
short drive <strong>to</strong><br />
lyngate industrial area<br />
congregational<br />
Church<br />
P 4<br />
B<br />
<strong>to</strong> cromer<br />
short drive <strong>to</strong><br />
rossis leisure club,<br />
diner and bowling<br />
aylsham road<br />
cromer road<br />
a149 north walsham by-pass<br />
play<br />
area<br />
D<br />
pas<strong>to</strong>n college<br />
lawns site<br />
D<br />
park lane<br />
B<br />
art deco<br />
building<br />
16th<br />
century<br />
market<br />
cross<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn<br />
council &<br />
registry<br />
offices<br />
catholic church<br />
vicarage street<br />
kings arms street<br />
nelson studied here!<br />
pas<strong>to</strong>n college<br />
market place<br />
grammar school road<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn centre<br />
P 1 t<br />
mi<br />
B<br />
B<br />
st nicholas’<br />
church<br />
cat pottery<br />
& curios<br />
community<br />
shop<br />
methodist<br />
church<br />
famous<br />
ruined<br />
<strong>to</strong>wer<br />
post<br />
office<br />
salvati<br />
army<br />
B<br />
library<br />
war me<br />
the bittern<br />
line (rail)<br />
skate<br />
park<br />
yarmouth road<br />
vic<strong>to</strong>ry swim &<br />
fitness centre<br />
norwich road<br />
B<br />
railway station<br />
mo<strong>to</strong>rcycle<br />
museum<br />
B<br />
police<br />
police station<br />
H<br />
cott<br />
(
short drive <strong>to</strong><br />
north walsham canal<br />
& bac<strong>to</strong>n woods<br />
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<strong>to</strong> the<br />
bluebell pub<br />
EMETERY<br />
bac<strong>to</strong>n road<br />
free wi-fi in<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn centre<br />
mi<br />
Museum & Information Centre<br />
Supermarket<br />
Pharmacy<br />
on<br />
D<br />
Doc<strong>to</strong>rs’ Surgery<br />
Café or Restaurant<br />
hall lane<br />
infant school<br />
Pub<br />
t<br />
Toilet<br />
Defibrilla<strong>to</strong>r (AED)<br />
new road<br />
P 1<br />
Vicarage Street Parking<br />
P 3 high school & atrium<br />
morial<br />
t<br />
community<br />
centre<br />
play area<br />
tennis<br />
courts<br />
P 2<br />
P 3<br />
P 4<br />
B<br />
Bank Loke Parking<br />
New Road Parking<br />
Mundesley Road Parking<br />
Bus S<strong>to</strong>p<br />
MEMORIAL PARK<br />
B<br />
Filling Station<br />
it’s a cinema <strong>to</strong>o!<br />
age hospital<br />
not a&E)<br />
sports centre<br />
north walsham canal<br />
& bac<strong>to</strong>n woods
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Chamber for Business<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Chamber for Business is a group of businesses of a diverse variety<br />
who meet quarterly, and we hope that you will find that our warm and friendly<br />
approach <strong>to</strong> dealing effectively with issues within the <strong>to</strong>wn will be an inspiration<br />
and will motivate you in<strong>to</strong> joining.<br />
We believe that, by coming <strong>to</strong>gether <strong>to</strong> discuss common issues and address<br />
problems, we can have a positive impact, bringing improvements, higher<br />
levels of employment and working <strong>to</strong>wards a regeneration of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> –<br />
contributing <strong>to</strong> make it a thriving <strong>North</strong> Norfolk <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
We assist members with various matters and have been dealing with issues that<br />
affect businesses in the Town and surrounding areas. In addition, we have been<br />
exceptionally pro-active with achievements <strong>to</strong> date ranging from challenging and ve<strong>to</strong>ing the<br />
District Council’s proposals with car parking fees, <strong>to</strong> working with Regenerate <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> <strong>to</strong><br />
improve the <strong>to</strong>wn facilities, appearance and <strong>to</strong> arrange events.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chamber for Business is the contact used by <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town Council, <strong>North</strong> Norfolk<br />
District Council and Norfolk County Council for opinions and views regarding business and trade<br />
in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. This means that Highways, Planning and other projects affecting businesses in<br />
the Town are passed <strong>to</strong> the Chamber for our comments.<br />
So if you would like <strong>to</strong> have a voice in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>’s future, network with other businesses or<br />
discuss any issues that may concern you, come and join us. <strong>The</strong> larger the membership the more<br />
say we will have. Already we are working closely with the Town Council, the District Council and the<br />
Right Honourable Norman Lamb MP in order <strong>to</strong> get our voices heard.<br />
I look forward <strong>to</strong> hearing from you and hopefully receiving your application <strong>to</strong> join us. All our<br />
contact details are available on our website, should you have any queries.<br />
web: www.northwalshamchamberforbusiness.org.uk<br />
Bishop Redman’s Market Cross of 1602 has witnessed countless busy market days and is the successor of at least two<br />
previous market <strong>to</strong>llhouses on this site. <strong>The</strong> Market Cross is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 7<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Official</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong><br />
Introducing our Community<br />
<strong>The</strong> pretty market <strong>to</strong>wn of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> is a well populated and important trade<br />
centre in this corner of <strong>North</strong> Norfolk. From its early incarnation in Anglo-Saxon times,<br />
having weathered invasions from Vikings and Normans, through <strong>to</strong> its important role in<br />
the weaving trade of the middle ages and its current position as the largest <strong>to</strong>wn within<br />
the government district of <strong>North</strong> Norfolk with a population of approximately 13,000, the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn has embraced change and development <strong>to</strong> the benefit of its residents.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>’s Market Place houses many of the <strong>to</strong>wn’s niche retail premises, with<br />
larger supermarkets and outlets within easy reach by bus or road. Also housed within<br />
easy reach of the <strong>to</strong>wn centre are restaurants, pubs and inns, take-aways, a library,<br />
swimming pools, leisure and sports facilities, schools, car dealerships and repair shops, a<br />
cinema, places of worship and spacious parks.<br />
Located slightly further away from the centre, industrial estates are home <strong>to</strong> engineering,<br />
boat building, furniture making, glaziers, hauliers and auctioneers amongst the many<br />
small <strong>to</strong> medium sized businesses that thrive there, providing good employment within<br />
the <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> has good road and rail connections with Great Yarmouth, Norwich and<br />
the surrounding <strong>to</strong>wns and sea side resorts. Commuting <strong>to</strong> London is possible with early<br />
morning trains and fast connections. <strong>The</strong> opening of the <strong>North</strong>ern Distribu<strong>to</strong>r Road<br />
has provided faster routes <strong>to</strong> outlying <strong>to</strong>wns and easier access <strong>to</strong> Mo<strong>to</strong>rways and cross<br />
country routes.<br />
This ‘official’ guide is produced by people who have been part of our community for many<br />
years and published by <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town Council. In an increasingly competitive<br />
world, please remember <strong>to</strong> support our advertisers, and use the shops and services within<br />
the <strong>to</strong>wn as often as you can. It is all <strong>to</strong>o easy <strong>to</strong> be distracted by advertising campaigns<br />
from international companies, but those same products can often be supplied much<br />
closer <strong>to</strong> home. Our local economy has fared recession better than many similar sized<br />
communities but still needs your cus<strong>to</strong>m if this is <strong>to</strong> continue! This guide provides you<br />
with information on all that <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> has <strong>to</strong> offer, as well as telling you something<br />
of the <strong>to</strong>wn’s his<strong>to</strong>ry and the local heritage waiting <strong>to</strong> be explored. We hope that you<br />
enjoy this guide and find within it something of both help and interest.
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town Council<br />
Council Offices, 18 Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9JX<br />
tel: 01692 404114<br />
web: www.northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1426868304249839/<br />
Local Government<br />
<strong>The</strong> Town Council, known as the ‘first tier’ of government (with District and County Council being<br />
the second and third), is responsible for a range of vital services for people and businesses in<br />
defined areas. <strong>The</strong> Council is however limited by law with regards <strong>to</strong> the extent of their activities<br />
and adopt a more consultative role particularly with regard <strong>to</strong> planning and licensing.<br />
Councillors, elected in local elections, work with residents, local businesses and other organisations,<br />
<strong>to</strong> agree and deliver on local priorities. <strong>The</strong> decisions are implemented by permanent council staff<br />
and local councillors themselves.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town Council comprises sixteen councillors, across five wards. Local elections<br />
take place every four years with the last election having taken place in May <strong>2019</strong>. Also elected at<br />
the same time are the District councillors chosen <strong>to</strong> represent the <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Town Council is the Burial Authority for <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and as such is responsible for<br />
the Cemetery’s and Closed Churchyard. It also holds the Market Rights for the Town, making it<br />
responsible for both the Thursday Markets and the monthly Farmers Market.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Town Council is also responsible for:<br />
• Tennis Courts<br />
• Parks; Woodville, Trackside, Memorial Park<br />
• Skate Park<br />
• Market Cross<br />
• Selected Street Lights and Street Furniture<br />
• Bus Shelters<br />
<strong>The</strong> Tennis Courts are available for hire.<br />
For all enquiries contact reception@northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk or call 01692 404 114
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 9<br />
Town Councillors for <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Ms Julie Shields Town Clerk........................................................... julie.shields@northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
Ms Tina Foster Deputy Clerk.....................................................................admin@northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
Ms Fi Collett Assistant <strong>to</strong> the Clerks.................................................... fi.collett@northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
Mr Daniel Gilbert Head Groundsman.....................................daniel.gilbert@northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
Mr Nigel Clarke Market Manager....................................................... markets@northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
General Enquiries ............................................................................... reception@northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
TOWN COUNCILLORS FOR NORTH WALSHAM<br />
East Ward<br />
Garry Bull 1 Pickford Close, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, NR28 0UH<br />
Nick Clancy 8 Valley Gardens, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9QE<br />
Paul Heinrich 26 Thirlby Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9JB<br />
Ian Jackson 35 Manor Road, Spa Common NR28 9LH<br />
Robert Murphy 16 Corbett Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0JE<br />
Elize Wheeler Flat 4 Saxon Court, Hall Lane, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9BG<br />
<strong>North</strong> Ward<br />
Richard Harris 32 Lynfield Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0BG<br />
Barry Hester 29 Corbett Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0JE<br />
West Ward<br />
Folik Choudhury 44 Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9DS<br />
Nicholas Felstead 12 Bradfield Close, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0HL<br />
Mal Gray<br />
c/o Town Council Offices, 18 Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9JX<br />
Jenny Melville 56 Sadlers Way, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9UT<br />
Richard Simms c/o Town Council Offices, 18 Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9JX<br />
Town Centre East<br />
William Fryer 8 Spenser Avenue, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9HZ<br />
Paul Oakes 21 Roys<strong>to</strong>n Green, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9EG<br />
Town Centre West<br />
Bob Wright 66 Yarmouth Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9AU<br />
NORTH NORFOLK DISTRICT COUNCILLORS FOR NORTH WALSHAM<br />
West Ward<br />
Don Birch c/o NNDC, Council Offices, Holt Road, Cromer NR27 9EN<br />
Nigel Lloyd 117 Mundesley Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0DD<br />
East Ward<br />
Paul Heinrich 26 Thirlby Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. NR28 9JB<br />
Eric Seward 63 Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9DS<br />
Market Cross<br />
Virginia Gay 53 Yarmouth Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9AU
10 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong><br />
Serving <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> & the surrounding area<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Surgery<br />
New PATIENT REGISTRATIONS still accepted<br />
● CQC - rated “Good” in ALL areas in Nov 2018.<br />
● Weekend*, evening, early morning and telephone<br />
appointments available.<br />
● A teaching practice helping <strong>to</strong> train much needed GPs.<br />
● Working closely <strong>to</strong>gether with other local Practices and<br />
GP networks and groups.<br />
● Same day help available for those in real need.<br />
● Numerous different speciality clinics and<br />
FREE* NHS health checks.<br />
● Online services and Apps for appointment,<br />
prescription and record<br />
management services.<br />
* details on request<br />
● Patient Participation<br />
Group<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>n Surgery<br />
9 – 11 Park Lane, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, Norfolk, NR28 0BQ<br />
01692 403015 pas<strong>to</strong>n.surgery@nhs.net www.pas<strong>to</strong>nsurgery.nhs.net
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 11<br />
Services Direc<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
Banks and Building Societies<br />
Santander 6 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 0800 912 3123<br />
Lloyds 18 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 0345 300 0000<br />
Citizens Advice Bureau 3 St Nicholas Court, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 0344 411 1444<br />
Community Centre New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 403 594<br />
email: info@northwalshamcommunitycentre.co.uk<br />
Emergency Services<br />
Norfolk Police<br />
Yarmouth Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9AW<br />
Enquiries<br />
email: enquiries@norfolk.pnn.police.uk<br />
Emergencies tel: 999<br />
Non Emergencies tel: 101<br />
Safer Neighbourhood Team tel: 101<br />
email: sntnorthwalsham@norfolk.pnn.police.uk<br />
Norfolk Police mobile phone ‘Textline’ tel: 18001 101<br />
Norfolk Police Mini Com (hard of hearing) tel: 01953 424 200<br />
Norfolk Police Text <strong>to</strong> Email Service tel: 07786 200777<br />
Norfolk Children’s Advice and Duty Service (CAD) tel: 0344 800 8020<br />
Crime S<strong>to</strong>ppers / Drugs Hotline tel: 0800 555 111<br />
Samaritans (Norwich Branch) tel: 01603 116123<br />
Norfolk Fire Service email: hq@fire.norfolk.gov.uk tel: 0300 123 1669<br />
Minor Injury Unit<br />
Mill Road, Cromer NR27 0BQ<br />
(Norfolk & Norwich Hospital) tel: 01603 646200<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> &<br />
Yarmouth Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9AP<br />
District Memorial Hospital (See also MEDICAL page) tel: 01692 408000<br />
Employment<br />
Job Centre Plus 10 Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 0845 6060 234<br />
web: www.gov.uk/contact-jobcentre-plus<br />
Nova Training 3 Vicarage St, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9DQ tel: 01692 404400
12 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong><br />
For all your newspapers<br />
delivered 7 days a week<br />
No Delivery Charge for<br />
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Good selection of<br />
Cars, Vans & Lu<strong>to</strong>ns<br />
with tail-lifts for hire<br />
LOW DEPOSITS REQUIRED<br />
For Prices And Further Details<br />
Tel: 01692 406113<br />
SHOWCASE GALLERY<br />
Market Place (01692) 500928<br />
Lyngate Industrial Estate<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0BD<br />
www.trevorcharles.co.uk<br />
MOTOR<br />
SERVICES<br />
We now offer a<br />
DRIVE-IN SERVICE!<br />
No need <strong>to</strong> book just drive in<br />
for these services....<br />
Tyres and fitting - Large range of tyres in s<strong>to</strong>ck<br />
Diagnostic Scan Test & Fault Code reading.<br />
Tracking, 4 Wheel alignment<br />
Air Conditioning Service<br />
01692 404050<br />
Roger Hannant Mo<strong>to</strong>r Services<br />
Car Sales | Servicing | Tyres & Exhausts | Batteries<br />
www.rogerhannant.co.uk<br />
10 Bay Garage Workshop<br />
Fully Trained Technicians<br />
MOT Testing station<br />
Servicing/Repairs <strong>to</strong> most makes and<br />
models of Cars/Light Commercial<br />
(3500Kg) and Four Wheel Drive<br />
Brake Check Centre<br />
Shock Absorbers<br />
Batteries<br />
3500Kg Breakdown Recovery
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 13<br />
Local Government<br />
Government Website<br />
web: www.gov.uk<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town Council 18 Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404114<br />
web: www.northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
email: reception@northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
<strong>North</strong> Norfolk District Council Holt Road, Cromer NR27 9EN tel: 01263 513811<br />
Out of hours emergencies tel: 01223 849782<br />
web: www.northnorfolk.org<br />
Norfolk County Council Martineau Lane, Norwich tel: 0344 800 8020<br />
web: www.norfolk.gov.uk<br />
Monthly Town Council Meetings Dayspring Centre, Methodist Church, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Post Office New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 407 988<br />
Mon: 9am - 5:30pm<br />
Tue: 9:30am - 5:30pm<br />
Wed - Fri: 9am - 5:30pm<br />
Sat: 9am - 12:30pm<br />
Public Conveniences<br />
Public Toilets can be found situated at Vicarage Street<br />
Car Park & beside the Community Centre on New Road<br />
Registrar of Birth, Death & Marriage<br />
18 Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 0344 800 8020<br />
Tues, Thurs & Fri By Appointment Only<br />
Royal Mail Office New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 0345 6021021<br />
Main Office Collection Time:<br />
Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri: 7am - 3pm<br />
Wed: 7am - 6pm<br />
Sat: 7am - 2pm<br />
Newspaper Deliveries Happisburgh Road S<strong>to</strong>res tel: 01692 406629<br />
McColl’s tel: 01692 409158<br />
Mundesley Road S<strong>to</strong>res tel: 01692 403003<br />
Showcase Gallery tel: 01692 500928<br />
Station Road S<strong>to</strong>res tel: 01692 403386<br />
Social Housing<br />
Vic<strong>to</strong>ry Housing Trust Cromer Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 0330 123 1860<br />
web: www.vic<strong>to</strong>ryhousing.co.uk<br />
email: cus<strong>to</strong>merservices@vic<strong>to</strong>ryhousing.co.uk<br />
Emergency complaint line tel: 0800 371 860<br />
<strong>North</strong> Norfolk Housing Trust Holt Road, Cromer NR27 9EN tel: 01263 516231<br />
web: www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/section/housing
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NORTH WALSHAM’S PLUMBING AND HEATING MERCHANT<br />
You know us, we know heating. We’re the MILLERS...<br />
19A-B MUNDESLEY ROAD CAR PARK - 01692 218040
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 15<br />
Utilities<br />
Utility Emergency Contact: Gas (National Grid) tel: 0800 111 999<br />
Water (Anglian Water – Leak Line) tel: 0800 771 881<br />
Telephone (BT Faults) tel: 0800 800 151<br />
Environmental Pollution (Environment Agency) tel: 0800 807 060<br />
Water Anglian Water – Enquiries tel: 08457 145 145<br />
Recycling Services Kier tel: 0300 123 1163<br />
Refuse Collection Kier tel: 0300 123 1163<br />
Streetlights<br />
report faults <strong>to</strong> streetlight@nothwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
Trading Standards Norfolk Trading Standards Service Centre tel: 01603 222999<br />
Fraud & Financial Action Fraud tel: 0300 123 2040<br />
Internet Crime<br />
web: www.actionfraud.police.uk<br />
Kelly Clarke<br />
Mo<strong>to</strong>r Services Limited<br />
01692 405495<br />
Air Conditioning<br />
Re-gassing, Service & Repair<br />
Electronic Diagnosis<br />
Servicing - Tyres - Batteries<br />
Your One-S<strong>to</strong>p Garage<br />
1 Cornish Way Business Park<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Norfolk<br />
NR28 0FE<br />
Free Quote<br />
Manufacturers & Installers of High<br />
Quality uPVC Windows & Doors<br />
All Roofline Products 10 Year Guarantee<br />
David Cork<br />
Windows, Doors<br />
& Conserva<strong>to</strong>ries<br />
TEL: 01692 403313<br />
MOBILE: 07789 724242<br />
dcork@homecall.co.uk
16 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong><br />
More <strong>to</strong> offer<br />
at Pas<strong>to</strong>n College<br />
With new courses for young people and adults, specialist teaching,<br />
and a strong his<strong>to</strong>ry of high achievement that sees students progress<br />
<strong>to</strong> outstanding destinations, we can help you achieve your ambitions.<br />
A Levels<br />
We offer 27 A Level courses with a wide<br />
range of subject choices in areas including<br />
Art & Fashion, Business, Drama, English &<br />
Humanities, French, Maths, Media & Science.<br />
Our specialist A Level teaching staff ensure<br />
students do consistently well on their<br />
A Levels with courses offering excellent<br />
progression <strong>to</strong> university, employment and<br />
apprenticeships.<br />
Around 25% of those who apply <strong>to</strong> university<br />
are accepted at some of the country’s<br />
leading institutions including Oxford,<br />
Cambridge and Durham.<br />
Industry Focused<br />
Courses<br />
Part-time Leisure<br />
Courses for Adults<br />
Explore a hobby, hone a skill, find a passion.<br />
We offer a wide range of part time adult<br />
courses for you <strong>to</strong> learn something new,<br />
develop your skills or just have fun. Whatever<br />
your interest we have a course for you.<br />
Inclusive Learning<br />
From September <strong>2019</strong>, Pas<strong>to</strong>n College will<br />
be offering a new provision for students who<br />
have learning difficulties and/or disabilities.<br />
For more information or <strong>to</strong> discuss Inclusive<br />
Learning opportunities at Pas<strong>to</strong>n College,<br />
please contact: SEN@ccn.ac.uk<br />
or 01603 773 311<br />
A perfect hands-on alternative <strong>to</strong> A Levels.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se courses allow you <strong>to</strong> focus on one<br />
subject and develop the practical skills<br />
needed for your future career.<br />
Courses are available at Level 3 (equivalent<br />
<strong>to</strong> A Levels) and Level 2 in subjects including<br />
Art & Design, Business, Computing, Creative<br />
Media, Health & Social Care, Performing &<br />
Production Arts and Sport.<br />
Find your ideal course at:<br />
pas<strong>to</strong>n.ac.uk<br />
part of
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 17<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Library<br />
In the past 50 years we have seen the<br />
Library grow in<strong>to</strong> a vital resource for the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn. <strong>The</strong>re are Books and CD’s a plenty, an<br />
ordering service and free book loans of up<br />
<strong>to</strong> 15 books (under 5’s can borrow up <strong>to</strong> 20<br />
books with no late return charges).<br />
Now with the new Open Library’s scheme,<br />
extended opening hours make access<br />
available <strong>to</strong> all. If the doors are not open,<br />
your card will allow access <strong>to</strong> the library which, even when unmanned, will give you the chance <strong>to</strong><br />
pick up new books, or use the facilities you would normally find there (ask staff for details).<br />
<strong>The</strong> Library has a number of computers available for public use and the staff are only <strong>to</strong>o happy <strong>to</strong><br />
help with the basics. If you are interested in learning more on any computer related subjects, have<br />
a chat with the staff and they will do their best <strong>to</strong> set up a session with a volunteer trainer.<br />
For those living with Dementia, loneliness or depression, aside from being a valuable source of<br />
available information, the Library holds a number of additional resources that may be of help, ask<br />
the staff for more details.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a book club, Lego club, writing group and Scrabble club and ‘Colour Me Calm’ is a chance<br />
<strong>to</strong> let your brain take a rest and your creative side <strong>to</strong> shine through<br />
Loneliness is a subject still considered taboo amongst many, especially the elderly and the Library<br />
is the perfect setting <strong>to</strong> start <strong>to</strong> tackle its effects.<br />
For new mums and dads, Bounce and Rhyme provides a chance <strong>to</strong> meet others and share your<br />
experiences.<br />
Every Friday, adults are very welcome <strong>to</strong> drop in for ‘Just a Cuppa’, a gentle social chance <strong>to</strong> get out<br />
of the house.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Library is like a lovely pair of slippers; familiar, comfortable, warm and welcoming so why not<br />
come for some books and stay for a cuppa.<br />
Friends of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Library<br />
Could you be part of a group that:<br />
n Develops ideas for events held at the library and promotes the library and its services.<br />
n Plan and hold fundraising activities, library sales, community events, classes or raffles.<br />
n Act as a link between the library and local community.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Library needs you. For more information on anything mentioned here, drop in for a chat<br />
or give the Library a ring.<br />
New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> email: libraries@norfolk.gov.uk tel: 01692 402482<br />
Mon - Fri: 8am - 7pm (staffed 10.30am - 7pm)<br />
Sat: 8am - 4pm (staffed 10.30am - 4pm)<br />
Sun: 10am - 4pm (Open Library access only)
18 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong><br />
24/7 Veterinary Care for<br />
Pets and Exotic Animals<br />
• Independent Family Run Practice<br />
• Accredited Gold Standard Rabbit<br />
and Gold Standard Cat Friendly<br />
Practice<br />
• Dedicated Dog and Exotic Waiting<br />
areas and Wards<br />
• On site C T Scanner<br />
• Digital X-ray, Ultrasound, Endoscopy,<br />
Tonometry, ECG and In-House Lab<br />
• Laser <strong>The</strong>rapy<br />
• Very Important Pet (VIP) Clubs <strong>to</strong><br />
save you money<br />
• Large Private Car Park<br />
• Advanced Practitioner<br />
in Zoological<br />
Medicine.<br />
• On site Luxury<br />
Cat Boarding<br />
Hotel<br />
CT Scanners allow complete 3D<br />
image of your pet<br />
Laser <strong>The</strong>rapy - Helping reduce<br />
inflammation and provide pain relief<br />
Luxury Cat Boarding Hotel<br />
Call 01692 407126 <strong>to</strong> arrange a look and see visit<br />
Heath Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0JB
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 19<br />
Animal Welfare<br />
Cats Protection web: www.cats.org.uk/northwalsham tel: 01692 535858<br />
Faith Animal Sanctuary Stubb Road, Hickling, Norwich tel: 01692 598312<br />
web: www.faithanimalrescue.co.uk<br />
Hillside Animal Sanctuary Hall Lane, Frettenham, Norwich NR12 7LT tel: 01603 736200<br />
web: www.hillside.org.uk email: contact@hillside.org.uk<br />
Kisi Canine Accessories Ebridge Mill, White Horse Common tel: 01692 406013<br />
Mon – Sat: 8.30am – 5pm<br />
web: www.kisi.co.uk<br />
RSPCA 24 hour Help Line tel: 0300 1234999<br />
East Norfolk Branch tel: 01493 858936<br />
Sam’s Pets Shop 14 Market Pl, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404806<br />
Mon – Tue: 9am – 5pm<br />
Wed – Fri: 9am – 5.30pm<br />
Sat: 9am – 5pm<br />
web: www.samspets.co.uk<br />
Toll Barn Vets Heath Rd, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 407126<br />
Mon - Fri: 8.30am - 6.30pm<br />
Sat: 9.00am - 12.30pm<br />
Emergency Out Of Hours: Call Main Switchboard<br />
web: www.<strong>to</strong>llbarnvets.co.uk<br />
email: practice@<strong>to</strong>llbarnvets.co.uk<br />
Wes<strong>to</strong>ver Veterinary Centre 40 Yarmouth Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 403202<br />
Small Animal Unit (Appointment only)<br />
Mon – Fri: 8.30am – 6pm<br />
Sat: 8.30am – 12:30pm<br />
Large Animal & Equine Unit, Hainford tel: 01603 899930<br />
Emergency Out Of Hours: Call Main Switchboard<br />
web: www.wes<strong>to</strong>vervets.co.uk
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Memorial<br />
Designer and Artist<br />
. Fine Memorials<br />
. Lettering and Carving<br />
. Additional Inscriptions<br />
. Memorial Renovation<br />
. Sculpture<br />
. Garden Features<br />
. House Name Plates<br />
Helpful Friendly Service<br />
Home Visits on Request<br />
Workshop at<br />
Broad House Barn<br />
<strong>The</strong> Avenue, Wroxham<br />
NR12 8TS<br />
01603 733644<br />
Home 01692 402445<br />
Mobile 07467 537288<br />
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DURING OFFICE HOURS<br />
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07721 777793<br />
Locally based Taxi<br />
Weekend & evening service<br />
Jane Orr<br />
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07766 657416<br />
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@norfolk_decora<strong>to</strong>r
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 21<br />
Local Transport<br />
Bus Services:<br />
School Services:<br />
Please look online or contact the individual bus company for detailed<br />
timetables, as they are updated regularly.<br />
Please contact the individual school for details<br />
<strong>North</strong> Norfolk Community Transport tel: 01692 500840<br />
<strong>North</strong> Norfolk Community Transport operates a door <strong>to</strong> door minibus transport service which<br />
is safe, accessible and affordable. We operate a bookable weekday transport service from your<br />
home <strong>to</strong> a variety of destinations. Please contact us for more details.<br />
15 Cornish Way, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0AW email: info@nnct.org.uk<br />
Feline Travel<br />
Unit 2 Horizon Industrial Estate, Sut<strong>to</strong>n Road, Catfield, Norfolk NR29 5BE<br />
tel: 01692 584987<br />
Our Bus web: www.ourhire.co.uk/our-bus tel: 01493 752223<br />
Sanders Coaches 23 Cornish Way, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0AW tel: 01692 407832<br />
Timetables: www.sanderscoaches.com/times<br />
Travel Line Local and National travel information tel: 08712 002233<br />
web: www.traveline.org.uk<br />
Rail Services<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> railway station, operated by Greater Anglia, is on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, running<br />
between Norwich and Sheringham. Norwich provides links <strong>to</strong> London Liverpool Street, the Midlands<br />
and other local services, with a timetable that is revised throughout the year <strong>to</strong> correspond with<br />
the holiday season. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Station is 16 miles down the line from Norwich and is situated<br />
between Worstead <strong>to</strong> the south and Gun<strong>to</strong>n <strong>to</strong> the north. Seating, lighting, cus<strong>to</strong>mer information<br />
system and 24 hour help point available and the platform has CCTV and is wheelchair friendly.<br />
Greater Anglia Cus<strong>to</strong>mer Relations web: www.greateranglia.co.uk tel: 08456 007245<br />
National Rail Enquiries web: www.nationalrail.co.uk tel: 08457 484950<br />
Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles<br />
AA Taxis tel: 01692 669465 Elite Transfers tel: 01692 400800<br />
A2B Taxis tel: 01692 409898 Five Star Taxis tel: 01603 455555<br />
Airports Direct tel: 01692 535533 MG Taxis tel: 01692 405525<br />
Black Knight Cars tel: 01692 500664 Mr Taxi Man tel: 07721 777793<br />
Bob’s Taxis tel: 07721 012910 NJE Taxis tel: 01692 404796<br />
Coast <strong>to</strong> Coast tel: 01692 679006 PD Taxis tel: 07990 505095<br />
Country Cars tel: 01692 406068 Roy’s Taxi tel: 07584 628259<br />
Crystal Cabs tel: 01692 400880<br />
Aylsham.........................7<br />
Bury St Edmunds..... 62<br />
Cambridge................. 83<br />
Cromer...........................9<br />
Dereham..................... 31<br />
Road Distance from <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> (from Market Place <strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>wn/city centre)<br />
Fakenham................... 29<br />
Great Yarmouth........ 25<br />
Happisburgh................ 7<br />
Holt............................... 18<br />
Ipswich........................ 60<br />
Kings Lynn.................. 50<br />
Lowes<strong>to</strong>ft.................... 35<br />
Mundesley....................5<br />
Sheringham............... 14<br />
Stalham..........................9<br />
Norwich...................... 15<br />
Hove<strong>to</strong>n/Wroxham....9<br />
London......................130
22 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong><br />
Aerial view of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> . 8.55am on 4th February <strong>2019</strong>. Pho<strong>to</strong> by Andrew Hornby.
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 23
24 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong><br />
ELITE<br />
Garage Services<br />
8 Folgate Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, NR28 0AJ<br />
01692 40 99 99<br />
* TYRES, BRAKES, EXHAUSTS, BATTERIES, FLUIDS, BULBS<br />
SERVICING, PRE-MOT CHECK, WHEEL ALIGNMENT<br />
* Efficient service & competitive prices<br />
* Contract work undertaken - VAT registered<br />
CHEAPEST TYRES AROUND<br />
Budget, Mid-range & Premium<br />
ä General taxi<br />
ä Any distance<br />
ä 24 hr service<br />
ELITE<br />
Taxis & Travel<br />
ä Monthly accounts<br />
ä Contract work<br />
ä VAT registered<br />
ä Stations<br />
ä Airports<br />
ä Seaports<br />
ä 1 - 8 seats<br />
ä Reliable<br />
ä Friendly<br />
01692 400 800/08000 289 608<br />
www.eliteairporttaxis.co.uk
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 25<br />
M.i. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
M.i. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> is our Tourist<br />
Information office and Heritage Centre.<br />
Based in the Old Saddler’s Shop in<br />
Vicarage Street our volunteer team is<br />
on hand <strong>to</strong> share their enthusiasm for<br />
our <strong>to</strong>wn and <strong>to</strong> provide information<br />
<strong>to</strong> visi<strong>to</strong>rs and residents, on attractions,<br />
accommodation, walking and cycling<br />
routes and local events. A small sales<br />
range of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> themed items<br />
is also available. <strong>The</strong> Heritage Centre tells<br />
the s<strong>to</strong>ry of our <strong>to</strong>wn from ancient times<br />
and displays a range of his<strong>to</strong>ric items<br />
including our famed 1725 fire engine and<br />
the fascinating model of the long-lost Ship Yard area of <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
tel: 07388 106642 email: M.I.Centre@northwalsham-<strong>to</strong>wn.co.uk<br />
OPENING TIMES<br />
April <strong>to</strong> Oc<strong>to</strong>ber<br />
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday<br />
Tuesday<br />
Saturday (on bank holiday weekends)<br />
November <strong>to</strong> March<br />
Monday & Thursday only<br />
10am - 2pm<br />
10am - 5pm<br />
11am - 2pm<br />
10am - 2pm<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Community Shop<br />
Owned, managed and run by its<br />
four trustees and a team of fantastic<br />
volunteers. Located in the centre of<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, Norfolk, its doors first<br />
opened in January 2018.<br />
<strong>The</strong> shop works with the community<br />
by selling unwanted items <strong>to</strong> fund a<br />
wide variety of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> based<br />
projects, and acts as a mini-community<br />
hub <strong>to</strong> promote local groups and raise<br />
the profile of the <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
1 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>,<br />
Norfolk NR28 9BP<br />
tel: 01692 409141<br />
web: www.northwalshamcommunityshop.org.uk
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Friesenried - our Bavarian ‘Twin Town’<br />
<strong>The</strong> Friends of Friesenried Association<br />
I would like <strong>to</strong> share with you information about the Jewel in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>’s Crown. <strong>The</strong> <strong>to</strong>wn is<br />
twinned with Friesenried, a group of three villages in Southern Germany which has a population<br />
somewhat smaller than <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. We have been in existence since 1981 and since then, by<br />
and large, have had an annual visit either <strong>to</strong> Germany or <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and hope <strong>to</strong> continue<br />
in<strong>to</strong> the future. Staying with local families creates a wonderful atmosphere and many lasting<br />
friendships endure <strong>to</strong> this day.<br />
<strong>The</strong> committees organize a varied and interesting programme taking in mountain trips, cities and<br />
many exciting places. Friesenried is in a beautiful part of Germany, not unlike Norfolk with its rural<br />
and farming way of life, but with the Alps as an imposing backdrop.<br />
Visits take place over six days and <strong>to</strong> keep this association fit and well and <strong>to</strong> enjoy new experiences<br />
why not join us or at least obtain information from Steve 01953 607119 or Dianne 01692 402726.<br />
Members are the life blood of any club or association so we look forward <strong>to</strong> hearing from you.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Men’s Shed<br />
Created in September 2018, the Men’s Shed aims <strong>to</strong> tackle loneliness and isolation, promoting<br />
health and well-being by bringing people <strong>to</strong>gether <strong>to</strong> share skills and <strong>to</strong>ols in a safe and friendly<br />
environment. <strong>The</strong> shed is open <strong>to</strong> all, not just gentlemen but ladies as well, especially those looking<br />
<strong>to</strong> socialise, make use of the facilities and work on practical activities such as woodwork, repairs<br />
and crafts. <strong>The</strong> group meet in the back of the White Swan Pub on Church Street: Tues 1pm-4pm,<br />
Thurs 10am-1pm, Sat 10am-1pm.<br />
email: northwalshammensshed@gmail.com
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Open Mon, Tues,<br />
Thurs, Fri & Sat<br />
MARIONS<br />
HAIRDRESSING<br />
Ladies & Gents<br />
6a Kings Arms Street 01692<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> 402531
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Accommodation & Entertainment<br />
Bed & Breakfast & Self Catering<br />
Bradfield House 19 Station Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404352<br />
Chimneys 51 Cromer Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 406172<br />
Glaven Lodge 26a, Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404856<br />
Green Ridges 104 Cromer Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 402448<br />
Holly Farm Meeting Hill Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 409929<br />
Hunters Moon Field Lane, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404975<br />
May Cottage Walcott Road, Bac<strong>to</strong>n tel: 01692 652218<br />
Melbourne House Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 500917<br />
Olde Hall <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Road, Bac<strong>to</strong>n tel: 01692 651480<br />
Sloley Hall Sloley, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 538582<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lodge <strong>The</strong> Street, Swafield, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404256<br />
<strong>The</strong> Old Rec<strong>to</strong>ry Ridling<strong>to</strong>n, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 650247<br />
Willow Farm Barn Stalham Road, Sea Palling tel: 01692 597062<br />
Cinemas<br />
<strong>The</strong> Atrium Spenser Avenue, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 400080<br />
web: www.theatrium.org.uk<br />
Hotels<br />
Beechwood Hotel Cromer Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 403231<br />
Kings Arms Hotel Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 403054<br />
Scarborough Hill Hotel Old Yarmouth Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 402151<br />
Public Houses & Clubs<br />
<strong>The</strong> Black Swan Black Swan Loke, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 500006<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bluebell Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404800<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hop In 2 Market Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 07963 938270<br />
<strong>The</strong> Kings Arms Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 403054<br />
<strong>The</strong> Market Tavern Market Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404821<br />
<strong>The</strong> Orchard Gardens Mundesley Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 405152<br />
<strong>The</strong> White Swan Church Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 405981<br />
Club KA Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 403054
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Restaurants & Cafés<br />
Café Kitale 4 St Nicholas Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 07553 610379<br />
Charcoal Grill Kebab House Mundesley Rd, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404888<br />
Chris<strong>to</strong>pher’s Café & Bakery 4 Church Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 405955<br />
Chubby Panda Market Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 500920<br />
Costa Coffee 35-36 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 406672<br />
Green Room Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 408993<br />
Labone Mundesley Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 500119<br />
Lily’s Tea Room Hadfield’s Nursery, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 406996<br />
Ramblers Restaurant (Day) <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Garden Centre, Norwich Road tel: 01692 408266<br />
7 & Eleven 5 Market Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 405336<br />
Shambles Café & Bistro 6 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 405282<br />
Smokey Grill House (Thur-Sat eve) <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Garden Centre tel: 01692 402591<br />
Subway<br />
2 Church Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Swallows Coffee Shop 24a Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 535613<br />
Three Cottages Fish Restaurant 16 Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 403819<br />
Take-Away Only<br />
al-Haqq’s Kitchen 4 Mundesley Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404031<br />
American Pizza 9 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 402040<br />
Bocadillos 44 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 07947 759034<br />
Brunch Bar<br />
Laundry Loke, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Great Wall 10 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 501164<br />
Jade Garden 1 Norwich Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 406821<br />
Kelly’s Plaice 32a Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 405554<br />
Lam’s Fish & Chip Shop 30 Station Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 402673<br />
<strong>North</strong> Kebab House 8 Market Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404022<br />
Stanley Road Fish & Chips 23 Stanley Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404030<br />
USA Chicken 4 Kings Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 409845<br />
ZA<br />
<strong>The</strong>lma Jolly<br />
High class curtains and soft furnishings.<br />
30 years experience. All sewing projects<br />
undertaken.<br />
Available at <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> farmers market (last<br />
Sunday of each month) and <strong>to</strong> order at other times<br />
Telephone: 01692 407974<br />
Email: thelmastarling789@btinternet.com<br />
Website: jollyseamstress.wixsite.com/jolly<br />
Facebook: jollyseamstressnorfolk
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DRURY’S<br />
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Refuse / Recycling<br />
Household Waste Recycling Centre<br />
Worstead Main Recycling Centre, Old Yarmouth Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Open every day: 9am–5pm (1 April – 30 September). 9am–4pm (1 Oc<strong>to</strong>ber – 31 March).<br />
Items accepted free for Recycling: Aerosol cans (empty), Bulky waste such as furniture and white<br />
goods, Cans/tins/foil, Card/cardboard, Carpets and underlay, Cooking oil, Electrical items, Engine oil,<br />
Furniture - Fitted furniture is classed as DIY waste, Garden/green waste, Glass bottles and Jars, Household<br />
bin waste, Lightbulbs/fluorescent tubes , Mattresses, Paper, Printer ink cartridges, Scrap metal, Textiles.<br />
Paid for items accepted: DIY waste, Tires, Trade Waste.<br />
Not accepted items: hazardous waste (including paint) and fireworks and explosives, asbes<strong>to</strong>s,<br />
beer barrels or kegs, ash, clinical waste, medicines, or septic tanks at any of our recycling centres.<br />
For more information: www.norfolk.gov.uk/recycling<br />
Town Recycling Centres<br />
Sainsburys (outside shop) for Glass, Cans, Paper & Card, Textiles.<br />
Sainsbury’s (inside shop), Post Office & Lidl for batteries.<br />
Home Bin Collections<br />
For more info: www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/tasks/environmental-services/what-goes-in-my-bin<br />
Black Bin: Disposable nappies, Carrier or plastic bags, Plastic food wrapping (plastic that can be<br />
scrunched in your hand e.g. salad bags, bread bags, Polystyrene, Cling film, Crisp packets), Egg<br />
boxes (plastic), Light bulbs, Wrapping paper (plasticised, wax coated, glittery or foil type).<br />
Green Bin: Food and drink cans, both aluminium and steel, Glass - all bottles and jars, Aluminium<br />
foil and trays, Plastic pots, Plastic food tubs, Empty aerosol cans.<br />
Plastic bottles, such as milk, drinks, bleach, shampoo.<br />
Paper, including envelopes (including windowed), shredded paper and cardboard.<br />
Food and drink car<strong>to</strong>ns including milk, juice, smoothie and soup containers. Bottle <strong>to</strong>ps can be left on.<br />
Brown Bin: Grass cuttings, Weeds, Leaves, Flowers, Plants, Vegetable <strong>to</strong>ps, Hedge clippings, Twigs,<br />
Bark, Small branches, Christmas trees, Shredded paper.<br />
Collection of Electrical Items: Place your small electrical item(s) in a standard-sized carrier bag (no<br />
black bin liners) then place it next <strong>to</strong> your recycling or black waste bin by 7am on your collection<br />
day. Please don’t put the bagged items in your bins as they won’t be collected.<br />
Please note there is no missed collection for electricals, batteries or textiles. If your collection is<br />
missed, just set it out for collection on the following week.<br />
Red stickers will be placed on items which we are not able <strong>to</strong> collect as part of the service.<br />
Small electrical items suitable for collection (no larger than 35cm x 40cm): Bedside lamps, Blenders,<br />
Calcula<strong>to</strong>rs, Cameras, Chargers, Digital-boxes, Electric <strong>to</strong>othbrushes, Electronic <strong>to</strong>ys and games,<br />
Electric blankets, Food processors, Hair dryers, Hi-fi equipment (including speakers), Irons, Juicers,<br />
Kettles, Light fittings, Power <strong>to</strong>ols, Shavers, Telephones, Toasters, Torches.<br />
Disposal of Hazardous Waste: Hazardous waste collection days are held throughout the county<br />
and dates will be publicised on the council website prior <strong>to</strong> them happening. You may also<br />
employ specialist companies or the dump may take items on prior arrangement (both will require<br />
payment). For more information: www.norfolk.gov.uk/hazardouswaste
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Poppies<br />
Children’s<br />
Nursery<br />
Serving generations of<br />
families since 1989<br />
a happy place where<br />
children blossom<br />
We are members of the Safer<br />
Programme which is part of the<br />
Norfolk Safeguarding<br />
Children Board.<br />
Farman Avenue, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9AY Tel: 01692 500117<br />
www.poppieschildrensnursery.co.uk<br />
MILLFIELD PRE-SCHOOL<br />
- where little people learn big things-<br />
Highly qualified, dedicated<br />
and experienced staff<br />
Great outdoor areas<br />
and creative indoor spaces<br />
An effective programme <strong>to</strong><br />
prepare for school<br />
For Ages 2-4 years<br />
Open term times 8:30-3:30<br />
We accept 2 year old and 30 hours funding<br />
Enhancing your child’s first steps in education,<br />
within a stimulating and nurturing environment<br />
South Rise Tel: 01692 406378<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Email: millfield.preschool@tiscali.co.uk Charity No:<br />
NR28 0EE Website: www.millfield-preschool.co.uk 1072455
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Education<br />
Playgroups, Day Nursery, Infant<br />
Brightstart Montessori Nursery <strong>The</strong> Atrium, Spenser Avenue, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
web: www.brightstartnursery.org 01603 738360<br />
Chestnut Boutique Nursery St Nicholas’ House, 46 Yarmouth Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
web: www.chestnut-nursery.co.uk/nurseries/st-nicholas<br />
email: JulieA@chestnut-nursery.co.uk 01692 218250<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Junior Manor Road <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> 01692 403013<br />
Infant School & Nursery Fed. web: www.nwjun-infsfed.com<br />
email: office@northwalsham-jun.norfolk.sch.uk<br />
Millfield Pre-School South Rise, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> 01692 406378<br />
web: www.millfield-preschool.co.uk<br />
email: millfield.preschool@tiscali.co.uk<br />
Poppies Day Nursery <strong>The</strong> Pavilion, Memorial Park 01692 500117<br />
web: www.poppieschildrensnursery.co.uk<br />
email: enquiries@poppieschildrensnursery.co.uk<br />
Rainbow Children’s Nursery Station Road, Worstead 01692 400995<br />
web: rainbow4kids.com<br />
email: rainbownursery@btconnect.com<br />
Town Tots Pre-school Manor Road <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> 01692 407012<br />
web: www.benjaminfoundation.co.uk<br />
email: teresa.moate@benjaminfoundation.co.uk<br />
Worstead Preschool Queen Elizabeth Hall, Ruin Road, Worstead 01692 535692<br />
web: www.worsteadpreschool.co.uk<br />
email: worsteadpreschool@btconnect.com<br />
Colleges and Schools<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>n Sixth Form College Grammar School Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> 01692 402334<br />
(16-19 Years) Principal: Corrienne Peasgood<br />
web: www.pas<strong>to</strong>n.ac.uk email: pas<strong>to</strong>ninfo@ccn.ac.uk<br />
High School Spenser Avenue, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> 01692 402581<br />
(11-16 Years) Headmaster: Neil Powel<br />
web: www.nwhs.uk<br />
email: office@northwalshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk<br />
Junior School Manor Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> 01692 405697<br />
(7-11 years) Head teacher: Mrs J Read<br />
web: www.northwalsham-jun.norfolk.sch.uk<br />
email: office@northwalsham-jun.norfolk.sch.uk<br />
Millfield Primary School Recreation Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> 01692 403172<br />
(5 -11 years) Head teacher: Jan Harazdiuk<br />
web: www.millfield.norfolk.sch.uk<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Junior Manor Road <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> 01692 403013<br />
Infant School & Nursery Fed. web: www.nwjun-infsfed.com<br />
email: office@northwalsham-jun.norfolk.sch.uk<br />
Adult education<br />
Course Information web: www.norfolk.gov.uk/adulteducation 0344 800 8020
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COFFEE WITH A<br />
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THE CALYPSO<br />
COFFEE COMPANY<br />
Equa<strong>to</strong>r House<br />
Cornish Way Business Park<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0FE<br />
www.calypsocoffee.co.uk<br />
tel: 01692 406430<br />
email: enquiries@calypsocoffee.co.uk<br />
Extra Hands<br />
Providers of Home Care in Norfolk<br />
Norfolk Care Awards 2018 Winners<br />
We are a local award winning family run independent<br />
Home Care company, providing carers across Norfolk<br />
trained <strong>to</strong> the highest standards including Dementia<br />
Care. We offer a wide range of services within the<br />
home setting which are tailored <strong>to</strong> suit individual<br />
needs from personal care <strong>to</strong> shopping and<br />
companionship.<br />
Our services can be arranged on either a short term<br />
or long term basis, we offer flexibility when organising<br />
care packages and can assure our cus<strong>to</strong>mers that we<br />
will meet their requirements every step of the way.<br />
If you or anyone you know may be interested in our<br />
services please do not hesitate <strong>to</strong> contact us on the<br />
numbers below or visit our website <strong>to</strong> find out more.<br />
Supporting people in their own homes for over 25 years<br />
Tel: 01603 898623 Tel: 01263 712686<br />
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Places of Worship<br />
Church of England<br />
PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS, DIOCESE OF NORWICH<br />
Vicar: Revd Canon Paul Cubitt tel: 01692 406380<br />
email: revpcubitt@btinternet.com<br />
Sunday Services: 8.00am Holy Communion<br />
10.30am Parish Eucharist<br />
5.00 pm Choral Evensong most weeks.<br />
Market Day Service<br />
10.30 am Holy Communion<br />
<strong>The</strong> noticeboard in the church porch is regularly updated with details of weekday services, special<br />
events and other parish church news.<br />
web: www.saint-nicholas.org.uk<br />
Church Office: tel: 01692 408971<br />
email: office.stnicholasnw@btconnect.com<br />
Church Hall Bookings<br />
St Benet Hall, St Nicholas Room<br />
tel: 01692 402705<br />
Catholic Church<br />
PARISH OF THE SACRED HEART, DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA<br />
Parish Priest: Fr James Walsh<br />
4 Norwich Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
tel: 01692 403258<br />
email: sjb58383@gmail.com<br />
Sunday Services:<br />
11.00am Mass<br />
Church Hall Bookings tel: 01692 405018<br />
See noticeboard for weekday Mass details.<br />
Church activities as announced.<br />
web: www.sacredheartnorthwalsham.com<br />
SALVATION ARMY<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Corps, Salvation Army Hall, Hall Lane, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Major Richard Durrant tel: 01692 652263/403955<br />
email: Richard.Durrant@salvationarmy.org.uk<br />
Sunday Services:<br />
Parent & Toddler Group:<br />
Lunch Club:<br />
Friendship Club:<br />
Coffee Morning:<br />
10.30am Morning Worship<br />
4.00pm Afternoon Worship ‘Songs of Praise’<br />
last Sunday of the month<br />
Monday 9.30am - 11.00am (Term time only)<br />
Monday 12.30pm<br />
Monday 1.45pm<br />
Thursday 9.30 - 11.30am
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Value Guaranteed!<br />
Find us at: 4 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9BP
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EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH<br />
Cromer Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Minister: Rev Richard Woodhouse<br />
Church secretary: Anna Davies tel: 01692 409026<br />
email: annad1234@btinternet.com<br />
Sunday Services<br />
10.30am Morning Praise & Worship<br />
Holy Communion on 1st Sunday<br />
Meetings through the week see website<br />
web: www.northwalshamcongregationalchurch.co.uk<br />
WORSTEAD BAPTIST CHURCH<br />
Meeting Hill<br />
Minister: Rev Patrick Coghlan tel: 01263 734739<br />
email: patrick@acsmail.net<br />
Services:<br />
METHODIST CHURCH<br />
Grammar School Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
10.30am Sunday<br />
Minister: Rev Sharon Willimott tel: 01692 218657<br />
email: sharon.willimott@methodist.org.uk<br />
Administra<strong>to</strong>r: tel: 01692 501003<br />
Sunday Services:<br />
10.30am Morning Worship, Holy Communion as announced.<br />
Mustard Seed drop in centre: 9.30am Thursday Mornings<br />
Details of all other activities, including regular Bible study groups,<br />
youth work etc may be found on our website.<br />
web: www.northnorfolkmethodist.org.uk<br />
(and follow the links)<br />
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS<br />
Quaker Meeting House, Quakers’ Hill, Mundesley Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0RF<br />
Meeting for Worship:<br />
tel: 01692 403731<br />
10.30am Sunday<br />
Room hire enquiries and bookings: tel: 01692 407508<br />
NEW LIFE CHURCH<br />
Charis Centre, 24 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Meets at the Community Centre: 10.30am Sunday<br />
Weekday activities:<br />
web: www.newlifenorthwalsham.com<br />
SWANTON ABBOTT WESLEY REFORM CHURCH<br />
<strong>The</strong> Street, Swan<strong>to</strong>n Abbott NR10 5DU<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>r: Peter Mitchell tel: 01692 218125<br />
email: Caws<strong>to</strong>nCircuit@aol.com<br />
Morning Worship:<br />
11.00 am Sunday
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CORNERSTONE INDEPENDENT Millfield Primary School, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 07913515072<br />
EVANGELICAL CHURCH web: www.corners<strong>to</strong>nechurchnw.org.uk<br />
BROADLAND COMMUNITY<br />
CHURCH<br />
web: www.broadlandscommunitychurch.com<br />
email: Questions@broadlandcommunitychurch.com<br />
Churches Together <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
One in Christ Jesus, engaged in God’s mission, empowered by the Spirit.<br />
In January <strong>2019</strong>, nine local churches held an his<strong>to</strong>ric Covenant Service, pledging <strong>to</strong> work <strong>to</strong>gether<br />
for <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Community by:<br />
Praying <strong>to</strong>gether in Christian Fellowship<br />
Bringing the light of Christ in<strong>to</strong> the community<br />
Congregational Church<br />
Methodist Church<br />
New Life Church<br />
Sacred Heart RC<br />
Salvation Army<br />
Society of Friends<br />
St Nicholas CE<br />
Swan<strong>to</strong>n Abbott<br />
Worstead Baptist<br />
Cromer Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0HD<br />
Grammar School Road, N <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9JH<br />
Charis Centre, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9BS<br />
Norwich Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9JP<br />
Hall Lane, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9DT<br />
Quakers Hill, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0RF<br />
Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9BT<br />
<strong>The</strong> Street, Swan<strong>to</strong>n Abbott, NR10 5DU<br />
Meeting Hill, Worstead, Norfolk NR28 9LR<br />
We pray regularly with and for each other, collectively providing a range of opportunities for<br />
witness and worship. We support one another in caring for our community in a variety of ways,<br />
such as food bank, discussion groups, youth work, children’s clubs, lunch clubs, coffee mornings,<br />
overseas support, civic and other shared services. We continue <strong>to</strong> explore ways of working and<br />
praying <strong>to</strong>gether. We welcome all <strong>to</strong> share in the work under God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Methodist Church<br />
Saint Nicholas’ Parish Church<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Quakers<br />
Evangelical Congregational Church<br />
Parish of the Sacred Heart<br />
Worstead Baptist Church
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Play<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Play is a registered charity set<br />
up <strong>to</strong> improve the play parks and open spaces<br />
in and around <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. We work hard<br />
<strong>to</strong> bring about inclusive and innovative play<br />
spaces accessible <strong>to</strong> children and families of<br />
all ages and abilities. Over the coming year we<br />
are raising funds <strong>to</strong> bring about a new outside<br />
gymnasium within the <strong>to</strong>wn’s Memorial Park<br />
whilst at the same time improving facilities at<br />
Trackside where <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Play are engaged in initial talks <strong>to</strong> look at redeveloping the skate<br />
park. Following feedback from key stakeholders and users, this is potentially our biggest project <strong>to</strong><br />
date. Want <strong>to</strong> get involved?<br />
email: nwalshamplay@yahoo.co.uk<br />
web: www.nwplay.co.uk<br />
facebook: <strong>North</strong><strong>Walsham</strong>Play<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Funday<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Funday was started in<br />
2010 by members of the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Lions and <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town Council. Many<br />
changes have taken place over the years and<br />
we now see the Funday being run as a three<br />
day event with L Gray & Sons Funfair joining us.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Funday is held on the last weekend of June<br />
every year.<br />
<strong>2019</strong> - 28, 29th and 30th June.<br />
<strong>2020</strong> - 26th, 27th and 28th June.<br />
2018 saw the return of a carnival parade, which will now be repeated annually along with the<br />
Funday Royal Family.<br />
<strong>The</strong> format for the Funday is normally:-<br />
Friday – Live music in the marquee.<br />
Saturday – Parade leaving the Industrial Estate at 5pm. Finishing on the park.<br />
Saturday – Live music in the marquee.<br />
Sunday – <strong>The</strong> Funday! Vintage vehicles, stalls of all types, fresh cooked food, displays, wildlife<br />
displays, live music from local bands and all the fun of the fair.<br />
Other fund raising events are held throughout the year <strong>to</strong> help fund the Parade.<br />
We are always looking for new members & volunteers <strong>to</strong> help at the events.<br />
tel: 01692 406415 email: fundaycomm@gmail.com
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tel: 01692 40<strong>2019</strong><br />
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Local Parks and Play Areas<br />
Parks and Play areas are supplied with waste bins and dog bins. <strong>The</strong>y are all emptied regularly and we<br />
ask that you respect the other users of the parks and dispose of your litter and dog waste correctly.<br />
Acorn Road<br />
Hidden away on Acorn Road is a small open greenspace with play area. <strong>The</strong> Children’s area includes<br />
a very popular zip wire, climbing frame and swings.<br />
Memorial Park<br />
<strong>The</strong> Memorial Park is a beautiful old park situated between Yarmouth Road and Happisburgh Road<br />
and plays host <strong>to</strong> a large number of events and activities. <strong>The</strong>re are goalposts for football, swings,<br />
gym and play equipment, lots of room for families and dogs <strong>to</strong> run and play in the safety of a semi<br />
enclosed park (please note: park gates are not closed).<br />
Regular events include Funday and the Fun Fair, see the Regular Events page (59) for more<br />
information.<br />
Children’s Play Park<br />
Opened in December 2018, the play park offers a safe fenced area for little ones <strong>to</strong> play in. <strong>The</strong><br />
second project of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Play (See Page 39), the park is Pirate and Castle themed and<br />
offers swings, a roundabout, slides and more. Close <strong>to</strong> Public Toilets.<br />
Oak Tree Sculpture<br />
Carved in<strong>to</strong> the trunk of a diseased old oak (which was due <strong>to</strong> be felled) by Mark Goldsworthy<br />
of Bungay, the sculpture was unveiled in September 1999. It commemorates the Battle of the<br />
Peasants Revolt in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> during 1381 and the Agricultural Workers Union being founded<br />
in the <strong>to</strong>wn in 1906. It depicts the ordinary man’s struggle for justice and rights, against the odds.<br />
See page 53 for more details.<br />
Poppies Day Nursery<br />
Housed in the park’s pavilion, this popular nursery is open throughout the week. See page 33 for<br />
details.<br />
Tennis Courts<br />
<strong>The</strong> Memorial Park Tennis Courts are available for hire at a cost of £3 per day with a £5 key deposit.<br />
Keys are available from the Town Council Office.<br />
War Memorial<br />
A small area close <strong>to</strong> the Oak Tree Sculpture holds the <strong>to</strong>wn’s War Memorial, which bears the names<br />
of those who died during the Great Wars. With seats and a small lawn the area is a place for peaceful<br />
contemplation away from the busy park.
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NORTH WALSHAM<br />
COMMUNITY CENTRE<br />
A variety of rooms differing in sizes<br />
Prices start from as little as £15<br />
We are available for:-<br />
Parties<br />
Anniversaries<br />
Wedding Receptions<br />
Wakes<br />
Meetings<br />
Live music<br />
Exhibitions<br />
Live shows<br />
Our venue is one of few venues in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
which is multi-purpose and can hold 2 parties at<br />
once without interfering with each other<br />
We can cater for functions of 2 – 300 people<br />
A licensed bar is available for your use<br />
CONTACT THE OFFICE ON 01692 403594<br />
www.northwalshamcommunitycentre.co.uk
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Trackside<br />
<strong>The</strong> Trackside Park is situated opposite the train station entrance on Norwich Road. Completely<br />
fenced this park is a safe area for Children <strong>to</strong> run and play with swings, a slide and a climbing wall.<br />
Dog Park<br />
In one corner of the Trackside Park, an area has been fenced and double gated <strong>to</strong> provide a safe<br />
place for dogs <strong>to</strong> run off lead. A perfect area for training recall or just letting your dogs play. Dog<br />
Bins are provided so please clear up after your dogs.<br />
Skate Park<br />
<strong>The</strong> current skate park on trackside has served the <strong>to</strong>wn’s BMXs, Skateboarders and Scooter<br />
enthusiasts since 2005 and was a wonderful example of the <strong>to</strong>wn and its residents working<br />
<strong>to</strong>gether for a good cause. Funds <strong>to</strong> build the park were raised by local organisations, Town and<br />
District Councils and National Lottery Funding. Plans are now underway <strong>to</strong> update the park, with<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Play spearheading the fundraising and design, their largest project <strong>to</strong> date.<br />
Woodville<br />
<strong>The</strong> park at Woodville is an open greenspace found on the Lynfield Estate, near the Bypass. A<br />
hidden gem, the park is accessible from <strong>North</strong>field Road and Hadfield Road and has goal posts and<br />
swings for families <strong>to</strong> use.<br />
Children’s Play Area<br />
In the Centre of Woodville is the Children’s Play Area which is perfect for younger children. <strong>The</strong> Play<br />
Area was acquired through fundraising by <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Play, and opened in 2017 featuring a<br />
swing seat, wheelchair friendly roundabout and plenty of colourful games for little ones <strong>to</strong> play.
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Local Environment<br />
Norfolk Wildlife Trust: ‘Pigney’s Wood’<br />
Pigney’s Wood was originally purchased in 1993 by the <strong>North</strong> Norfolk Community Woodland<br />
Trust (NNCWT, a community based conservation charity) and during their years of tenure, NNCWT<br />
successfully reverted the site from arable land <strong>to</strong> woodland by planting over 20,000 trees of 40<br />
different species as well as res<strong>to</strong>ring important wetland areas and improving the access and<br />
interpretation of the site for local people by providing guided trails.<br />
<strong>The</strong> site has a number of special wildlife features including an impressive 450-year-old ancient<br />
oak tree ‘the Old Oak’ which is next <strong>to</strong> a small woodland area which boasts a carpet of bluebells in<br />
spring.<br />
Pigneys Wood provides an important wildlife refuge for many birds such as the Goldcrest, Nuthatch,<br />
Cetti’s Warbler; insects such as Red Admiral, Peacock and Holly Blue butterflies; dragonflies such<br />
as the Emperor, Migrant Hawker, Blacktailed Skimmer and Norfolk Hawker, and mammals such as<br />
Otter, Water Vole and Badger. Occasionally rarer visi<strong>to</strong>rs have been recorded such as a Camberwell<br />
Beauty Butterfly and a Bittern in March 2013. Other features at the site include reed beds, a scrape<br />
<strong>to</strong> attract wading birds and information boards on wildflowers, butterflies, trees and birds.<br />
In September 2017, Pigneys Wood was entrusted <strong>to</strong> Norfolk Wildlife Trust <strong>to</strong> continue the<br />
conservation management of this wildlife-rich nature reserve. NWT aims <strong>to</strong> build on NNCWT’s work<br />
by further enhancing the range of habitats present as well as improving the visi<strong>to</strong>r experience <strong>to</strong><br />
encourage more people <strong>to</strong> enjoy the wildlife on this special site.<br />
Pigney’s Wood Car Park can be found on Hall Lane where the bin and dog bins are also sited. Picnic<br />
tables and seats are provided and shelter is available in the renovated barn.<br />
For further information please visit our website at<br />
www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-in-norfolk/nature-reserves/reserves/pigneys-wood
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Bac<strong>to</strong>n Wood<br />
Bac<strong>to</strong>n Wood is two miles north-east of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> on the Happisburgh Road, which dates<br />
back <strong>to</strong> Saxon times, and includes ancient Sessile Oaks and at least thirty other species of tree.<br />
Walk through a mosaic of conifers, mixed woodland and open areas with its heather, broom and<br />
gorse providing a variety of colour through the changing seasons. <strong>The</strong> rich diversity of trees, plants,<br />
insects, birds and animals found in these woods provide a lovely countryside experience for all the<br />
family.<br />
<strong>The</strong> woods are owned and maintained by <strong>The</strong> Forestry Commission and part managed by <strong>North</strong><br />
Norfolk District Council, forming between them the Countryside Partnership Project.<br />
Known locally as ‘Wit<strong>to</strong>n Woods’, the area was first planted in 1956, with much of the central and<br />
southern area formerly heathland, careful management of the ancient woodland that formed most<br />
of the remaining area has resulted in natural regeneration of the broadleaf species and plants such<br />
as Bluebells, Wood Sorrel and Dog’s Mercury.<br />
As well as the flora and fauna, within the woods can be found a Bronze Age burial mound and<br />
pot boiling site, an ancient ‘Grandparent’ oak and several ponds. If you find the pot boiling site, be<br />
sure <strong>to</strong> keep an eye out for flint shards, these have broken off the s<strong>to</strong>nes, used <strong>to</strong> warm the pots in<br />
ancient times.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are three marked trails and many smaller paths that weave through the trees making Bac<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Wood an excellent place for all types of orienteering, walking, horse riding and cycling. <strong>The</strong> Woods<br />
also host many regular events such as cross country running, competitions, orienteering, night<br />
exercises, rambling, wildlife watching and navigation exercises. web: www.northnorfolk.org
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family run business <br />
speciality coffees <br />
breakfasts <br />
homecooked meals <br />
gluten free options <br />
the<br />
GREEN ROOM<br />
cafe<br />
6 King’s Arms Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
01692 408993<br />
RS Timber<br />
Station Yard, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Our garden maintenance department is now open and<br />
we offer a full fence erection service with close board<br />
and fancy European & picket fence panels, plus gates.<br />
All types of garden maintenance including garden<br />
clearance and tree work with our own mini digger,<br />
dumper & chipper. We are also one of the biggest<br />
suppliers of railway sleepers old and new.<br />
Thousands in in s<strong>to</strong>ck, cutting and fitting services<br />
available.<br />
We have a full yard of treated timber and decking.<br />
Sheds any size made <strong>to</strong> order, free erection.<br />
For a very competitive and no obligation quote on all<br />
types of garden work call:-<br />
Steve on 01692 406020<br />
or mobile 07917 692291<br />
Power Barrows<br />
Cement Mixers<br />
Wacker Plates<br />
Diggers<br />
Chippers<br />
Dumpers<br />
Ro<strong>to</strong>va<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
Stump Grinders<br />
Concrete Breakers<br />
Pressure Washers<br />
Please call for weekly hire prices<br />
Opera<strong>to</strong>r for all plant can be supplied<br />
Steve on 01692 406020<br />
or mobile 07917 692291<br />
Steve Emerson<br />
Mini Plant Hire
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong> 47<br />
Sadler’s Wood<br />
Sadler’s Wood and the surrounding<br />
open space lies at the eastern side of the<br />
market <strong>to</strong>wn of <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong>. <strong>The</strong> Wood is predominantly a<br />
plantation of Scots Pine dating back <strong>to</strong> the<br />
1950s but it also contains some veteran<br />
oak, sweet chestnut and hornbeam trees.<br />
In spring the woodland floor is covered in<br />
a carpet of bluebells which is spectacular.<br />
Current conservation management<br />
practices encourage the spread of this<br />
beautiful flower which helps feed many<br />
insect species. <strong>The</strong> surrounding area<br />
consists of part amenity grassland for informal games and part more natural grassland where<br />
native flora is encouraged. <strong>The</strong>re are some sculptures dotted throughout the area which have been<br />
produced by local artists and a play area which is well used.<br />
<strong>The</strong> woodlands are abundant with butterflies, mini beasts and flowers throughout the spring and<br />
summer months. Habitat piles create perfect homes for many species of mini beasts, which help<br />
introduce families <strong>to</strong> wildlife on event days and an adventure style play area has been provided<br />
which is proving most popular with local children.<br />
Sadler’s Wood is perfect for dog walks, nature rambles and adventures and achieved its Green Flag<br />
in 2012 meaning that the space boasts the highest possible standards, is beautifully maintained<br />
and has excellent facilities.<br />
<strong>The</strong> site is managed by <strong>North</strong> Norfolk District Council (NNDC) and the Rangers undertake regular<br />
safety inspections and litter patrols, bins and dog bins are provided.<br />
Bryant’s Heath (Felmingham Heath)<br />
Bryant’s Heath, Felmingham is a<br />
17.7-hectare (44-acre) biological Site of<br />
Special Scientific Interest west of <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong>. <strong>The</strong> Heath consists of dry acidic<br />
heathland on glacial sands with sloping<br />
ground <strong>to</strong> the south and west. This site is<br />
unusual in that it encompasses within a<br />
relatively small area a mix of dry heath,<br />
wet heath and fen lands. Rich plant lands<br />
have developed in association with the<br />
flushed areas that occur where nutrientpoor<br />
sands meet underlying calcareous<br />
clays. <strong>The</strong>se areas include several plants<br />
that are now uncommon in East Anglia due <strong>to</strong> the drainage of many similar sites. Several unusual<br />
mosses and lichens have been recorded in wetter areas.<br />
A public footpath between Felmingham and <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> runs through the heath.<br />
web: www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-in-norfolk/commons/bryant-s-heath
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
& Dilham<br />
Canal Trust<br />
Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. 1180474<br />
Working <strong>to</strong> save Norfolk’s canal heritage<br />
ENJOY YOUR CANAL<br />
RELAX on one of our passenger boats<br />
departing Ebridge Mill Pond. Learn about the<br />
canal and its wildlife.<br />
Wheelchair and group bookings welcomed.<br />
BRING drinks and snacks. Dogs welcome.<br />
Dress for the weather.<br />
BOOK (strongly advised) on 07585 160772.<br />
MONEY from trips is used <strong>to</strong> support the<br />
Trust’s projects along the canal.<br />
LOVE IT? If you think the canal is an asset<br />
<strong>to</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> then …<br />
PLEASE JOIN US!<br />
CONTACT: senior, junior, housebound<br />
or active we’ll find a role for you. It’s fun,<br />
rewarding and sociable.<br />
Get in <strong>to</strong>uch via: secretary@nwdct.org<br />
LIKE us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter,<br />
join us on Instagram, visit www.nwdct.org<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>’s<br />
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Email: sam121212@aol.com
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> & Dilham Canal<br />
Pho<strong>to</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> And Dilham Canal Trust<br />
Norfolk’s only sailing canal with locks is a<br />
rapidly-developing success s<strong>to</strong>ry for <strong>to</strong>urism,<br />
leisure and the industrial heritage of northeast<br />
Norfolk.<br />
Regenerated sections of the 19th-century<br />
waterway regularly attract hundreds of<br />
users including those taking advantage of<br />
weekly boat trips, walkers, canoeists, sailors,<br />
fishermen, wildlife enthusiasts and model boat<br />
fans.<br />
Bac<strong>to</strong>n Wood Lock, one of six along the canal,<br />
has been res<strong>to</strong>red by its owner, with volunteer<br />
help, over a 10-year period and work is due <strong>to</strong><br />
begin in summer <strong>2019</strong> on a second lock, at Ebridge Mill.<br />
<strong>The</strong> canal was once nearly nine miles long and stretched from Antingham ponds <strong>to</strong> Wayford Bridge.<br />
Dug by hand in just 18 months by 100 Bedfordshire navvies, it opened in 1826.<br />
<strong>The</strong> waterway was intended as the M1 of its day for the fast and efficient transport of cargoes <strong>to</strong><br />
and from mills and communities along its route and the port of Great Yarmouth, via the Broads<br />
network.<br />
Although the canal was built using the “cut and fill” technology championed by Thomas Telford,<br />
it opened the year after the S<strong>to</strong>ck<strong>to</strong>n and Darling<strong>to</strong>n Railway and only enjoyed about 50 fairlysuccessful<br />
years before this new-fangled competi<strong>to</strong>r arrived in Norfolk and sealed its fate.<br />
In 1927 it was “de-watered” above Swafield and the last wherry, Ella, sailed the canal in 1934.<br />
Decades of neglect followed with some sections becoming choked with vegetation, and the wood<br />
and brickwork rotting and crumbling.<br />
Sustained efforts <strong>to</strong> revitalise the canal began in 2000, with regular volunteer work parties - which<br />
continue <strong>to</strong> this day - tackling tasks under the auspices of the East Anglian Waterways Association.<br />
<strong>The</strong> project gained further momentum in 2008 with the founding of the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and<br />
Dilham Canal Trust, now a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).<br />
Its aim is <strong>to</strong> work with canal and land owners, and statu<strong>to</strong>ry bodies, <strong>to</strong> conserve and improve the<br />
route of the canal and its branches for the benefit of the community and natural environment,<br />
promoting access <strong>to</strong> the navigation for all and allowing it <strong>to</strong> become an area enjoyed by the public<br />
once again.<br />
<strong>The</strong> trust hopes eventually <strong>to</strong> res<strong>to</strong>re about 7.5<br />
miles of the canal and four of its locks.<br />
It can only achieve this goal with the help of<br />
the community. Volunteers are needed for<br />
a range of outdoor, indoor and water-based<br />
roles and any offers of help would be welcome<br />
- from both the able-bodied and housebound<br />
of all ages.<br />
To find out more, <strong>to</strong> volunteer and/or join the<br />
trust...<br />
web: www.nwdct.org<br />
email: secretary@nwdct.org<br />
social: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram<br />
An Aerial View Of <strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> And Dilham Canal At<br />
Ebridge. Pho<strong>to</strong>: Clive And Shirley James
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Local Walks<br />
Beautiful countryside surrounds <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, and the <strong>North</strong> Norfolk area itself is designated as<br />
an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’. <strong>The</strong> best way <strong>to</strong> explore this wonderful area is either by<br />
bicycle, or <strong>to</strong> delve even deeper in<strong>to</strong> its hidden secrets, by foot. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> is a s<strong>to</strong>pping point<br />
on two major walks.<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>n Way<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pas<strong>to</strong>n way takes its name from the Pas<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Family, the wealthy and dominant landowners<br />
in the area during Medieval and Tudor times.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pas<strong>to</strong>n family in turn had taken their name<br />
from the small village of Pas<strong>to</strong>n on the north<br />
east Norfolk coast. <strong>The</strong>y also wrote the famous<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>n Letters.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 22 mile route, between Cromer and <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong>, travels through much of what was<br />
once their land and passes sixteen of the areas<br />
ancient and beautiful churches.<br />
Each church has its own hidden his<strong>to</strong>ry and one<br />
was even moved brick by brick from a cliff <strong>to</strong>p<br />
<strong>to</strong> save it from the sea. (To visit all 14 of the fine churches on the Pas<strong>to</strong>n Way, the trail covers 29.5<br />
miles).<br />
In travelling church <strong>to</strong> church, the trail ambles down quiet lanes, through picturesque <strong>to</strong>wns and<br />
villages, across vast arable fields, disused railway lines and quiet grazing pastures with views of the<br />
<strong>North</strong> Sea. Keep a look out for seals on the stretches of beach walk <strong>to</strong>o.<br />
Starting at the south eastern end, the path begins at the Parish Church of St Nicholas in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong>. <strong>The</strong> route then heads northwards along the old Mundesley Road out of the <strong>to</strong>wn. On the<br />
outskirts of the <strong>to</strong>wn the path follows the track bed of the disused Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway<br />
Company which linked <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> <strong>to</strong> Cromer. <strong>The</strong> path crosses the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> & Dilham<br />
Canal at Swafield. Knap<strong>to</strong>n Cutting, as this part of the trail is known, is also a nature and butterfly<br />
reserve. This section is an area of wild flowers, brambles, scrub and undisturbed grassy banks,<br />
which make it an ideal habitat for butterflies and nineteen different species have been recorded.<br />
<strong>The</strong> path continues out of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, through the stunning countryside of <strong>North</strong> Norfolk <strong>to</strong><br />
Cromer where it links with the Coast Road.<br />
Footpaths and Walks<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a lot of readily available information about the<br />
many footpaths and walks that cross the <strong>North</strong> Norfolk<br />
landscape around <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>.<br />
Many can be found on<br />
www.norfolk.gov.uk/out-and-about-in-norfolk<br />
Printed walks are also available from<br />
<strong>The</strong> M.i. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, Vicarage Street
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Weavers’ Way<br />
At a <strong>to</strong>tal of 57 miles, this footpath runs<br />
between Great Yarmouth and Cromer and<br />
is named after the local weaving industry<br />
which shaped the local landscape of the<br />
Medieval Period.<br />
<strong>The</strong> route passes many areas of natural<br />
beauty; marshlands, rivers and lakes which<br />
form the unique landscape of the Broads,<br />
gentle valleys surrounding the rivers of<br />
Thurne, Ant and Bure, rich woodland and<br />
the mixed farmland of <strong>North</strong> Norfolk, and<br />
the estates of Felbrigg and Blickling. <strong>The</strong><br />
route also takes in the route of old railway<br />
lines allowing for panoramic views of the<br />
countryside from its embankments.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are car parks dotted along the<br />
length of the walk, each with maps and<br />
information boards.<br />
Peddars Way<br />
Rich in his<strong>to</strong>ry and steeped in ancient<br />
legend the Peddars Way traverses the<br />
very best landscapes Norfolk has <strong>to</strong> offer.<br />
Fantastic scenery and landscape cover<br />
the 93 miles (150 Km) of the Peddars<br />
Way and Norfolk Coast Path. <strong>The</strong> majority<br />
of the trail running through Areas of<br />
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).<br />
Peddars Way follows a Roman road built<br />
along the line of an even older trackway.<br />
<strong>The</strong> name is said <strong>to</strong> be derived from the<br />
Latin “pedester”, which means “on foot”<br />
and the route was built shortly after AD61<br />
<strong>to</strong> enable troops <strong>to</strong> move through East<br />
Anglia for policing purposes. Although the name ‘Peddars’ was not initiated by the Romans, it is<br />
likely that it was coined during the 15th or 16th centuries<br />
<strong>The</strong> trail starts in the Brecks, a unique area of forest, heath and low river valleys, running north from<br />
Knettishall Heath in Suffolk, for 46 miles through changing countryside <strong>to</strong> the <strong>North</strong> Norfolk coast<br />
near Hunstan<strong>to</strong>n.<br />
Peddars Way and the Norfolk Coast Path became joined as a Long Distance Path in 1986 in a<br />
ceremony performed by the Prince of Wales at Holme-next-the-Sea. In 1991 the name Long<br />
Distance Path changed <strong>to</strong> National Trail, and became the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path<br />
National Trail, one of 15 National Trails in England and Wales.<br />
Much of the Peddars Way can be used by cyclists and there is a special route available <strong>to</strong> horseriders.<br />
web: www.nationaltrail.co.uk/peddarsway
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<strong>The</strong> his<strong>to</strong>ric Beechwood Hotel is a 3 star hotel with<br />
an acre of gardens, located in the centre of <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> on Cromer Road. <strong>The</strong> two AA Rosette Fine<br />
Dining Restaurant is open daily for Afternoon Teas<br />
and Dinner. On Sundays we serve a traditional Sunday<br />
Lunch menu from 12 till 2pm and we are happy<br />
<strong>to</strong> cater for lunch time functions on other days. We<br />
look forward <strong>to</strong> welcoming you soon.<br />
Hugh, Emma and the Team.<br />
Beechwood Hotel<br />
20 Cromer Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0HD<br />
Tel: 01692 403231 Email: info@beechwood-hotel.co.uk
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Oak Tree Sculpture<br />
This ingenious sculpture by Mark Goldsworthy of Bungay<br />
was commissioned in 1998 by <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town<br />
Council. It has been carved from the trunk of a 120 year<br />
old Oak which was diseased and due <strong>to</strong> be felled. <strong>The</strong><br />
work was carried out through the summer of 1999 and<br />
unveiled in September of that year. It commemorates<br />
the Battle of the Peasants’ Revolt at <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> in<br />
1381, and the Agricultural Workers’ Union being founded<br />
in the <strong>to</strong>wn in 1906. It depicts these two his<strong>to</strong>rical<br />
occasions; ordinary man’s struggle for justice and rights,<br />
against the odds.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ‘<strong>to</strong>tem-pole-esque’ sculpture of rustic figures<br />
expresses ordinary people, striving <strong>to</strong>wards a common<br />
goal, each with their own place in society, and using<br />
characters from the different generations.<br />
Lepus the GoGo Hare<br />
County Trail Hare - Lepus belongs <strong>to</strong> the Orion family<br />
of constellations, meaning “the hare” in Greek.<br />
By day Lepus can be seen close up in the beautiful<br />
<strong>North</strong> Norfolk landscape. By night, look up at the sky<br />
and you can see his star shining just below Orion’s<br />
feet.<br />
His coat represents land and sea and he is created<br />
from fragments of glinting glass, plates and mirror,<br />
reflecting the everyday beauty around us.<br />
web: www.gogohares.co.uk/hares/lepus<br />
twitter: @GoGoLepus
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Bluebell Pond<br />
<strong>The</strong> pond dates back <strong>to</strong> the 1600s when it was known as surveyors pit and it was used as a watering<br />
shed for animals by people who transported cattle from the Midlands. <strong>The</strong> pond dried up after new<br />
homes were built on the edge of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> in 1987 and the hole ended up being used as a<br />
rubbish tip. <strong>The</strong> Bluebell Pond Society was formed in 1990, headed by former Town Mayor; Roy<br />
Haynes, because the area had become an “eyesore”. <strong>The</strong> land was leased <strong>to</strong> the group by <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> Town Council and the dozens of volunteers re-established the pond, trees and nature.<br />
Many volunteers became involved and there is now an abundance of wildlife. <strong>The</strong> society receives<br />
about £300 each year from the <strong>to</strong>wn council and holds two clean-up days each year. Wildlife at<br />
Bluebell Pond includes newts, frogs, moorhens and wild ducks.<br />
<strong>The</strong> committee is now headed by Kev Richardson.<br />
web: www.facebook.com/Bluebell-pond-<strong>North</strong>-<strong>Walsham</strong>-552504761856657
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Local places of interest (no more than a 30 minute drive from <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>)<br />
Baconsthorpe Castle<br />
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a<br />
moated and fortified 15th century manor house,<br />
which are a testament <strong>to</strong> the rise and fall of a<br />
prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons. Over 200<br />
years, successive generations of this ambitious<br />
family built, then enlarged, and finally abandoned<br />
this castle.<br />
Hall Lane, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk NR25 9LN tel: 0870 333 1181<br />
web: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/baconsthorpe-castle<br />
Bure Valley Railway<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bure Valley Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, within <strong>The</strong> Broads National<br />
Park. <strong>The</strong> railway runs from Wroxham <strong>to</strong> Aylsham (9 miles or 14.5 kilometres), Norfolk’s longest<br />
railway of less than standard gauge, using both steam and diesel locomotives.<br />
Aylsham Station, Norwich Rd, Aylsham NR11 6BW tel: 01263 733 858<br />
web: www.bvrw.co.uk<br />
Bewilderwood<br />
BeWILDerwood is a wild and imaginative adventure park with magical treehouses and hints of<br />
intriguing characters, bringing a curious difference <strong>to</strong> the Norfolk Broads. <strong>The</strong> setting for the book<br />
‘A Boggle at BeWILDerwood’, by local children’s author Tom Blofeld, it’s a wonderful, mystical place.<br />
Parents are encouraged <strong>to</strong> play alongside their children, which makes for a fabulous and brilliantly<br />
exciting time for the whole family. tel: 01692 633033<br />
Horning Rd, Hove<strong>to</strong>n, Norwich NR12 8JW<br />
Cromer Museum<br />
web: www.bewilderwood.co.uk<br />
Blickling Hall & Gardens<br />
One day is never enough. Discover a complete<br />
Norfolk estate with something for everyone. A 17th<br />
century National Trust Hall, garden and parkland.<br />
Open 363 days a year. Room openings in the house<br />
may vary as conservation work takes place.<br />
tel: 01263738030<br />
Blickling, Aylsham, Norfolk NR11 6NF<br />
web: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blickling-estate<br />
email: blickling@nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
Vic<strong>to</strong>rian fishermen’s cottages housing exhibits about Cromer’s ancient & modern his<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
Cromer Museum, East Cottages, Tucker Street, Cromer NR27 9HB tel: 01263 513543<br />
web: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/cromer-museum<br />
email: cromer.museum@norfolk.gov.uk
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Don’t just dream it, book it!<br />
First class service from your local,<br />
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Felbrigg Hall & Gardens<br />
Felbrigg Hall is a 17th-century English country house near the village of Felbrigg. Part of a National<br />
Trust property, the unaltered 17th-century house is noted for its Jacobean architecture and fine<br />
Georgian interior. Outside the house are a walled garden, an orangery and orchards.<br />
B1436, Felbrigg, Norwich NR11 8PR tel: 01263 837444<br />
web: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/felbrigg-hall-gardens-and-estate<br />
email: felbrigg@nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
Horsey Windpump<br />
Horsey Windpump is a grade 2 listed windpump or drainage windmill in the care of the National<br />
Trust in the village of Horsey. <strong>The</strong> present structure was built in 1912 on the foundations of the<br />
18th-century Horsey Black Mill and sits in an internationally important area for wildlife.<br />
B1159 south of Horsey village tel: 01263740241<br />
web: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/horsey-windpump<br />
email: horseywindpump@nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
Muckleburgh Collection<br />
Including tanks, armoured cars, bombs, artillery and missiles used by the allied armies during<br />
World War II the collection incorporates the Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry Museum of uniforms,<br />
weapons, pho<strong>to</strong>graphs and documents, RAF Reconnaissance and Air Sea Rescue and Marine Craft.<br />
A149, Weybourne Camp, <strong>The</strong> Street, Weybourne tel: 01263 588210<br />
web: www.muckleburgh.co.uk<br />
Mundesley Maritime Museum<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum sits in a coastguard lookout which was built in 1928. Inside the building we feature<br />
Maritime his<strong>to</strong>ry and Mundesley Maritime/Coastal His<strong>to</strong>ry. <strong>The</strong> museum features pho<strong>to</strong>graphs,<br />
prints and information illustrating local fishing and trade from the 19th century, equipment from<br />
1930/40s. 9 Beach Road, Mundesley tel: 01263 720309<br />
web: www.mundesleymaritimemuseum.co.uk<br />
<strong>North</strong> Norfolk Railway<br />
<strong>The</strong> ‘Poppy Line’ museum and preserved steam railway run vintage diesel and steam trains between<br />
Sheringham & Holt, through wooded hills with views of the sea and the coast. <strong>The</strong> ‘William Marriott<br />
Museum’ brings alive the s<strong>to</strong>ry of Norfolk’s railways tel: 01263 820 800<br />
Sheringham Station A149, Sheringham<br />
web: www.nnrailway.co.uk email: enquiries@nnrailway.co.uk<br />
Sheringham Park<br />
National Trust Parkland designed in 1812 by Humphrey<br />
Rep<strong>to</strong>n, the great landscape gardener. Famous for<br />
its Azaleas and Rhododendrons, the parkland of<br />
Sheringham Hall provides picturesque walks with<br />
stunning views of the coast. tel: 01263 820 550<br />
Visi<strong>to</strong>r Centre, Wood Farm, Upper Sheringham<br />
web: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sheringham-park<br />
email: sheringhampark@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Nicholas House is our newest nursery.<br />
As a ‘Boutique’ Nursery, we offer a wealth<br />
of childcare services that are not necessarily<br />
provided at other nursery schools.<br />
Our passion lies in creating a unique,<br />
personal and affordable experience for our<br />
parents and children.<br />
We are very fortunate <strong>to</strong> have an in-house<br />
chef cooking fresh meals daily, using locally<br />
sourced ingredients.<br />
If you are interested in learning more about<br />
our new nursery or wish <strong>to</strong> reserve a place<br />
for your child, please get in <strong>to</strong>uch.<br />
You can do so via our website or the<br />
contact details below. We look forward <strong>to</strong><br />
welcoming you <strong>to</strong> St Nicholas House!<br />
Chestnut Boutique Nursery, St Nicholas House, 46 Yarmouth Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, Norfolk, NR28 9AT<br />
Tel: 01692 218250 Email: JulieA@chestnut-nursery.co.uk<br />
www.chestnut-nursery.co.uk/nurseries/st-nicholas<br />
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Regular Events<br />
Children’s Day<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Children’s Day takes place every year on the first bank<br />
holiday in May in the grounds of St Nicholas Church. We have many<br />
stalls, activities and experiences for all the family <strong>to</strong> enjoy. Along with<br />
Animals, Emergency Vehicles, Bouncy Castles, Bell Ringing and much,<br />
much more. Plenty of lovely food and live music will ensure there is<br />
something for everyone. All proceeds <strong>to</strong> St Nicholas Church Funds<br />
and <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Play.<br />
Facebook: <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Children’s day<br />
Christmas Lights Switch-On<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Christmas Lights, part of <strong>Walsham</strong> Community Events<br />
are a not-for-profit voluntary lead committee, whose aim is <strong>to</strong> ensure<br />
the <strong>to</strong>wn has Christmas Lights each year. <strong>The</strong> lights are erected each<br />
year by a team of 10 who start in Oc<strong>to</strong>ber <strong>to</strong> make sure the lights are<br />
installed and operational by the switch-on which is normally the last<br />
Saturday of November. <strong>The</strong> lights are entirely funded by donations from<br />
the <strong>to</strong>wn’s businesses and from the revenue made at the street fair. <strong>The</strong><br />
annual street fair features stalls, entertainment, Father Christmas grot<strong>to</strong><br />
and carol singing all leading up <strong>to</strong> the grand switch-on at 6.00pm. <strong>The</strong><br />
group is always seeking new help. For more information contact Colin.<br />
email: jeabol@aol.com<br />
Fireworks in the Park<br />
On the Sunday closest <strong>to</strong> Bonfire Night, the Memorial park plays host<br />
<strong>to</strong> Fireworks in the Park which is a free-<strong>to</strong>-enter display. (<strong>The</strong>re is a<br />
bucket collection for donations). Fireworks fire at 6.30 pm with music,<br />
food stalls and a bar from 4.00pm.<br />
Funday<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Funday was started in 2010 by members of the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Lions and <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town Council. Many changes<br />
have happened over the years and we now see the Funday being run<br />
as a 3-day-event with Funfair. <strong>The</strong> Funday is held on the last weekend<br />
of June every year and 2018 saw the return of a carnival parade, which<br />
will now be repeated annually along with crowning the Funday Royal<br />
Family. <strong>The</strong> format for the Funday is normally: Friday – Live music in<br />
the marquee, Saturday – Parade leaving the Industrial Estate at 5pm.<br />
Finishing on the park with live music in the marquee, Sunday – <strong>The</strong><br />
Funday! Vintage vehicles, stalls of all types, fresh cooked food, displays,<br />
wildlife displays, live music from local bands and all the fun of the fair.<br />
tel: 01692 406415 email: fundaycomm@gmail.com<br />
web: www.funday.north-walsham.com<br />
Facebook: <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Fun Day
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Regular Events<br />
Live Aid<br />
Starting in 1985 and continuing now every April in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Community Centre, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Live Aid is a fundraising rock<br />
concert and memorabilia auction. Each year a children’s charity is<br />
chosen <strong>to</strong> benefit from the large amount raised. This well-known and<br />
well received concert has a rich his<strong>to</strong>ry and holds fond nostalgia for<br />
many of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>’s residents. <strong>The</strong> good nature of the attendees<br />
and the calibre of the bands mean that <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Live Aid is<br />
always a great event and through the hard work of all involved, will<br />
be a mainstay for many years <strong>to</strong> come.<br />
web: www.northwalshamliveaid.co.uk<br />
Facebook: <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Live Aid<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Beer Festival<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Beer Festival takes place over the first weekend<br />
in August and is organised by volunteers from the Round Table.<br />
Every penny raised benefits the local community. Since the first year<br />
in 2013, the festival has raised tens of thousands of pounds for local<br />
charities and good causes all thanks <strong>to</strong> the volunteers, sponsors,<br />
bands and of course the fine people of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> who support<br />
this event so well.<br />
web: www.northwalshambeerfestival.com<br />
Trunchonbury Festival<br />
Based just outside <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> in Trunch, Trunchonbury Festival is<br />
a music based, family friendly festival held over the three days of the<br />
August bank holiday. Championing Norfolk based bands, produce<br />
and suppliers, the festival has something for everyone including the<br />
dog! Taking a break in <strong>2019</strong>, the <strong>2020</strong> festival will play host <strong>to</strong> over<br />
100 bands and musicians, comedy, a disco shack, performing arts,<br />
workshops, a food village, bars, stalls and oh so much more.<br />
web: www.trunchonburyfestival.com<br />
Facebook: Trunchonbury Festival<br />
Worstead festival<br />
Established in 1966, the Worstead Festival is a lovely annual event<br />
over the last weekend of July. Celebrating all that’s great about village<br />
life and local produce, with attractions, music, stalls.<br />
web: www.worsteadfestival.org<br />
email: office@worsteadfestival.org
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Swallows Coffee Shop<br />
Vegan, Gluten-Free<br />
& Dairy-Free Friendly<br />
Light Lunches<br />
& Delicious Cakes<br />
Eat In or Take Away<br />
24a Market Place<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Clothing, Bridal &<br />
Evening wear Alterations.<br />
Curtains and soft furnishings.<br />
Open Tues - Fri 9.30am - 1pm.<br />
Saturdays - times may vary.<br />
Also Out of Hours Drop Box.<br />
A quality service with over 25 Years of experience<br />
90 Norwich Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Mobile: 07713115947<br />
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Places <strong>to</strong> visit<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cat Pottery and Railway Junkyard<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cat Pottery can be found at 1 Grammar School Road in the centuries<br />
old tinsmith’s workshop which also houses a collection of railway<br />
memorabilia and transport curiosities collected <strong>to</strong>gether over the years.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ‘Jenny Winstanley’ pottery cats can be seen being made through all<br />
the processes including the making of the glass eyes. You also have the<br />
opportunity of buying the cats at little more than the wholesale price.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cat Pottery is open throughout the year and there is no entrance fee.<br />
Open: 10am – 5pm Monday <strong>to</strong> Friday Tel: 01692 402 962<br />
web: www.winstanleycats.uk.com<br />
<strong>The</strong> Garden at East Rus<strong>to</strong>n Old Vicarage<br />
<strong>The</strong> garden at East Rus<strong>to</strong>n Old Vicarage lies close <strong>to</strong> the sea in <strong>North</strong> East<br />
Norfolk on Vicarage Street, East Rus<strong>to</strong>n. This is a large garden of 32 acres<br />
although not all is formal garden, there is a heritage Orchard, large areas<br />
of young specimen trees many of which are rare, a Woodland Garden with<br />
Magnolias and Hydrangeas. <strong>The</strong> garden is divided in<strong>to</strong> a series of garden<br />
rooms each with a theme which include a Walled Garden, Rose Garden,<br />
Vegetable Garden and a palatial Fruit Cage full of rare varieties of soft fruit<br />
that can only be picked and eaten on the day. Tel: 01692 650432<br />
Open: 12pm- 5.30pm Wednesday <strong>to</strong> Sunday and Bank Holidays.<br />
12 noon <strong>to</strong> 5.30pm (March <strong>to</strong> Oc<strong>to</strong>ber). Admission is £9.50 per person.<br />
Web: www.e-rus<strong>to</strong>n-oldvicaragegardens.co.uk<br />
Museum of the Broads<br />
Welcome <strong>to</strong> the waterside museum of Broadland life at the his<strong>to</strong>ric and<br />
picturesque Stalham Staithe. Discover the his<strong>to</strong>ry of the Broads, its people,<br />
boats and wildlife. We are a family and dog friendly Norfolk attraction<br />
with trails and activities for all ages. Bring a picnic <strong>to</strong> enjoy by the river<br />
and make a day of it. Visit our shop for Broadland memorabilia and light<br />
refreshments. Sun <strong>to</strong> Fri 10am <strong>to</strong> 4.30pm. Closed Sat. Entry £5.50<br />
<strong>The</strong> Poor’s Staithe, Stalham, Norfolk, NR12 9DA Tel: 01692 581681<br />
web: www.museumofthebroads.org.uk<br />
email: info@museumofthebroads.org.uk<br />
<strong>The</strong> Norfolk Mo<strong>to</strong>rcycle Museum<br />
Found at the Station Yard, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, this collection of bikes dating<br />
from the 1920s <strong>to</strong> late 1960s contains many rare and interesting machines,<br />
collected by George Harmer. Included in the collection is a 500cc TT<br />
Rudge which held the lap record at Brooklands in the early 1930s with a<br />
<strong>to</strong>p speed of 106mph. Entry £5.00 Tel: 01692 406266<br />
Station Approach, Norwich Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0DS.
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Markets<br />
Thursday Market<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> weekly general market is held<br />
every Thursday in the Market Place and has been<br />
held for about 750 years. <strong>The</strong> market benefits from<br />
being run by the Town Council (holders of the<br />
charter) and not by the District Council as many<br />
others are.<br />
<strong>The</strong> market consists of a core of some 15 stalls with<br />
other casual stalls coming from time <strong>to</strong> time, just<br />
about filling the Market Place <strong>to</strong> its capacity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> stalls cover a very wide range of goods and<br />
produce, including Clothes, Ladies, Gents and Younger Ladies, Fruit/Veg, Cards/Stationery, Deli/<br />
Groceries, Eggs, Cakes, Pastries, Jewellery, Retro/Costume and Silver, Wet Fish, Flowers/Plants,<br />
Home Delivered Meals and Sweets.<br />
In addition <strong>to</strong> those stalls we also regularly have charity stalls so you can discover more about RSPB,<br />
Good Neighbours, RAFA, Macmillan, Big C and many others.<br />
We also encourage buskers <strong>to</strong> visit the Market Place on market days, adding <strong>to</strong> the ‘atmosphere’ of<br />
our busy market and making it an even better place <strong>to</strong> visit.<br />
Farmers’ Market<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> monthly Farmers’ Market is held on<br />
the last Sunday of each month in the Market Place,<br />
except in December when it’s the last Sunday<br />
before Christmas. <strong>The</strong>re is free car parking on each<br />
Farmers’ Market day on the Vicarage Street Car Park.<br />
This Market has now been running for over 4<br />
years and was started <strong>to</strong> satisfy local demand for<br />
good home produced or grown goods and also <strong>to</strong><br />
provide a source of funding for local charities, 50%<br />
of the pitch fees being donated.<br />
<strong>The</strong> market is now slowly expanding with more stalls regularly being added so that there are now<br />
25 registered traders with about 15/16 regular attendees each month.<br />
<strong>The</strong> stalls cover a wide range of local produced or grown goods including Pork, Lamb, Wet Fish,<br />
Preserves, Savoury Pastries, Bread, Cakes, Sweets, Beer, Cider, Flowers, Plants and a range of arts/<br />
crafts stalls including Picture Frames, Jewellery etc.<br />
In addition <strong>to</strong> those stalls we also regularly have charity stalls so you can discover more about RSPB,<br />
Good Neighbours, RAFA, Macmillan, Big C and many others. We usually have a Hot Food/Drink stall<br />
with table and chairs so allowing you <strong>to</strong> sit and enjoy the time.<br />
We also encourage buskers <strong>to</strong> visit the Market Place on market days, adding <strong>to</strong> the ‘atmosphere’ of<br />
our busy market and making it an even better place <strong>to</strong> visit.
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<strong>The</strong> Atrium<br />
<strong>The</strong> Atrium boasts free on-site car parking, a welcoming reception desk, catering and refreshment<br />
packages <strong>to</strong> suit all budgets, technical support and a personalized approach <strong>to</strong> help ensure your<br />
meeting or event is a success. All the spaces have free Wi-Fi and network points and projection/<br />
presentation facilities that can be set up ready for use. <strong>The</strong> venue also has 30 notebook computers<br />
that can be hired out for training sessions. <strong>The</strong>re is a 190 seat audi<strong>to</strong>rium for events, shows, cinema<br />
viewing, concerts, presentations and conferences; the dance floor with sprung floor and changing<br />
rooms, two training rooms for meetings and the café and gallery space for exhibitions and other<br />
events. Income from venue hire goes directly <strong>to</strong> supporting the work of the Atrium. <strong>The</strong> theatre<br />
brings cinema and live theatre <strong>to</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> with tiered seating plus two wheelchair spaces.<br />
Spenser Avenue, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9HZ tel: 01692 400091<br />
email: lettings@nwhs.uk<br />
web: www.facebook.com/theatriumnorthwalsham<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Ghost Walks<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> has a great his<strong>to</strong>ry from fire<br />
<strong>to</strong> revolt, smugglers and murder. Come and<br />
experience our ghost walks around the <strong>to</strong>wn<br />
centre <strong>to</strong> find out more about the <strong>to</strong>wn’s spooky<br />
past. Walks run at different times of the year<br />
and private bookings are welcome for special<br />
occasions and groups. Run by New Stages.<br />
tel: 01692 434112<br />
web: www.new-stages.co.uk
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Sexty & Co<br />
Chartered Certified Accountants<br />
& Registered Audi<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
Audit, Accounts, Taxation and Business Advisory<br />
Limited Companies, Sole traders & Partnerships<br />
Payroll bureau service<br />
Cashflows and strategic planning<br />
Self assessment Tax Returns<br />
Trusts & Estate tax planning<br />
Free initial consultation & quotation<br />
2A Church Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Tel: 01692 403272<br />
Also at Norwich (Head office):<br />
124 Thorpe Road<br />
Tel: 01603 629504<br />
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<strong>The</strong> weekly market has been the heartbeat of our <strong>to</strong>wn since the charter was granted by Henry III over 700 years ago.
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Mike Thurs<strong>to</strong>n Water Activities Centre<br />
<strong>The</strong> Trust and the Water Activities Centre<br />
was born out of a sad event - the death of<br />
a young Scout leader in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>.<br />
Mike Thurs<strong>to</strong>n was an outstanding Scout<br />
Leader with the 1st <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Scout<br />
Group, who tragically died on the 4th of<br />
May 1978 at the age of 36. One of Mike’s<br />
passions was sailing and the training of<br />
young people in the safe use of boats and<br />
water sports. A small group of like-minded<br />
people formed the idea of creating a<br />
water activities centre in Mike’s memory.<br />
<strong>The</strong> centre was opened in 1982 and the 8 acre site is located off Little London Lane, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
just over a mile north-east of the <strong>to</strong>wn centre in a quiet rural setting. Since the early days the site<br />
has gradually developed in<strong>to</strong> an attractive site for day users and campers alike, with superb on-site<br />
facilities. <strong>The</strong> centre provides a safe learning environment for young people <strong>to</strong> enjoy a range of<br />
watersports. Mains water and electricity is provided within a modern <strong>to</strong>ilet block with hot water,<br />
showers and washing facilities available and included in the price. Disabled <strong>to</strong>ilet facilities are also<br />
available. Groups who are camping should bring all equipment they require with them. Altar fires<br />
are provided <strong>to</strong>gether with a camp fire pad. No other fires are permitted. <strong>The</strong> lake is available <strong>to</strong><br />
camping groups from dawn until 1700 hours daily Monday <strong>to</strong> Sunday. If more than one group is<br />
hiring the camping facilities, the use of the lake is by mutual agreement. Evenings are reserved<br />
for local Scout and Youth Groups. Swimming on the site is permitted, but only under authorised<br />
supervision. Canoeing (Tues Eve).<br />
<strong>The</strong> Trust/Centre is managed by an executive committee, who meet quarterly.<br />
For further details contact the Vice Chairman Mike Brooks on 01692 402665<br />
<strong>The</strong> Trust is a Registered Charity No: 1101150. web: www.mikethurs<strong>to</strong>n.org.uk<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Sports Centre<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Sports Centre is dedicated <strong>to</strong><br />
helping the local community get active, stay<br />
active and enjoy being active. At the centre,<br />
everyone can enjoy a vast array of activities in the<br />
sports hall, tennis courts and gymnasium <strong>to</strong>o.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sports hall plays host <strong>to</strong> all manner of<br />
indoor activities such as badmin<strong>to</strong>n and<br />
basketball, and there are three outdoor<br />
tennis courts. Meanwhile, the centre boasts<br />
a fitness studio for gymnastics, badmin<strong>to</strong>n,<br />
trampolining and a range of exercise classes.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> High School, Spenser Avenue, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 402293<br />
web: www.everyoneactive.com/centre/north-walsham-sports-centre
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Rossis Leisure<br />
Since 2003 Rossis has been providing a<br />
fitness studio, swimming pool, spa pool,<br />
aromatherapy steam room, sauna, dance<br />
studio and physiotherapy treatment<br />
rooms for the residents of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
<strong>to</strong> enjoy.<br />
Bowls is also a big feature, with eight<br />
indoor greens, a full size outdoor green<br />
and lots of leagues and competitions for<br />
the beginner or experienced bowler.<br />
2017 saw the addition of JR’s - S<strong>to</strong>mp Dine<br />
Strike. Developed as fun for all the family, with indoor adventure play area, an American Diner and<br />
bowling.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are classes and events for everyone, instruc<strong>to</strong>rs and coaches <strong>to</strong> help you reach your fitness<br />
goals, and a social space <strong>to</strong> relax in once you have finished your exercise.<br />
With so much going on, why not follow their Facebook page <strong>to</strong> keep abreast of it all.<br />
Tungate Farm, Aylsham Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Facebook: @rossisleisure<br />
Rossis tel: 01692 404966 web: www.rossileisure.com<br />
JRs tel: 01692 407793 web: www.s<strong>to</strong>mpdinestrike.com email: jrs@rossisleisure.com<br />
Vic<strong>to</strong>ry Swim and Fitness Centre<br />
<strong>The</strong> six-lane, 25-metre pool hosts awardwinning<br />
swimming lessons, as well<br />
as fitness and fun swim sessions and<br />
there’s also a fully-equipped gym. <strong>The</strong><br />
centre also boasts a group fitness studio<br />
offering a wide range of different group<br />
fitness classes.<br />
In the gym there is state-of-the-art<br />
cardio, resistance and free weight<br />
equipment, as well as personal trainers<br />
always on hand with advice.<br />
In the foyer of the pool, there is a mosaic, made by Pas<strong>to</strong>n College students depicting Horatio<br />
Nelson and the famous ‘Vic<strong>to</strong>ry’, after which the pool is named.<br />
Station Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 409370<br />
web: www.everyoneactive.com/centre/vic<strong>to</strong>ry-swim-and-fitness-centre
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Stephen J Nichols<br />
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55 Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9DS<br />
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Street Index<br />
ABBY COURT - NR28 0BW<br />
C2<br />
ACACIA DRIVE - NR28 0UX<br />
C3<br />
ACORN ROAD - NR28 0UA<br />
D4 - E4<br />
ALDER CLOSE - NR28 0UT<br />
E4<br />
ANCHOR ROAD - NR28 9AJ<br />
D5 - E6<br />
ANGEL COURT - NR28 0UN<br />
C3<br />
ANGEL DRIVE - NR28 0WB<br />
B2<br />
ANTINGHAM DRIVE - NR28 9BE<br />
D3<br />
ARNOLD PITCHER CLOSE - NR28 0FG D4<br />
ASHFIELD ROAD - NR28 9EL<br />
D4<br />
AYLSHAM ROAD - NR28<br />
C1 - C2 - C3<br />
BACTON ROAD - NR28 C3 - D4 - D5 - E5<br />
BAINBRIDGE CLOSE - NR28 9UP<br />
C5<br />
BAKER CLOSE - NR28 9JE<br />
B4<br />
BANK LOKE - NR28 9JN<br />
C3<br />
BANNINGHAM COURT - NR28 0TF<br />
B1<br />
BARTON CLOSE - NR28 0SN<br />
B2<br />
BAYES COURT - NR28 0WH<br />
B2<br />
BEATRICE CLOSE - NR28 0BB<br />
D3<br />
BEECH DRIVE - NR28 0BZ<br />
C2<br />
BEECHWOOD CLOSE - NR28 9YD<br />
D4<br />
BENETS VIEW - NR28 9XF<br />
C5<br />
BIRDS ROAD - NR28 0WE<br />
B2<br />
BIRCH CLOSE - NR28 0UD<br />
D4<br />
BLACK SWAN LOKE - NR28 9BP<br />
C3<br />
BLOOM COURT - NR28 9UX<br />
C4<br />
BLUEBELL ROAD - NR28<br />
D4<br />
BRADFIELD CLOSE - NR28<br />
D2<br />
BRADFIELD ROAD - NR28<br />
D2<br />
BRICK KILN ROAD - NR28<br />
C4 - C5<br />
BRIDGE COURT - NR28 0HB<br />
C2<br />
BROOKES DRIVE - NR28 0SL<br />
B2<br />
BRUNSWICK CLOSE - NR28 9EU<br />
D4<br />
BURTON AVENUE - NR28<br />
B2<br />
BURTON CLOSE - NR28 0EX<br />
B2<br />
BUXTON ROAD - NR28 0ED<br />
B2<br />
CAMPION CLOSE - NR28 9XJ<br />
C5<br />
CARAVAN & CHALET PARK - NR28 0RA D5<br />
CEDAR COURT - NR28 9DX<br />
C3<br />
CHERRY TREE LANE - NR28<br />
C2<br />
CHESTNUT AVENUE - NR28 9XH<br />
C5<br />
CHURCH APPROACH - NR28<br />
C3<br />
CHURCH STREET - NR28 9DA<br />
C3<br />
THE CLOSE - NR28 9HS<br />
B4<br />
COOPER ROAD - NR28 9EN<br />
D4<br />
CORBETT ROAD - NR28 0JE<br />
D3<br />
CORNISH WAY - NR28 0AW<br />
E2 - E3<br />
CORONATION WALK - NR28 0HU<br />
C2<br />
COSY CORNER - NR28 0EN<br />
B2<br />
COUSENS CLOSE - NR28 0FW<br />
A2<br />
CRADLEWOOD ROAD - NR28 9JG<br />
B5<br />
CROMER ROAD - NR28 D1 - D2 - C2 - C3<br />
CROW ROAD - NR28 0DJ<br />
D4<br />
CURRIE CLOSE - NR28 0FU<br />
A2<br />
DEBENNE ROAD - NR28 0LZ<br />
D3<br />
DIXON ROAD - NR28 9EA<br />
C4<br />
DOUGLAS BADER CLOSE - NR28 0TZ D3<br />
DUNCAN WAY - NR28 0FT<br />
A3<br />
DURRELL WAY - NR28 0FH<br />
B3<br />
ELLINOR ROAD - NR28 9AG<br />
A3<br />
EWING ROAD - NR28 0FF<br />
A2<br />
FAIRVIEW ROAD - NR28<br />
C4 - B4<br />
FAIRSTEAD CLOSE - NR28 0TG<br />
B1<br />
FARMAN AVENUE - NR28 9AY<br />
C3<br />
FARM VIEW - NR28<br />
C5<br />
FENN CLOSE - NR28 0FA<br />
B3<br />
FERN DRIVE - NR28 9XQ<br />
C5<br />
FIELD LANE - NR28 9LW<br />
A4 - A5 - B5<br />
FIELD VIEW - NR28 0EU<br />
B2<br />
FOLGATE ROAD - NR28 0AJ D2 - D3 - E3<br />
FOUNDRY COURT - NR28 0AF<br />
A2<br />
FOXGLOVE CLOSE - NR28 9XP<br />
C5<br />
FULLER ROAD - NR28 0EG<br />
B2<br />
FURZE HILL DRIVE - NR28<br />
B4<br />
GARDEN CLOSE - NR28 0AY<br />
D3<br />
GARDEN COURT - NR28 0BH<br />
C3<br />
GAYMERS WAY - NR28 0AN<br />
D2<br />
GIGLI CLOSE - NR28 0WF<br />
B2<br />
GLAVEN CLOSE - NR28 9BJ<br />
C3<br />
GLEBE COURT - NR28 9EX<br />
D4<br />
GOOCH CLOSE - NR28 0SZ<br />
D3<br />
GRAMMAR SCHOOL ROAD - NR28 9JH C3<br />
GRANGE COURT - NR28 9AZ<br />
B3<br />
GRANGE MEWS - NR28 9AT<br />
B3<br />
THE GREEN - NR28 0ET<br />
B2<br />
GREENS ROAD - NR28 0HW<br />
C1 - D1<br />
GREENWAY CLOSE - NR28 0DE<br />
C3<br />
GROVE ROAD - NR28 9ED<br />
C4<br />
HADFIELD ROAD - NR28 0BE<br />
D3<br />
HALL LANE - NR28<br />
C3 - C4<br />
HAMILTON CLOSE - NR28 0AQ<br />
C3<br />
HAMLET CLOSE - NR28 0DL<br />
D4<br />
HANNANT ROAD - NR28 9ES<br />
D4<br />
HAPPISBURGH ROAD - NR28 B4 - B5 - B6<br />
HARBORD CLOSE - NR28 0TA<br />
D3<br />
HARDY CLOSE - NR28 0TQ<br />
C3<br />
HARMER CLOSE - NR28 9LB<br />
C4<br />
HARVEY DRIVE - NR28 0TJ<br />
E3<br />
HAYNES COURT - NR28 9DW<br />
C3<br />
HAZELL ROAD - NR28 0ST<br />
D3 - E3<br />
HEADLEY DRIVE - NR28 9ND<br />
C3<br />
HEATH ROAD - NR28 0JB<br />
A2 - A3<br />
HIPPERSON CLOSE - NR28 0SU<br />
D3<br />
HOLGATE ROAD - NR28 9LP<br />
A6 - B6<br />
THE HOLLIES - NR28 0TN<br />
C3<br />
HOLLYBUSH ROAD - NR28 9XT<br />
C5<br />
HONEYSUCKLE CLOSE - NR28 9XN<br />
C5<br />
HORNBEAM ROAD - NR28 0FQ<br />
B3<br />
HOWARD COURT - NR28<br />
C3<br />
HOWLETT CLOSE - NR28<br />
C2<br />
JULER CLOSE - NR28 0SY<br />
D3<br />
KENDALL CLOSE - NR28 0HJ<br />
D2<br />
KETTS ROAD - NR28 0EY<br />
B2<br />
KIMBERLEY ROAD - NR28 9DZ<br />
C4<br />
KINGS ARMS COURT - NR28 9JJ<br />
C3<br />
KINGS ARMS STREET - NR28 9JX<br />
C3<br />
KINGS CLOSE - NR28 9DU<br />
C4<br />
KINGSWAY - NR28 0HP<br />
D1 - C1 - C2<br />
LABURNUM ROAD - NR28 0EL<br />
B2<br />
LAUNDRY LOKE - NR28 0BD<br />
D2<br />
THE LEA - NR28 9DN<br />
D4<br />
LEGRICE CRESCENT - NR28<br />
A3 - B3<br />
LIME TREE ROAD - NR28 9DY<br />
C4<br />
LINFORD COURT - NR28 9AT<br />
B3<br />
LINK ROAD - NR28<br />
D1<br />
LITESTER CLOSE - NR28 9JA<br />
B4<br />
LITTLE LONDON LANE - NR28 0RB<br />
E5<br />
LONG BARROW DRIVE - NR28 9YA A4 - B4<br />
LOUIS ARTHUR COURT - NR28 9DF C4<br />
LYNFIELD ROAD - NR28<br />
D3<br />
LYNGATE GARDENS - NR28 0NE<br />
A1<br />
LYNGATE ROAD - NR28 0DH<br />
E3<br />
MANOR COURT - NR28<br />
C5<br />
MANOR ROAD - NR28 C4 - C5 - C6 - B6<br />
MARJORAM CLOSE - NR28 9XW<br />
C5<br />
MARKET CROSS MEWS - NR28 9BS<br />
C3<br />
MARKET PLACE - NR28<br />
C3<br />
MARKET STREET - NR28 9BZ<br />
C3<br />
MARSHGATE - NR28 C4 - D4 - D5 - C5<br />
MASTERS COURT - NR28 9UU<br />
C4<br />
MAYBANK - NR28 0EZ<br />
E4<br />
MAYFIELD WAY - NR28 0DQ<br />
E4 - D4<br />
MEADOW CLOSE - NR28 0AX<br />
D3<br />
MELBOURNE ROAD - NR28 9EP<br />
D4<br />
MIDLAND ROAD - NR28<br />
B3<br />
MILLARD CLOSE - NR28 0HH<br />
D2<br />
MILLFIELD ROAD - NR28 0EB<br />
B2<br />
MILL ROAD - NR28 9EZ<br />
B4<br />
MITRE TAVERN YARD (MTY) - NR28 9BZ C3<br />
MORRIS ROAD - NR28<br />
B2<br />
MORRISON CLOSE - NR28 0HY<br />
C2<br />
MUNDESLEY ROAD - NR28 C3 - D3 - E3<br />
NELSON ROAD - NR28 9HL<br />
C4<br />
NELSON WAY - NR28 0AL<br />
C3<br />
NEW ROAD - NR28<br />
C3 - C4<br />
NORFOLKMAN DRIVE - NR28 0JF<br />
C2<br />
NORTH STREET - NR28 9DH<br />
C3<br />
NORTHFIELD ROAD - NR28 D2 - D3 - C3<br />
NORTHMEAD DRIVE - NR28 0AU<br />
D3<br />
NORWICH ROAD - NR28<br />
A2 - B2 - B3<br />
NURSERY DRIVE - NR28 0UW<br />
B3<br />
OAK CLOSE - NR28 0BY<br />
C2<br />
OAK ROAD - NR28 0BP<br />
C2<br />
OAKLANDS PARK - NR28 0AG<br />
D2 - D3<br />
OLD BEAR COURT (OBC) - NR28 9DL C3<br />
ORCHARD CLOSE - NR28 0AZ<br />
D3<br />
OSBORNE CLOSE - NR28 0SX<br />
E3<br />
PAGE CLOSE - NR28 0LX<br />
D3<br />
PARK AVENUE - NR28 9HJ<br />
C4<br />
PARK COURT - NR28 9AN<br />
C4<br />
PARK LANE - NR28<br />
C3<br />
PATCH MEADOW - NR28 0TB<br />
D3<br />
PELLEW PLACE - NR28 0UE<br />
D3<br />
PETRE CLOSE - NR28 0SS<br />
D3<br />
PICKFORD CLOSE - NR28 0UH<br />
D4<br />
PLANTATION ROAD - NR28 9XG<br />
C5<br />
PLUMBLY CLOSE - NR28 9YB<br />
A4 - B4<br />
POPPY CLOSE - NR28 9XU<br />
C5<br />
POUND ROAD - NR28<br />
C4<br />
PRESTON ROAD - NR28 9ER<br />
D4<br />
PRINCES STREET - NR28 0HX<br />
C2<br />
PRIMROSE WALK - NR28 9XL<br />
C5<br />
QUEENSWAY - NR28 0HT<br />
C2<br />
RANDELL CLOSE - NR28 9AQ<br />
B4<br />
RAYNA LOKE - NR28 0FJ<br />
B3<br />
RECREATION ROAD - NR28<br />
B2<br />
REDMAN ROAD - NR28 9BD<br />
B4<br />
REEVES COURT - NR28 9DG<br />
C3<br />
REGENTS COURT - NR28 0TX<br />
C2<br />
ROPER WAY - NR28 0FS<br />
A3<br />
ROSEWOOD - NR28 9XB<br />
C4<br />
ROYSTON GREEN - NR28 9EG<br />
D4<br />
RYE CLOSE - NR28 9EY<br />
D4<br />
SADLERS WAY - NR28 9UT<br />
C4<br />
SAMPSON ROAD - NR28 9AR<br />
B3<br />
SAXON COURT - NR28 9BG<br />
C3<br />
ST BENETS AVENUE - NR28 9HT<br />
B4<br />
ST MARYS WAY - NR28 0AP<br />
C3<br />
ST NICHOLAS COURT ( * ) - NR28 9BY C3<br />
ST NICHOLAS ROAD - NR28 9HN<br />
C4<br />
SENDALL ROAD - NR28 0WD<br />
B2<br />
SHEPHEARD CLOSE - NR28 0LY<br />
D3<br />
SIMPSON CLOSE - NR28 0HZ<br />
C2 - C3<br />
SKEYTON NEW ROAD - NR28 0BU<br />
C2<br />
SKEYTON ROAD - NR28<br />
B1 - B2 - C2<br />
SKEYTON VIEW - NR28 0EF<br />
B2<br />
SMEDLEY CLOSE - NR28 0FL<br />
B3<br />
SOUTH RISE - NR28 0EE<br />
B2<br />
SPENSER AVENUE - NR28 9HZ<br />
B4<br />
SPURDENS CRESCENT - NR28 9JD<br />
B4<br />
STANFORD TUCK ROAD - NR28 OAJ D3<br />
STANLEY ROAD - NR28 9EW<br />
D4<br />
STATION ROAD - NR28<br />
C2 - B2 - B3<br />
SUFFIELD CLOSE - NR28 0HN<br />
D1 - D2<br />
SUNNY CORNER - NR28 0EQ<br />
B2<br />
SWAFIELD RISE - NR28<br />
E4<br />
SYCAMORE CLOSE - NR28 0UB<br />
D4<br />
TENISON ROAD - NR28 9HW<br />
C4<br />
THE TERRACE - NR28 9BU<br />
C3<br />
THIRLBY ROAD - NR28<br />
B4<br />
THOMAS DIX COURT - NR28 9DD<br />
C4<br />
TRAFALGAR COURT - NR28 9WB<br />
C3<br />
TRAFALGAR TERRACE - NR28 9JP<br />
C3<br />
TUNGATE LANE - NR28 0JQ A1 - B1 - C1<br />
VALLEY GARDENS - NR28 9QE<br />
C5<br />
VICARAGE STREET - NR28 9DQ<br />
C3<br />
VICTORY COURT - NR28 0AE<br />
C3<br />
WATERFIELD MEADOWS - NR28 9LD C4 - C5<br />
WEAVERS COURT - NR28<br />
C3<br />
WEAVERS WAY CLOSE - NR28 0HQ<br />
C2<br />
WEBBS CLOSE - NR28 9XE<br />
C5<br />
WELLS AVENUE - NR28 0TE<br />
B2<br />
WESTWICK DRIVE - NR28 0TD<br />
B2<br />
WHARTON DRIVE - NR28 0UG<br />
E4<br />
WHERRY CLOSE - NR28 0UQ<br />
D4<br />
WHITE HORSE COMMON - NR28<br />
B6<br />
WILKINSON WAY - NR28 9BB<br />
B4<br />
WILLIAM PASTON ROAD - NR28 9EQ D4<br />
WILLIAMS WAY - NR28 0BA<br />
D3<br />
WILLOW CLOSE - NR28 0UR<br />
E4<br />
WILLOW PARK - NR28 0BD<br />
D2<br />
WINDMILL LOKE - NR28 0FN<br />
B3<br />
WINSTON COURT - NR28 0DB<br />
D3<br />
WITTON VIEW - NR28 9EB<br />
C4<br />
WOODBINE CLOSE - NR28 9XS<br />
C5<br />
WOODSIDE - NR28 9XA<br />
B5<br />
WOOD VIEW - NR28 OSJ<br />
B2<br />
WOOLL DRIVE - NR28 OUF<br />
D4<br />
WORKHOUSE LOKE - NR28 0DB<br />
D3<br />
WRIGHTS CLOSE - NR28 0WG<br />
B2<br />
YARMOUTH ROAD - NR28 C3 - B3 - A4<br />
OTHER INFORMATION<br />
COMMUNITY CENTRE<br />
C3<br />
COUNCIL OFFICES<br />
C3<br />
DOCTORS’ SURGERIES<br />
C3<br />
FIRE STATION<br />
C3<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
B4<br />
HOSPITAL<br />
B3<br />
LIBRARY<br />
C3<br />
MANOR ROAD SCHOOLS<br />
C4<br />
MEMORIAL PARK<br />
C3 - C4<br />
MILLFIELD SCHOOL<br />
B2<br />
NNCT OFFICE<br />
C3<br />
PASTON COLLEGE<br />
C3<br />
POLICE STATION<br />
B3<br />
POST OFFICE<br />
C3<br />
RAILWAY STATION<br />
B3<br />
PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS C3<br />
SPORTS CENTRE<br />
B4<br />
SWIMMING POOL & FITNESS CENTRE C3<br />
WATERSPORTS CENTRE<br />
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74 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town <strong>Guide</strong><br />
Clubs and Societies<br />
ACTING CLASSES FOR ADULTS<br />
Acting classes based on performance technique, from script work <strong>to</strong> improvisation. No previous<br />
experience is necessary for our beginners’ courses, which run in 6 week blocks. Run by New<br />
Stages. web: www.new-stages.co.uk tel: 01692 434112<br />
AIR CADETS - NORFOLK & SUFFOLK WING<br />
Are you up for fun, adventure, incredible experiences and making new friends? Are you looking<br />
for something <strong>to</strong> give you the edge in life? <strong>The</strong>n welcome <strong>to</strong> the Royal Air Force Air Cadets! We<br />
are a UK-wide cadet force with more than 40,000 members aged between 12 and 20 years, and<br />
20,000 adult volunteers aged 20 and over. tel: 01603 427575<br />
email: ACO-WHQ-NorfolkSuffolk-E1@mod.uk web: www.nswingatc.co.uk<br />
AIR TRAINING CORPS 2110 (<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>) Squadron<br />
Parade times: Monday & Thursday 19:00 - 21:30<br />
ATC Hut, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Primary School, Manor Road (parade times only) tel: 01692 402110<br />
ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY PEER SUPPORT GROUP<br />
Free drop in support group. Carers only. 2nd Thursday 10.30-12noon<br />
Furze Hill Day Centre, Happisburgh Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01603 763556<br />
ART CLASSES<br />
Thursday 9am – 12pm<br />
Community Centre, New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 650594<br />
ARTHRITIS CARE<br />
Meet Third Thursday of each month at 2.30pm.<br />
Community Centre, New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 0300 790 0400<br />
ATTIC YOUTH CLUB<br />
<strong>The</strong> Attic is a High School aged youth club, run by volunteers from New Life Church <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong>. It meets on Fridays 7.30pm till 9pm.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Community Centre New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
web: www.facebook.com/theatticnw<br />
BADMINTON<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Warriors Badmin<strong>to</strong>n Club was founded in Spring 2016, with the aim of creating a<br />
team <strong>to</strong> compete in the Norwich & District League. We now have four Teams in the League and<br />
over 20 club players, including qualified coaches. Weds 8-10pm at <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Sports Centre.<br />
All Welcome. email: razerestringz@gmail.com<br />
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY<br />
Offers a variety of help, first aid, home visits.<br />
Further information contact Local Headquarters. tel: 01692 426 361<br />
CEROC<br />
Tuesday evening 7.30-10.30pm at <strong>The</strong> Community Centre. Dance instruc<strong>to</strong>r plus freestyle<br />
dancing. Beginners’ class available. All welcome. £8 per night tel: 07801 492358<br />
email: info@cerocfusion.co.uk
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CREATIVE WORKSHOPS FOR WELLBEING<br />
Explore your creativity in a relaxed atmosphere with music, poetry, s<strong>to</strong>ries, crafts and drama<br />
amongst like-minded adults, who may come along for something different, <strong>to</strong> keep social or <strong>to</strong><br />
boost creativity and that feeling we get from achieving something new! Future sessions will be<br />
based on feedback from participants. It is an informal group and all are welcome. Sessions take<br />
place twice a month during weekday afternoons. Run by New Stages.<br />
email: www.new-stages.co.uk tel: 01692 434112<br />
DARTS LEAGUE (NW & District)<br />
Chairman D Bobby. tel: 01692 402633<br />
DIABETES UK NORTH NORFOLK<br />
Over 350 voluntary groups situated throughout the UK. Our goal is <strong>to</strong> provide support and<br />
educate people living with diabetes, as well as their family, friends and anyone else who is<br />
interested in knowing more about diabetes. <strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> Norfolk Group raises funds for local use for<br />
the benefit of both adults and children and we also contribute <strong>to</strong>wards the Diabetes UK Research<br />
fund. tel: 01692 405492<br />
web: www.north-norfolk.diabetesukgroup.org<br />
FLOWER CLUB<br />
Meet on the 4th Thursday of the Month 2.30pm<br />
Catholic Church Hall, Norwich Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404628<br />
GARDENERS CLUB<br />
Meet 3rd Thursday of the Month.<br />
Community Centre, New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 402808<br />
GIRL GUIDING NORTH WALSHAM<br />
Contact: Emily Norman.<br />
web: www.girlguiding.org.uk tel: 07901337889<br />
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY<br />
Friendly club for Garden Lovers. Meet 3rd Thursday of the Month.<br />
Community Centre, New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 404128<br />
KARATE CLASSES<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> High School. Thursdays & Sundays.<br />
web: www.eska.co.uk tel: 01603 418751<br />
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF NORTH WALSHAM WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL<br />
Chairman: Keith Jarvis. Voluntary group relying on public donations and fundraising <strong>to</strong><br />
provide “extras” for the community hospital, from hairdryers and TVs <strong>to</strong> a training room and<br />
refurbishment of the day room.<br />
web: www.northwalshamhospitalfriends.org.uk tel: 07788 889853<br />
LODGE OF UNANIMITY 102 NORTH WALSHAM<br />
web: www.northwalshamfreemasons.co.uk tel: 07398 215112<br />
email: unanimity102@email.com<br />
NORFOLK CAMERATA<br />
A well-established and friendly choir. Rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings from 7.30 <strong>to</strong><br />
9.30 at <strong>The</strong> Methodist Church, Grammar School Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>.<br />
web: www.norfolkcamerata.co.uk tel: 01603 783841
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NORTH NORFOLK RIDING FOR THE DISABLED<br />
Squirrel Wood Equestrian Centre (Hall Farm, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>)<br />
Volunteers always needed. tel: 01263 577247<br />
NORTH NORFOLK SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE BLIND<br />
Meets 1st Thurs of the month 2pm – 4pm<br />
Community Centre, New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 402562<br />
NORTH NORFOLK SPEAKERS CLUB<br />
Meet alternate Wednesdays. 7pm. email: northnorfolkspeakersclub@gmail.com<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> High School, Spenser Avenue, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 07775 793999<br />
NORTH NORFOLK YOUTH THEATRE<br />
We meet in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> (different groups for different ages) and the times and dates depend<br />
on our current project. Participants explore the different ways of theatre making, interactive<br />
games and develop social and communication skills alongside team working. We also take part in<br />
different productions and projects. Run by New Stages.<br />
web: www.new-stages.co.uk tel: 01692 434 112<br />
NORTH WALSHAM IN BLOOM<br />
Group committed <strong>to</strong> improving the appearance of the <strong>to</strong>wn by planting flowers and lobbying <strong>to</strong><br />
make <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> a better place in which <strong>to</strong> live. Chairman: Chris Roberts.<br />
web: www.northwalshaminbloom.com tel: 01692 402174<br />
NORTH WALSHAM BOWLS AND SNOOKER CLUB<br />
A friendly Club with over 100 members. We have two full size snooker tables and a pool table. <strong>The</strong><br />
outdoor green is well maintained and we are in two afternoon leagues and four evening leagues.<br />
Membership secretary: Ann Wilkinson.<br />
email: ann@widgetwilk.plus.com tel: 01692 500710<br />
NORTH WALSHAM CHRISTMAS LIGHTS<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Christmas Lights are a small Volunteer group (part of <strong>Walsham</strong> Community<br />
Events) who work every Sunday for 6 weeks (apart from Remembrance Sunday) up <strong>to</strong> the annual<br />
switch on <strong>to</strong> make sure each year the <strong>to</strong>wn has Christmas Lights. <strong>The</strong> group is run entirely<br />
through donations and the profit from the switch-on event.<br />
email: nwchristmaslights@gmail.com tel: 07748030937<br />
NORTH WALSHAM DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP & CAFE<br />
Formed in 2015 after AGE UK Norfolk had worked with local businesses <strong>to</strong> help make the <strong>to</strong>wn<br />
dementia friendly. We are a local group responding <strong>to</strong> local needs of people who are living with<br />
dementia and their carers. We run the Café in partnership with the Salvation Army. We consult<br />
regularly with those who use our services and help them and their carers <strong>to</strong> access any help and<br />
support needed and signpost and refer on<strong>to</strong> relevant agencies. tel: 01692 502708<br />
Furze Hill Resource Centre, 73 Happisburgh Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
web: www.nwdementiasupportgroup.org.uk<br />
NORTH WALSHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF CATS PROTECTION<br />
Co-ordina<strong>to</strong>r is Mrs Stephanie Rowlands. tel: 01692 535858<br />
Help with the cost of neutering cats for people on low incomes or benefits. tel: 07880 256948<br />
NORTH WALSHAM & DISTRICT BRIDGE CLUB<br />
Meet Every Monday at 6.45pm – 10pm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Community Centre, New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 405 680
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NORTH WALSHAM & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY<br />
Meet 3rd Thursday of the month in Community Centre. Meetings include speakers on a very wide<br />
range of subjects including garden his<strong>to</strong>ry, flower collections, English Country Gardens, birds and<br />
plants. We organise social gatherings and outings, hold a Spring Show, a Plant Sale and a wellattended<br />
annual Table Top Show. All welcome, annual membership £12. tel: 01692 402808<br />
or: 01692 500710<br />
NORTH WALSHAM AND DISTRICT ROUND TABLE<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and District Round Table is open <strong>to</strong> guys aged 18-45 <strong>to</strong> #DoMore with their social<br />
lives. Meet time: 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month 7:00pm for 7:30pm start.<br />
web: northwalsham.roundtable.co.uk tel: 0121 456 4567<br />
NORTH WALSHAM FIRST FRIDAY CRAFTERS<br />
Meet at the Methodist Church. This is a group open <strong>to</strong> anyone interested in crafting, learning<br />
new skills or sharing expertise. Come along and try knitting, quilting, paper craft, sewing,<br />
painting, sugarcraft, etc. 10am First Friday of the Month.<br />
NORTH WALSHAM GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEME<br />
We are a group of trained and trusted volunteers, who provide free one-off or short-term support<br />
<strong>to</strong> anyone in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> who requests it. We do simple DIY in homes and gardens; provide<br />
lifts <strong>to</strong> appointments, when no other transport is available (you pay the petrol costs); take some<br />
people shopping, when they need assistance; or just pop round for a chat! Whatever you need we<br />
will try <strong>to</strong> find a solution. You ask, we help!<br />
web: www.nwgoodneighbour.org.uk tel: 01692 558321<br />
email: enquiries@ nwgoodneighbour.org.uk<br />
NORTH WALSHAM GYMNASTICS CLUB<br />
Formed in 2001 by current Head Coach Alexis Thurs<strong>to</strong>n and Patricia Johnson (Treasurer & Welfare<br />
Officer). <strong>The</strong> club is a community venture and has continued <strong>to</strong> grow over the years. In September<br />
2017 fulfilled its long term ambition <strong>to</strong> acquire its own purpose built facility. NWGC now hosts a<br />
wide range of classes and has over 500 gymnasts attending weekly.<br />
4a Cornish Way Business Park, Lyngate Industrial Estate, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0FE<br />
web: www.north-walsham-gymnastics-club.co.uk<br />
email: admin@north-walsham-gymnastics-club.co.uk<br />
NORTH WALSHAM MOTHERS’ UNION<br />
A welcoming group of ladies who meet at 2.30 pm on the second Tuesday of the month in St<br />
Nicholas Room. Visi<strong>to</strong>rs and new members are always welcome <strong>to</strong> join us for faith, fellowship and<br />
fun. For further information please contact Ann Herd. tel: 01692 402705<br />
NORTH WALSHAM PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUP<br />
A group of friendly and enthusiastic pho<strong>to</strong>graphers pursuing all aspects of image capture.<br />
Meeting at 7.30pm on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month<br />
Annex building of <strong>The</strong> Atrium, Spenser Avenue, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
web: www.nw-pg.co.uk tel: 01692 400080<br />
NORTH WALSHAM SCOUTS<br />
Beavers (6–8) Cubs (8-10½) Scouts (10½–14)<br />
Our Scout Headquarters is located in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, on a large area of land with plenty of<br />
outside space and private parking. Our building has various facilities including the main hall, 2<br />
smaller rooms, kitchen, <strong>to</strong>ilet block with separate girls and boys <strong>to</strong>ilets and a disabled <strong>to</strong>ilet that<br />
also has a shower. email: info@northwalshamscouts.org.uk tel: 07900 016421
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Ian Baird<br />
WELDING EQUIPMENT<br />
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Records, Consoles & Games (New and Retro),<br />
Phones, Audio equipment, TV’s and more…..<br />
Buy-Backs and Weekly pay available<br />
We also offer a repair service for Computers,<br />
Consoles and Phones.<br />
Free inspections.<br />
No Fix, No Fee<br />
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*Phone screens replaced within 30 minutes*<br />
Opening Times<br />
Monday-Saturday<br />
9:00am – 5:00pm<br />
Telephone: 07879 702779<br />
3 Market Place <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Email: DISCNDAT0@GMAIL.COM<br />
Facebook/DiscNDat<br />
( *Subject <strong>to</strong> s<strong>to</strong>ck and model )<br />
www.ibweld.com<br />
M.I.G. & T.I.G. Plasma Cutting<br />
Equipment Repairs.<br />
Welding Consumables.<br />
Service & Hire.<br />
Lorch Distribu<strong>to</strong>r.<br />
Argon Gas Bottles<br />
with no rental fee.<br />
Calor Gas Distribu<strong>to</strong>r.<br />
Unit 7 White Horse Garage, Cornish Way Business Park<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Ind Est, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 0FE<br />
01692 404553 07885 891292<br />
ian.ibweld@gmail.com<br />
ESTABLISHED 25 YEARS<br />
View down Church Street, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. Originally known as Buck Street after <strong>The</strong> Buck public house which s<strong>to</strong>od here.
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NORTH WALSHAM TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB<br />
A Community Amateur Sports Club formed in 1879 after a meeting at the Old Angel Hotel in the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn, hence the nickname ‘<strong>The</strong> Angels’ playing at Millfield <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. We operate within<br />
the local community and run numerous teams encompassing all ages from under 6s through <strong>to</strong><br />
veterans (over 35) four senior teams and seven youth teams. Secretary: Neil Coop.<br />
email: neiljcoop@btinternet.com tel: 01263 833614<br />
NORTH WALSHAM PEOPLE’S CHOIR<br />
We are an energetic group of people who enjoy singing <strong>to</strong>gether. No previous experience is<br />
necessary and we’ll make you feel most welcome in our range of abilities, voices and ages. We<br />
sing a wide range of songs – from pop, rock, the musicals and some world music <strong>to</strong>o. Most<br />
importantly we sing for fun; both for ourselves and our audiences! Led by Joseph Ballard, we run<br />
very friendly, welcoming and energetic sessions. We meet on Tuesdays, 7-8.30pm at the Sacred<br />
Heart Parish Hall in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. Run by New Stages.<br />
email: www.new-stages.co.uk tel: 01692 434112<br />
NORTH WALSHAM PEOPLE’S THEATRE<br />
Is the <strong>to</strong>wn’s community theatre project that includes Workshops and Shows presented at ‘pop<br />
up’ theatre venues. Past shows have included new plays and adaptations, cabaret and the popular<br />
annual Christmas Pan<strong>to</strong>mime. Shows are produced by its founding direc<strong>to</strong>r, Joseph Ballard. Run<br />
by New Stages.<br />
email: www.new-stages.co.uk tel: 01692 434112<br />
NORTH WALSHAM PLAYERS (theatre group)<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Players were formed in 1998 <strong>to</strong> give people the opportunity <strong>to</strong> perform in a live<br />
show whilst helping <strong>to</strong> raise money for local, good causes and charities. We currently perform<br />
Variety Shows and Pan<strong>to</strong>mimes. No joining fees or subscriptions. Age range 8 through <strong>to</strong> adult.<br />
email: jeabol@aol.com tel: 01692 402116<br />
NORTH WALSHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB<br />
<strong>The</strong> Clubhouse, Norwich Road, Scot<strong>to</strong>w.<br />
web: www.nwrfc.club tel: 01692 538808<br />
NORTH WALSHAM THEATRE GROUP<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>atre Group visits the Maddermarket <strong>The</strong>atre in Norwich once a month by coach <strong>to</strong> see<br />
their latest play. Join the group of about 40.<br />
email: judyc.langford@gmail.com tel: 01692 219029<br />
NORTH WALSHAM THINK CARER NETWORK<br />
This is a network of groups and organisations, all of which ‘support people who help or care for<br />
others’ in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. <strong>The</strong> Network aims <strong>to</strong> raise awareness and understanding of the needs<br />
of unpaid carers, and others in the community who feel isolated and lonely, and increase the<br />
support available <strong>to</strong> them.<br />
c/o <strong>The</strong> Community Shop, 1 Market Place, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9BP tel: 01692 409141<br />
web: www.northwalshamthinkcarer.uk email: info@northwalshamthinkcarer.uk<br />
NORTH WALSHAM RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB<br />
Aiming <strong>to</strong> encourage safe, fun target shooting for the widest possible range of ages and abilities.<br />
<strong>The</strong> club is accessible for disabled shooters and reviews individual requirements as part of the<br />
welcome process.<br />
web: www.nwrpc.co.uk email: nwrpcmembership@gmail.com tel: 01692 581997
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NORTH WALSHAM U3A (University of the Third Age)<br />
Our local branch of a national self-help organisation for older people no longer in full time work<br />
who want <strong>to</strong> learn and socialise <strong>to</strong>gether. Meet first Friday of each monthat 2.15 pm.<br />
Catholic Church Hall, Norwich Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
web: https://u3asites.org.uk/north-walsham/home<br />
NORTH WALSHAM VELO<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Velo is a group of cyclists who enjoy biking on the roads of Norfolk. <strong>The</strong><br />
goal of the club is <strong>to</strong> encourage safe road cycling practices that promote a healthy, active,<br />
environmentally aware lifestyle in our community. <strong>The</strong> club welcomes members of all skill levels<br />
and encourages regular participation in organised cycling events.<br />
web: www.northwalshamvelo.co.uk email: admin@northwalshamvelo.co.uk<br />
NORTH WALSHAM YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Youth FC provides quality coaching for various ages from under five <strong>to</strong> under 16.<br />
Girls, Boys and mixed teams train at different venues around the <strong>to</strong>wn with qualified and first aid<br />
trained coaches. Fun and enjoyment is the aim. Secretary: Josh Roper. tel: 07747 543929<br />
NORTH WALSHAM YOUNG FARMERS<br />
web: www.norfolkyfc.org<br />
Seniors (16-26)<br />
Tuesdays 7.45pm Meet at Rossis. tel: 07769 686703<br />
Countrysiders (10-16)<br />
Fortnightly Thursday’s 7 – 8.30pm. Meet at Antingham Village Hall tel: 07501 726130<br />
PROBUS CLUB OF NORTH WALSHAM<br />
Meet 4th Wednesday of the Month. 10am<br />
Community Centre, New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> tel: 01692 402705<br />
READING 4 U<br />
Held on 3rd Wednesday of the Month 10am – 12pm<br />
St John Ambulance Hall, Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road tel: 01263 768164<br />
ROTARY CLUB OF NORTH WALSHAM<br />
Meet every Monday at the Scarborough Hill Hotel, Old Yarmouth Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28<br />
9NA. Please note this is a dual gender club. Contact: Richard Walker. tel: 01263 722401<br />
ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION<br />
Serving RAF & ex-RAF personnel of the Commonwealth and their families.<br />
Meet first Tuesday of the Month at the Bluebell Inn, Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road 7.30pm<br />
(do not meet in December or January) tel: 01692 405367<br />
REGENERATE NORTH WALSHAM COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY<br />
To encourage the growth of a “real Norfolk <strong>to</strong>wn” with the aim of making <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> a better<br />
place <strong>to</strong> work and live for all the community. This will be achieved by working in partnership with<br />
local stakeholders on a range of projects. Joint Chairs, Jon Witte and Bob Wright.<br />
1 St Nicholas Court. Facebook: <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Projects<br />
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Royal British Legion meets every other month at the White Swan, Church Street<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> starting in April. All former and serving members of the Armed Forces and<br />
anyone who would like <strong>to</strong> attend our meetings. For further details contact Sheila Mitchell.<br />
tel: 01692 535284
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SLIMMING WORLD<br />
Monday 10:00 & 12:00. Wednesday 15:30, 17:30 & 19:30. tel: 01603405536<br />
Community Centre, New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
web: www.slimmingworld.co.uk<br />
SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE BLIND<br />
We have a programme of social activities for blind and partially sighted people ranging from<br />
our own home-grown Pan<strong>to</strong>mime, <strong>to</strong> professional entertainment. Transport is provided.<br />
This registered Charity meets on the 1st Thursday except in January – 2.00 <strong>to</strong> 4.00 pm at the<br />
Community Centre. Annual Membership: £5.00. tel: 01692 402562<br />
ST JOHN AMBULANCE <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Quadrilaterial Division<br />
Preference Place, Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Adult Group meet Thursday 7.30pm - 9.30pm tel: 01692 402760<br />
Badgers (ages 6-10) meet Thursdays 5.30 - 7pm tel: 01692 407058<br />
Cadets (ages 10-18) meet Mondays 6.30pm - 8.30pm tel: 01692 407207<br />
TEA DANCES<br />
Very popular regular events featuring the Den Barrie Due. “For a sociable afternoon of sociable<br />
music, played at a sociable level”. All proceeds donated <strong>to</strong> charity. 2pm – 4pm. tel: 01603 736155<br />
Community Centre, New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. email: info@nw-cc.co.uk<br />
W.E.A.<br />
Enormously popular lectures on a wide variety of subjects from astronomy <strong>to</strong> architecture.<br />
Tuesday 10:00 <strong>to</strong> 11:45 tel: 07810524949<br />
Community Centre, New Road, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. email: info@nw-cc.co.uk<br />
WEIGHT WATCHERS<br />
email: jlobb@weight-watchers.co.uk<br />
Thursdays 9.30am at <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Community Centre<br />
Thursdays 6.00pm at the Annex in the Atrium tel: 01692 536478<br />
NORTH WALSHAM & DISTRICT WI<br />
Meet in St Nicholas Room on the first Tuesday in each month. We start at 2.00pm and finish<br />
around 4.00pm Why not come and see what it is all about? tel: 01692 402106<br />
ROCK BUNS & ROLLING PINS WI<br />
Rock Buns & Rolling Pins WI is a vibrant new WI with the aim of inspiring and empowering local<br />
women. We meet at 7.15pm on the 3rd Wednesday of the month (2nd Wednesday in December)<br />
at St Benet’s Hall.<br />
email: rockbunsandrollingpins@gmail.com
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9am - 5pm<br />
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday<br />
9am - 3pm Saturday<br />
Closed Wednesday & Sunday<br />
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• Uplift and disposal of old carpets<br />
• Moving of furniture and appliances<br />
• A friendly, family-run business<br />
2 BANK LOKE, NORTH WALSHAM NR28 9JN<br />
Based in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> we offer the chance <strong>to</strong> relax, unwind & escape the daily<br />
stresses of life. We offer a wide range of treatments including manicures, pedicures,<br />
bio sculpture & evo gel nails, Monu & Renu indulgent facials & body treatments,<br />
massage, waxing & Hollywood eyelashes. We also have a standup sunbed.<br />
29 Grammar School Rd, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9JH<br />
Tel: 01692 500324 Web: cloud-9beauty.co.uk<br />
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_ Swedish Full Body Massage _ Reflexology _ Acupressure _<br />
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Member of the Federation of Holistic <strong>The</strong>rapists.
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Its origin and place in his<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
<strong>The</strong> Anglo-Saxon village of Walesam is first<br />
recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. <strong>The</strong><br />
derivation of the name itself tells us that it<br />
was a small group of dwellings, Anglo-Saxon:<br />
-ham meaning ‘home of’ or ‘homestead’ in Old<br />
English.<br />
Toponymy reveals various interpretations of the<br />
name, the most likely is it relates <strong>to</strong> a person’s<br />
name ‘W(e)alh’ and his or their family home.<br />
Norfolk has a high concentration of Anglian or<br />
Anglo-Saxon name-endings such as the early<br />
-ingham and slightly later -ham and -<strong>to</strong>n. <strong>The</strong><br />
appearance of this name-ending tells us that<br />
the family probably settled here sometime in<br />
the sixth century AD.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is also a possibility that it could originate<br />
from the Old English ‘Walh’ meaning Bri<strong>to</strong>n<br />
or Welshman. This may also be the case with<br />
Walcott (Walh’s house or cottage). So it could<br />
possibly be related <strong>to</strong> the foundation of a<br />
settlement by an older group of the original<br />
British or Romano-British population in the<br />
area some of whom would have assimilated<br />
while others chose <strong>to</strong> move west with the influx<br />
of Anglians, Saxons and Friesians, settlers from<br />
what is now <strong>North</strong>ern Germany and the lowcountries.<br />
Perhaps also consistent with the<br />
idea that there may be a Romano-British link, in<br />
1844 Roman remains were found on the parish<br />
border with Felmingham; a site close <strong>to</strong> the<br />
line of a Roman Road which connected Burgh<br />
Castle near Great Yarmouth <strong>to</strong> the great fort at<br />
Brancaster on the northwest Norfolk coast.<br />
<strong>The</strong> third, least likely, but most romantic idea is<br />
that it may possibily relate <strong>to</strong> the name ‘Waels’<br />
or ‘Waelsing’ family who feature in the famed<br />
Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, written about<br />
a sixth century warrior who slayed Grendel,
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serpent of the Fens. Waels was the father of<br />
Sigemund the Waelsing who slayed a hoardkeeping<br />
dragon.<br />
It is conjectured that other settlements such<br />
as <strong>Walsham</strong>-le-willows, South <strong>Walsham</strong> and<br />
Walsingham may also come from the same<br />
Anglo-Saxon name root.<br />
With the coming of Christianity <strong>to</strong> East Anglia,<br />
the village was provided with a church, and<br />
<strong>to</strong> that church a portion of land and a priest.<br />
When the Vikings later raided the shores of<br />
eastern England many a village fell <strong>to</strong> their<br />
hands, including Walsam. It is recorded that<br />
during the reign of King Canute, a Norseman<br />
named Skiotr gave the village of Walsam along<br />
with its church and estates <strong>to</strong> the Abbey of<br />
Saint Benet at Holme, then sited on an island<br />
in the Bure marshes near Horning. This Abbey<br />
was <strong>to</strong> become one of the richest Benedictine<br />
Monasteries in the land. Much of this wealth was<br />
obtained from Walsam, being its principal and<br />
most prosperous holding. <strong>The</strong> Abbot of Saint<br />
Benet’s as Lord of the Manor held the rights <strong>to</strong><br />
all tithes, and as the weaving industry of the<br />
area flourished these tithes became lucrative.<br />
It was upon this great wealth that the Abbey<br />
Church of Saint Benet along with the Parish<br />
Church of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> were enlarged on a<br />
grand scale in the fourteenth century. Through<br />
this the <strong>to</strong>wn can now boast the largest church<br />
in Norfolk that has always been solely a parish<br />
church.<br />
(Note: Both King’s Lynn Minster and Great<br />
Yarmouth Minster are larger buildings but were<br />
originally conceived as priory churches. Great<br />
Yarmouth Minster holds claim <strong>to</strong> being the largest<br />
parish church in England.)<br />
Records throughout the ages mention the <strong>to</strong>wn<br />
as <strong>Walsham</strong> Market and <strong>Walsham</strong>, the ‘<strong>North</strong>’<br />
being added within the last few hundred years.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Domesday book tells us that a church existed<br />
in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and that it belonged <strong>to</strong> Saint<br />
Benet’s Abbey. <strong>The</strong> <strong>to</strong>wer of this ancient church<br />
still exists <strong>to</strong>day, being the oldest building in<br />
the <strong>to</strong>wn at well over a thousand years old.<br />
It was incorporated in<strong>to</strong> the present church<br />
building and stands <strong>to</strong> the immediate north of<br />
the present <strong>to</strong>wer ruin. Most of the <strong>to</strong>wn was<br />
built of wood at this time, being thatched with<br />
the reed that grew in the water meadows of<br />
the River Ant on the east side of the <strong>to</strong>wn. <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>to</strong>wn’s arable land was divided in<strong>to</strong> three fields;<br />
Southfield, Millfield and <strong>North</strong>field, and were<br />
subdivided in<strong>to</strong> strips allotted <strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>wnsfolk.<br />
This was a system common throughout the<br />
country, with one field sown in wheat, another<br />
in beans, with barley for brewing, and the third<br />
left fallow for sheep <strong>to</strong> re-fertilize the land. Year<br />
by year this system was rotated so that all fields<br />
had equal usage. <strong>The</strong> outskirts of the <strong>to</strong>wn were<br />
well wooded and provided rough grazing for<br />
wild boar.<br />
<strong>The</strong> battle of the Peasants’ Revolt as depicted by John Speed on his<br />
Map of Norfolk 1611.<br />
Weaving and ‘<strong>Walsham</strong>’<br />
Flemish weavers came <strong>to</strong> England in the<br />
twelfth century and settled in Norfolk, the<br />
low lying landscape being reminiscent of their<br />
homelands. <strong>The</strong>ir weaving capitals were sited<br />
at the twin-<strong>to</strong>wns of Worstead and <strong>Walsham</strong>;<br />
weaving the country’s finest cloths of ‘Worsted’,<br />
still famed for its quality worldwide, and<br />
‘<strong>Walsham</strong>’; which was a lighter cloth for summer<br />
use. By the beginning of the fourteenth century<br />
a market of these cloths was well established<br />
in <strong>Walsham</strong>. This new prosperity was proudly<br />
flaunted with the building of vast new churches
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for the two <strong>to</strong>wns. More Flemish weavers<br />
moved <strong>to</strong> the district at the invitation of Edward<br />
III, and the <strong>to</strong>wn flourished at an incredible rate<br />
until 1348 ... the coming of the ‘Black Death’.<br />
‘Black Death’ and Peasant Unrest<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bubonic Plague or ‘Black Death’ ravaged<br />
England in 1348, and recurred in 1361 and 1369.<br />
With it came the death of thousands, resulting<br />
in a loss of labour needed <strong>to</strong> farm the land, and<br />
work on <strong>Walsham</strong>’s incomplete church; the<br />
original plans had <strong>to</strong> be altered, and simple<br />
intersected window tracery was substituted for<br />
the planned beautiful decorated tracery. With<br />
the economy of the country in turmoil an Act<br />
was passed in 1351 that no man should refuse<br />
<strong>to</strong> work for the same rate of pay as before the<br />
Black Death. Extra revenue was also generated<br />
by the imposition of a Poll Tax on the people.<br />
<strong>The</strong> arable fields were laid <strong>to</strong> pasture, and<br />
common land was enclosed for sheep farming.<br />
This was less labour intensive with more profit<br />
being made from wool production. This caused<br />
great unrest of the peasants, which led <strong>to</strong> the<br />
famous ‘Peasants’ Revolt’ of 1381 when John<br />
Litester, assisted by amongst others a man<br />
called Cubitt of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, led a rebellion<br />
of many thousands who seized the city of<br />
Norwich, killing the mayor in the process.<br />
Henry De Spenser, Bishop of Norwich, and a<br />
man with much experience of war abroad, was<br />
able <strong>to</strong> raise enough forces <strong>to</strong> drive the rebels<br />
from the city and they retreated <strong>to</strong> a camp at<br />
Bryant’s Heath near <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. Despite<br />
the peasants’ elaborate makeshift barricades,<br />
they were ousted from their camp by the<br />
Bishop and his now numerous forces, and battle<br />
commenced. Many hundreds were slain and<br />
the defeated peasants fled <strong>to</strong>wards the <strong>to</strong>wn<br />
desperately seeking their right of ‘sanctuary’<br />
in the church, however, it was still incomplete<br />
and yet <strong>to</strong> be consecrated. <strong>The</strong> Bishop<br />
followed, Litester was captured, and the church<br />
witnessed a massacre of hundreds of peasants.<br />
De Spenser heard Litester’s confession, gave<br />
him absolution and then had him dragged <strong>to</strong><br />
his public execution. Three s<strong>to</strong>ne crosses were<br />
soon erected marking the site of the battlefield,<br />
as a permanent reminder of the consequences<br />
of such uprisings.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parish Church<br />
It is probable that the incomplete church<br />
only needed repair after the turmoil of the<br />
Peasants’ Revolt, and not complete re-building<br />
as local legend states. In fact it was that same<br />
Bishop Henry De Spenser who consecrated<br />
the building within twenty years of the battle.<br />
This is the edifice seen <strong>to</strong>day, the largest ‘Wool<br />
Church’ in Norfolk, built from the profits of the<br />
wool and weaving industries. <strong>The</strong> church is<br />
noted for its spacious interior, the lofty columns<br />
Wayside Cross monument on the Norwich Road. Pho<strong>to</strong> by Les Edwards<br />
Stump Cross monument on the Norwich Road. Pho<strong>to</strong> by Les Edwards
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Midday <strong>to</strong> 11pm<br />
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Tel: 01692 405981<br />
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through a magnificent pinnacled porch, with<br />
rich carving and heraldic shields. <strong>The</strong> colourful<br />
statues are replacements, showing Saint<br />
Benedict (with St Benet’s Abbey and Norwich<br />
Cathedral at his feet); Saint Nicholas (the<br />
present day dedication of the church) and in<br />
the centre niche, the Virgin Mary with infant<br />
Christ (the church was originally dedicated <strong>to</strong><br />
the Blessed Virgin Mary).<br />
and absence of a chancel arch making it seem<br />
light and airy. Many interesting artefacts remain<br />
in the church including the fifteenth century<br />
font cover, richly carved and decorated, with<br />
a fascinating telescopic mechanism, it hangs<br />
from a carved oak beam. Of a similar date are the<br />
remains of a wooden screen which separated<br />
the clerical chancel from the people’s nave. Its<br />
mediaeval panels are carved and painted with<br />
an array of saints. <strong>The</strong> south chapel contains an<br />
unusual sixteenth century Communion Table;<br />
unusual because of the ‘corrected’ inscription<br />
along its front panel made after an alteration<br />
of the Prayer Book. Another treasure is the<br />
unique Royal Arms Board at the west end of the<br />
church, one side with the arms of Cromwell’s<br />
Commonwealth, and the other with the<br />
Arms of Charles II. Also <strong>to</strong> be seen are an Iron<br />
Bound Chest, two remaining tip-up seats from<br />
the monk’s mediaeval quire, and a wooden<br />
Armoury Chest - the churchwardens had<br />
prepared for the coming of the Spanish Armada<br />
by buying six hundred corselets!)<br />
<strong>The</strong> church is entered from the Market Place<br />
<strong>The</strong> once magnificent <strong>to</strong>wer is now reduced <strong>to</strong><br />
a ruinous mass, a rocky crag standing sentinel<br />
over the <strong>to</strong>wn; Many people are drawn in<strong>to</strong> the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn centre <strong>to</strong> investigate its strange shape.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ruined Tower<br />
From whichever direction you enter the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn, the building that dominates more<br />
than anything else, is the ruined <strong>to</strong>wer of the<br />
church. In the early eighteenth century the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn boasted a glorious, soaring <strong>to</strong>wer and<br />
spire, the tallest construction locally, being<br />
second in height only <strong>to</strong> Norwich Cathedral. It<br />
is known that the parapet reached a height of<br />
147 feet, with a spire later added <strong>to</strong> compete<br />
with the then new church <strong>to</strong>wer at Cromer. This<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>to</strong>wer ruin in the early twentieth century.
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Friday 15th May 1724 saw the <strong>to</strong>wn’s<br />
Ascensiontide Fayre, and the bells were rung for<br />
many hours. <strong>The</strong> ringing of the bells combined<br />
with a rather windy day caused a vibration <strong>to</strong><br />
occur in the <strong>to</strong>wer. This was noticed by the<br />
verger when he ascended the <strong>to</strong>wer in the<br />
evening <strong>to</strong> wind the clock. He was so alarmed<br />
by the distressed state of the <strong>to</strong>wer that the<br />
clock remained unwound as he fled <strong>to</strong> warn<br />
people away.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>to</strong>wer ruin in the mid twentieth century. Pho<strong>to</strong> by Les Edwards<br />
spire may have taken its height <strong>to</strong> around 180<br />
feet. A heavy ring of six bells was hung in the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wer which also housed a chiming clock. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
bells caused a dispute in 1616 between the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wnsfolk and the sex<strong>to</strong>n whose duties caused<br />
him <strong>to</strong> ring the Great Bell “... orderly and full out<br />
one halfe hour at the least ...” every morning at<br />
four o’clock!<br />
Between nine and ten o’clock the following<br />
morning, the doc<strong>to</strong>r of the <strong>to</strong>wn was walking<br />
through the churchyard, and <strong>to</strong> his horror,<br />
one side of the steeple collapsed before him,<br />
his only injury being a cut <strong>to</strong> his ankle from a<br />
flying flint! In the years that followed, monies<br />
were raised <strong>to</strong> reconstruct the <strong>to</strong>wer, but the<br />
weather was <strong>to</strong> weaken the ruin yet further, and<br />
in 1835 more falls indicated the weakness of the<br />
upper s<strong>to</strong>nework. February 17th 1836 saw the<br />
last major fall when heavy wintry gales brought<br />
down the north side of the steeple with a crash<br />
that sent earthquake-like tremors through the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn. <strong>The</strong> remaining east wall of the belfry stage<br />
was then dismantled as a safety precaution.<br />
In 1939 stabilisation work was carried out on<br />
the <strong>to</strong>wer, in the hope that one day rebuilding<br />
might be possible. Plans have been drawn up <strong>to</strong><br />
this end, and one version of a new <strong>to</strong>wer (minus<br />
a spire), by the eminent architect Sir Charles<br />
Nicholson, can be seen inside the north porch<br />
of the Parish Church.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Great Fire<br />
In the year 1600, the <strong>to</strong>wn suffered a disastrous<br />
fire, which began at around six o’clock in the<br />
morning on the 25th June, in the house of a<br />
“poor and lewd person” by the name of Dowle,<br />
who on fleeing was apprehended and put<br />
in gaol. One hundred and eighteen houses,<br />
seventy shops, and countless other buildings<br />
were razed <strong>to</strong> the ground. <strong>The</strong> Market with<br />
its Cross and stalls were destroyed along with<br />
their merchandise. Although reportedly fired<br />
in five places at once the church escaped much<br />
damage, and one imagines that it provided<br />
temporary shelter <strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>wnspeople for many<br />
months. A plea was made <strong>to</strong> the Queen for
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some timber from the royal estates <strong>to</strong> rebuild<br />
the <strong>to</strong>wn. Much of the <strong>to</strong>wn layout was altered;<br />
the parallel ‘Lokes’ south of the Market Place<br />
may be early attempts at <strong>to</strong>wn planning. Sir<br />
William Pas<strong>to</strong>n used the opportunity <strong>to</strong> buy up<br />
several acres of scorched land at a cheap rate.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re he built his famous School.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pas<strong>to</strong>n School<br />
Sir William Pas<strong>to</strong>n opened his free Grammar<br />
School in 1606 for “the training, instructing<br />
and bringing up of youth in good manners,<br />
many a fine scholar, including Archbishop<br />
Tenison, who crowned Queen Anne & George I.<br />
<strong>The</strong> School is now part of a Sixth Form College<br />
for the local area, and the founder’s elaborate<br />
<strong>to</strong>mb, which he himself had built before he<br />
died, can be seen inside the Parish Church. An<br />
interesting footnote is that in the early part of<br />
the 20th century an archaeological dig found<br />
within the grounds of the school, foundations<br />
of what were thought <strong>to</strong> be a small monastery,<br />
perhaps the <strong>to</strong>wn’s cell of the Abbey of St<br />
Benet’s.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Market Cross<br />
<strong>The</strong> Market Place provided a place where local<br />
traders could sell their produce, lives<strong>to</strong>ck, meats,<br />
and of course the wool and famous cloths. Many<br />
of the narrower shops in the Market Place still<br />
occupy their ancient plots, in multiples of seven<br />
feet, huddled tightly against the ‘foreland’ of<br />
the churchyard. <strong>The</strong> meat markets were in an<br />
area known as ‘<strong>The</strong> Shambles’, mostly lost in the<br />
learning and the true fear, service and worship<br />
of almighty God whereby they might become<br />
good and profitable members in the Church<br />
and Commonwealth”. <strong>The</strong> school grew until the<br />
Civil War when the last of the Pas<strong>to</strong>n family gave<br />
it up, and a rescue bid was made <strong>to</strong> preserve it.<br />
A new School House was built in 1765, the one<br />
seen <strong>to</strong>day, and a new start was made. Shortly<br />
after in 1769, brothers William and Horatio<br />
Nelson came <strong>to</strong> the school as boarders, and<br />
from here, in March 1771, a young Horatio<br />
set out on his legendary career. In addition<br />
<strong>to</strong> Admiral Lord Nelson, the school can boast<br />
great fire but remembered <strong>to</strong>day in buildings<br />
known as ‘<strong>The</strong> Butchery’. In the mid thirteenth<br />
century <strong>Walsham</strong> was given by Royal Charter<br />
of Henry III the right <strong>to</strong> hold a weekly market.<br />
A plot in the market wasn’t free, and the rent<br />
was collected in ‘<strong>The</strong> Old Tollhouse’. <strong>The</strong> Market<br />
Rental Book of 1391 states that the cross fixed<br />
the site of the market as being a place where<br />
‘buyers and sellers could lawfully congregate’.<br />
This was probably a s<strong>to</strong>ne post with the<br />
<strong>to</strong>llhouse located close by. As the market<br />
prospered, it was found necessary <strong>to</strong> provide
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Market Cross<br />
in the 1950s.<br />
Pho<strong>to</strong> by Fred Mace<br />
a larger <strong>to</strong>llhouse, and a new market ‘cross’ was<br />
built.<br />
This cross was started in 1550 during the reign<br />
of Edward VI by Bishop Thirlby of Norwich but<br />
doesn’t seem <strong>to</strong> have been completed until<br />
1555. <strong>The</strong> Great Fire of 1600 destroyed this<br />
building along with the Market, but it was<br />
rebuilt by Bishop Redman in 1602 <strong>to</strong> an unusual<br />
design. A one handed clock was acquired<br />
from Worstead Hall in 1787<br />
and in 1855 its owners, the<br />
Ecclesiastical Commissioners,<br />
formally presented the Market<br />
Cross <strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>wn. A minute<br />
hand was added <strong>to</strong> the clock<br />
the following year. In 1899<br />
funds from the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Steeplechase were used <strong>to</strong><br />
buy a new chiming clock.<br />
During the second world war<br />
the weathervane was blown<br />
off when a bomb exploded<br />
close by. <strong>The</strong> cross has been<br />
res<strong>to</strong>red several times, the<br />
latest being in 1984 when the<br />
old roof covering was replaced<br />
and the clock res<strong>to</strong>red in<strong>to</strong><br />
working order. A piece of<br />
ancient oak which was removed from the cross<br />
at this time was locally carved and fashioned<br />
as a representation of the head of Christ then<br />
presented <strong>to</strong> the people of our twin <strong>to</strong>wn of<br />
Friesenried in Bavaria. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>’s famous<br />
Market Cross is both a National Monument and<br />
a Grade I listed building.<br />
<strong>The</strong> weekly market has been the heartbeat of our <strong>to</strong>wn since the charter was granted by Henry III over 700 years ago.
Petticoat Lane<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Pubs of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> pubs of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Cross Keys (1709-1794)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dukes Head (1794-1965)<br />
(1.5 miles)<br />
Cat’s Pit Lane<br />
Malthouse Loke<br />
(<strong>North</strong>field Road)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Orchard Gardens<br />
(1856 - <strong>to</strong>day)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wherry (1834-1965)<br />
(1.5 miles)<br />
Swafield Lane<br />
<strong>The</strong> Blue Bell (1794-<strong>to</strong>day)<br />
(1mile)<br />
(Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road)<br />
Reeves Lane<br />
(Mundesley Road)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cock Inn<br />
(1794-1966)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Anchor<br />
(1836-1961)<br />
(1 mile)<br />
Rose & Crown<br />
(1883-1904)<br />
Tannery Lane<br />
Queen Vic<strong>to</strong>ria<br />
(1847-?)<br />
Hall Lane<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dog Inn<br />
(1794-1892)<br />
(Back Street)<br />
<strong>North</strong> Street<br />
<strong>The</strong>atre Street<br />
(Vicarage Street)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lord Nelson (II)<br />
(??-1985)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Horseshoes<br />
(1865-1906)<br />
Lower Street<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lord Nelson (I)<br />
(1830-??)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ship<br />
(1836-1872)<br />
Market Tavern<br />
(2013-<strong>to</strong>day)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Rising Sun<br />
(1854-1968)<br />
<strong>The</strong> White Swan<br />
(1794-<strong>to</strong>day)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Buck<br />
(1794-1971)<br />
Church Gate<br />
(Church Street)<br />
Antingham Lane<br />
Church<br />
Maid’s Head<br />
(1799 -1853)<br />
(Cromer Road)<br />
Market Street<br />
New Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mitre (1856-1892)<br />
Market Place<br />
Old Bear<br />
(1792-1967)<br />
<strong>The</strong> White Horse (2 miles)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wheelwright’s Arms (2 miles)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Oaks<br />
(Demolished)<br />
(Aylsham Road)<br />
Felmingham Lane<br />
Angel Hotel<br />
(1794-1986)<br />
Cross Keys<br />
(1785-1973)<br />
Black Swan Loke<br />
White Lion Loke<br />
(Bank Loke)<br />
<strong>The</strong> White Lion<br />
(1794-1864)<br />
King Street<br />
(King’s Arms Street)<br />
Yarmouth Road<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>n<br />
College<br />
(Grammar School Road)<br />
Free School Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> King’s Arms<br />
(1794-<strong>to</strong>day)<br />
(Park Lane)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Feathers<br />
(1794-<strong>to</strong>day)<br />
Black Swan<br />
(1794-<strong>to</strong>day)<br />
Scarborough<br />
Hill House<br />
(1.5 miles)<br />
Turnpike Gate<br />
(1845 - 1863)<br />
(.5 mile)<br />
Bull Inn (1856-1971)
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Ship Yard<br />
Imagine going back in time and experiencing <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> as it was in the middle of last century.<br />
Well, now you can - in miniature! With the help of dozens of his<strong>to</strong>ric pho<strong>to</strong>graphs made available<br />
by <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>’s pho<strong>to</strong>graphic Archive, and a surprisingly accurate 1926 Ordnance Survey map<br />
of the area, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> resident Richard Crossley is authentically reconstructing a lost area of<br />
the centre of <strong>to</strong>wn known as Ship Yard.<br />
What started as a bit of fun has turned in<strong>to</strong> a major construction project, that is attracting a lot of<br />
interest in <strong>to</strong>wn, and rekindling distant memories. <strong>The</strong> model, which is about one square metre<br />
in size is hoped <strong>to</strong> be complete by summer <strong>2019</strong>, when it will become a permanent exhibit at the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Heritage and Information Centre on Vicarage Street. Coincidentally, the Heritage<br />
Centre is located adjacent <strong>to</strong> St Nicholas’ Court Precinct, which was built directly on the site of the<br />
old Ship yard.<br />
Ship Yard in the 1950s. Pho<strong>to</strong> contributed by Jane Gay.<br />
Richard Crossley’s scale model of Ship Yard <strong>to</strong>day.<br />
War Memorial Gardens in the Memorial Park on the Yarmouth Road.
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Tel:- 01692 402156<br />
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Web:- www.ladbrookuk.com
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Heritage Group<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Heritage Group was formed about 5<br />
years ago by representatives from Regenerate <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> CIC, the Town Council, businesses and the<br />
other his<strong>to</strong>rical organisations <strong>to</strong> work <strong>to</strong>gether <strong>to</strong><br />
finally provide the <strong>to</strong>wn with a small museum, awaited<br />
for many decades.<br />
Its volunteers’ aims are <strong>to</strong> preserve the heritage of<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and the surrounding area and <strong>to</strong> make<br />
archive materials, documents and objects available <strong>to</strong><br />
the general public for general interest and research<br />
purposes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> group’s Heritage Centre opened in June 2018 at<br />
M.i. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> in Vicarage Street. Within this are<br />
display panels featuring key periods, industries and<br />
personalities from the <strong>to</strong>wn’s 1,600 year his<strong>to</strong>ry and<br />
display cases featuring local objects. One of the oldest<br />
objects on display is the <strong>to</strong>wn’s Newsham fire engine dating from around 1725. A series of quiz<br />
sheets and activities are available for both young and older visi<strong>to</strong>rs.<br />
website: www.northwalshamheritage.org.uk email: info@northwalshamheritage.org.uk<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> & District Community Archive<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> & District Community<br />
Archive was formally launched on the 5th<br />
June 2007. It was a joint project between<br />
the Norfolk County Council Cultural<br />
Services Departments of Adult Education,<br />
Libraries and Museums working in<br />
conjunction with the existing Archives.<br />
However we now host our own website<br />
which is available not only for the people<br />
of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and the surrounding<br />
villages but anybody worldwide with a<br />
wish <strong>to</strong> find out more about the area.<br />
Meetings of the local group will normally be held at <strong>The</strong> White Swan Public House, Church Street,<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>. Attendance at the meetings isn’t essential for adding contributions <strong>to</strong> the archive.<br />
Everyone is welcome <strong>to</strong> come <strong>to</strong> our meetings - if you have just one pho<strong>to</strong> or memorabilia of<br />
the area do drop in if you would like <strong>to</strong> share them. We are also interested in pho<strong>to</strong>graphs of the<br />
villages around <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> which can be added <strong>to</strong> the archive.<br />
website: www.northwalshamarchive.co.uk email: info@northwalshamarchive.co.uk<br />
facebook: <strong>North</strong><strong>Walsham</strong>Archive
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His<strong>to</strong>ric Plaques around the Town Centre<br />
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TOWN COUNCIL<br />
& NNCT OFFICES<br />
up <strong>to</strong> 1600. <strong>The</strong> union grew <strong>to</strong> become the<br />
National Union of Agricultural & Allied Workers<br />
with 2,900 branches and 100 000 members.<br />
He had no schooling and was taught <strong>to</strong> read<br />
by his wife. He became a county councillor in<br />
1906, a Member of Parliament for South Norfolk<br />
by 1920 and was knighted in 1930. Sir George<br />
Edwards, MP, OBE, died on December 7th 1933<br />
and is buried in Fakenham. A special staircase<br />
was built at the rear of the Angel <strong>to</strong> allow them<br />
<strong>to</strong> reach the meeting room without going<br />
through the bar. On May lst 1982 the Union<br />
merged with the Transport & General Workers<br />
Union within which was a new trade group<br />
for the Agricultural and Allied Membership.<br />
In March 2001, Bill Morris, the then General<br />
Secretary of TGWU visited <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> <strong>to</strong><br />
unveil a plaque in Edwards’ memory.<br />
In 2005 <strong>to</strong> mark Rotary’s centenary, <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> Rotarians, led by President Derrick<br />
Hankin created a <strong>to</strong>wn trail of 11 plaques<br />
identifying places of interest and people of<br />
significance in the his<strong>to</strong>ry of our <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
<strong>The</strong> plaques are numbered as they appear on<br />
the map.<br />
1. Angel Hotel, Aylsham Road.<br />
(now Angel Court.)<br />
It was in the back room of the Angel Hotel,<br />
which s<strong>to</strong>od on this site, that George Edwards<br />
founded the Eastern Counties Agricultural<br />
Labourers’ & Smallholders’ Union on July 20th<br />
1906. Born at Marsham in 1850, he began work<br />
as a crow-scarer and in the 1890s was active in<br />
local Union affairs. A General Election in 1906<br />
saw the Tories soundly beaten by the Liberals<br />
and Tory landowners sacked many farmworkers<br />
suspected of having radical views which led <strong>to</strong><br />
George Edwards being approached <strong>to</strong> form a<br />
Union. Over the ensuing months he organized<br />
80 meetings which brought the membership<br />
2. Scarburgh House, Market Street<br />
<strong>The</strong> Skarburgh (there are several spellings<br />
recorded) family are first recorded in the area as<br />
early as 1447 and by 1572 were well established<br />
land owners. In 1605 Henry was first <strong>to</strong> be<br />
designated as “Henry Scarburgh, Gentleman<br />
of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>”. <strong>The</strong> family coat of arms is<br />
displayed <strong>to</strong> this day on the outer wall of the<br />
house. This Henry had four sons, Edmund,<br />
Henry, Samuel and John. Edmund was the<br />
father of Charles Scarburgh born c1616 who<br />
remained in England when his father emigrated
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<strong>to</strong> Eastern Shore, Virginia. This line of the family<br />
is well documented <strong>to</strong> the present. Charles<br />
Scarburgh held many positions of honour<br />
under the Crown. A master of Caius College,<br />
Cambridge, in 1639 and later a fellow in 1646.<br />
He was Doc<strong>to</strong>r of Physics at Mer<strong>to</strong>n College,<br />
Oxford, and Court Physician <strong>to</strong> Charles II, James<br />
II and William III. He was an MP and knighted in<br />
1669. Samuel Pepys mentions him many times<br />
in his diaries. He was also one of the greatest<br />
mathematicians of his time and the author of<br />
several mathematical treatises. He died on<br />
February 26th 1694 and is buried in Cranford,<br />
Middlesex.<br />
After several changes of ownership the building<br />
became part of the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> High School<br />
for Girls early in the 20th Century. Alumni<br />
include Rt. Hon Gillian Shephard, cabinet<br />
minister in the 1990s including being Secretary<br />
of State for Education and Employment. In 1984<br />
the Girls High School joined with the Pas<strong>to</strong>n<br />
School <strong>to</strong> become Pas<strong>to</strong>n Sixth Form College.<br />
3. <strong>The</strong> Town S<strong>to</strong>cks, Market Street.<br />
<strong>The</strong> evidence for the s<strong>to</strong>cks is in an ink and<br />
watercolour drawing by E. Pocock (1846-1905).<br />
He was most prolific just before the turn of the<br />
19th century but the scene would have been<br />
of a period long before that, as his specialty<br />
was for copying older paintings. <strong>The</strong>re are two<br />
similar views, one in oils on which this sketch<br />
may have been modelled. <strong>The</strong> site is now built<br />
over by the single s<strong>to</strong>rey extension <strong>to</strong> “<strong>The</strong><br />
Feathers” Public House.<br />
3a. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> - Dilham Canal<br />
On 14 September 1811 a meeting was held<br />
at the Kings Arms Hotel Inn, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
under the chairmanship of John Milling<strong>to</strong>n of<br />
Hammersmith, where the decision was made<br />
<strong>to</strong> construct a canal from Wayford Bridge <strong>to</strong><br />
Antingham Ponds in the county of Norfolk.<br />
Parliament was petitioned and the bill received<br />
Royal Assent on 5 May the following year. Due<br />
<strong>to</strong> problems with local landowners it was not<br />
until 1824 that it went ahead and under the<br />
direction of Mr Milling<strong>to</strong>n work started on 5<br />
April 1825. 60 navvies known as “Bedfordshire<br />
Bankers” completed the work, including<br />
the locks in the remarkably short time of 18<br />
months, the first wherries sailing up the canal<br />
in the summer of 1826. Unfortunately the<br />
commercial success of the canal was short lived<br />
due <strong>to</strong> the advent of the railways later in the<br />
century and the canal fell in<strong>to</strong> disuse finally in<br />
1935. <strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and Dilham Canal<br />
Trust was formed in 2008 and with the help<br />
of many willing volunteers is res<strong>to</strong>ring the<br />
canal for leisure use by canoeists, fishermen,<br />
bird watchers etc., and for the pleasure of the<br />
residents of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, visi<strong>to</strong>rs and people<br />
in the surrounding parishes. This plaque is<br />
situated on the wall of the Kings Arms Hotel.<br />
4. Admiral Nelson, Pas<strong>to</strong>n College,<br />
Grammar School Road.<br />
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proud of his Norfolk origins, “I am a Norfolk man<br />
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many of his crew of his favourite command,<br />
Agamemnon, from <strong>North</strong> Norfolk. After<br />
attending a number of schools, at the age of 10,<br />
along with his brother William, he transferred<br />
<strong>to</strong> the Pas<strong>to</strong>n School with the promise of a<br />
firm grounding in Latin and Greek. A relic of<br />
Nelson’s schooldays is preserved at the College:<br />
a brick from the school wall with the initials<br />
“H.N.”. Nelson’s school room is preserved as<br />
it was in his day and he features in the school<br />
song, written in 1907. In early 1771 he joined<br />
his uncle’s ship the Raisonable, and so began a<br />
career in the Royal Navy.<br />
5. Cornish & Gaymer, Grammar<br />
School Road.<br />
This business was remarkable in its day that by<br />
1880 they were employing more than 200 men<br />
in joinery, masonry and other detailed work.<br />
Another 800 men worked on sites further afield.<br />
Robinson Cornish of Knap<strong>to</strong>n was listed in 1858<br />
as a builder & ecclesiastical carver. In 1877 he<br />
joined forces with John Gaymer. <strong>The</strong> works were<br />
situated in the Norwich Road adjacent <strong>to</strong> the<br />
Railway station (where the Canneries s<strong>to</strong>od).<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir most famous carver was Charles Simpson<br />
who was born in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> in 1856. His first<br />
piece of work, when only 16, was his carving on<br />
the altar in the parish church. Other examples of<br />
his work are <strong>to</strong> be found in Norwich Cathedral,<br />
Durham Cathedral, Winchester College Chapel<br />
and a host of other Churches and mansions in<br />
this country and abroad. He spent his working<br />
life with this company.<br />
6. Sir WiIliam Pas<strong>to</strong>n, Market Place<br />
Born 1528 of the distinguished Norfolk family,<br />
well known for the Pas<strong>to</strong>n Letters describing<br />
life during the Wars of the Roses. Educated at<br />
Gonville Hall, Cambridge, he became one of<br />
the richest men in Norfolk. Following the “Great<br />
Fire” of 1600 which destroyed much of our<br />
flourishing <strong>to</strong>wn he bought land in the centre<br />
of the <strong>to</strong>wn and founded a school for boys.<br />
<strong>The</strong> school was for the “training, instructing,<br />
and bringing up youth in good manners,<br />
learning and true fear, service and worship of<br />
Almighty God”. During the ensuing 400 years<br />
the school has changed a great deal reflecting<br />
the changing times. Today it is a flourishing<br />
sixth form college. Famous alumni include<br />
Horatio Nelson, Archbishop Thomas Tenison<br />
and Admiral William Hoste. Sir William Pas<strong>to</strong>n<br />
died in 1610 and his magnificent <strong>to</strong>mb can be<br />
seen in St Nicholas Church.<br />
7. Thomas Dix, Vicarage Street.<br />
Thomas Dix of Brentnall House is best known for<br />
his finely engraved maps that were completed<br />
and published after his death in “A Complete<br />
Atlas of the English Counties” 1882. <strong>The</strong> Norfolk<br />
map with a view of Cromer Church is a good<br />
example. He was a surveyor and is remembered<br />
for his school books of which his “Treatise on<br />
Land Surveying” reached seven editions. It is<br />
believed that Dix had an Academy here - in July<br />
1803 there was an advertisement in the Norfolk<br />
Mercury for what appears <strong>to</strong> be a boarding<br />
school, terms 20gns a year. He was certainly a<br />
master at the “<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Academy” as he<br />
mentions it in two of his books in 1808 and<br />
1810.<br />
8. Fisher <strong>The</strong>atre, Vicarage Street.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fisher <strong>The</strong>atre, built on the site of an earlier<br />
barn which served as a theatre, was opened<br />
on May 6th 1828. <strong>The</strong> Fishers were a very<br />
active theatrical family. David Fisher joined<br />
William Scragg’s Company of Comedians and,<br />
on William’s death in 1808, formed his own<br />
company and proceeded <strong>to</strong> build 12 theatres<br />
with <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> being the last. <strong>The</strong> theatre,
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built at a cost of £1,800, initially enjoyed great<br />
popularity and local gentry could have bespoke<br />
performances. In 1845 the theatre was sold for<br />
£400 and became the National School until the<br />
Board School was opened in Manor Road in<br />
1874. <strong>The</strong> Fisher <strong>The</strong>atre is now home <strong>to</strong> Wilco.<br />
9. James Empson, <strong>North</strong> Street.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first meeting place for the Quakers in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> was established in 1692 but was<br />
burned down in 1750. James Empson, a rich<br />
miller of Southrepps and <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, gave<br />
land for a new Meeting House on the Mundesley<br />
Road just past the end of the by-pass and was<br />
completed in 1772. He also endowed Empson<br />
house <strong>to</strong> Quaker Charities. <strong>The</strong> estate was sold<br />
in 1929 for eight hundred and twelve pounds<br />
ten shillings and five pence - the proceeds<br />
invested in charitable funds. During the 17th<br />
century Quakers were regularly persecuted<br />
and many were thrown in<strong>to</strong> Norwich Gaol<br />
including James Empson. <strong>The</strong>re were so many<br />
in the gaol that they often held their monthly<br />
meetings there. He was a staunch supporter<br />
of the Friends and they have profited through<br />
the centuries from the bequests of land and<br />
property which he left in trust <strong>to</strong> them.<br />
10. Walter Pardon, <strong>The</strong> Orchard<br />
Gardens, 50 MundesIey Road.<br />
WaIter Pardon was one of England’s great<br />
traditional singers. He lived all his life in the<br />
cottage where he was born in 1914, in the<br />
village of Knap<strong>to</strong>n and spent all his working life<br />
as a carpenter. In 1974 a tape of his singing was<br />
received by the singer Peter Bellamy and this<br />
led <strong>to</strong> him being recognised as an outstanding<br />
singer of remarkable style and reper<strong>to</strong>ry. He<br />
was subsequently recorded for a number of<br />
LP’s. and appeared in folk clubs and festivals,<br />
including the one held at the Smithsonian<br />
Institute of Folklife in Washing<strong>to</strong>n DC in 1976.<br />
Up until this time he only sang at home and<br />
in his “local”, the Orchard Garden Public house<br />
which still continues a reputation for musical<br />
performances. Four LPs were recorded and<br />
released between 1975 and 1983 which<br />
helped <strong>to</strong> prove WaIter’s standing as a giant<br />
of the English folk scene. He died in 1996 and<br />
remains an important source of inspiration for<br />
folk performers, his understated singing style<br />
was ideal <strong>to</strong> showcase the best qualities of his<br />
wide, varied and sometimes unique reper<strong>to</strong>ire<br />
- underlying his <strong>to</strong>mbs<strong>to</strong>ne epitaph as a<br />
craftsman singer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> project - a thank you.<br />
This project with its plaques and accompanying<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn trail leaflet was funded through the<br />
generosity of Action Signs, <strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Amenity Society, <strong>The</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> His<strong>to</strong>rical<br />
Society, Broadland Travel, Nigel Horner-Glister,<br />
Charles Horner-Glister, James Horner-Glister, the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Rotary Club, Lovewell Blake and<br />
John Cutting.
Pho<strong>to</strong> Gallery 101<br />
A His<strong>to</strong>ry in Pho<strong>to</strong>graphs<br />
A small selection of his<strong>to</strong>ric <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> pho<strong>to</strong>graphs from the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> & District<br />
Community Archive collection.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Market Place in the late 1800s<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Market Place 1930s (old postcard)
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Pho<strong>to</strong> Gallery 103<br />
View from the church <strong>to</strong>wer in 1939 (Pho<strong>to</strong>: R. E. R. Ling)<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Market Place in the 1950s (Pho<strong>to</strong>: Les Edwards)
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Market Street in the late 1800s<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Market Street early 1900s (old postcard)
Pho<strong>to</strong> Gallery 105<br />
Jack Hall outside G Moore bootmakers on Mundesley Road (Pho<strong>to</strong>: Margaret Goldsmith)<br />
Marjoram outfitters in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Market Place.
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Pho<strong>to</strong> Gallery 107<br />
Jack Hewitt outside his Saddler’s Shop on Church Plain c1960 (Pho<strong>to</strong>: Fred Mace)<br />
A. E. Porter, watchmaker & jeweller in Market Street
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<strong>The</strong> Market Place decorated for Vic<strong>to</strong>ry in the Boer War 1902<br />
King George V Coronation June 1911 (Pho<strong>to</strong>: Linda Hallatt)
Pho<strong>to</strong> Gallery 109<br />
Drinking fountain presentation 1912 (Pho<strong>to</strong>: Mrs Bradfield)<br />
King George V Silver Jubilee 1935 (Pho<strong>to</strong>: Mrs Dallis<strong>to</strong>n)
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Pho<strong>to</strong> Gallery 111<br />
Palmers Butchers, Market Street (Pho<strong>to</strong>: Alison Oliver).<br />
Barkers in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Market Place. 1930s (Pho<strong>to</strong>: Les Edwards)
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Dan Mount flushing the Market Place<br />
surface drain 1912<br />
Bruff Hewitt and Dan Mount<br />
flushing the Market Place<br />
surface drain 1912<br />
Weslyan Chapel, Church Street, late 1800s<br />
Horace Mace & Sons c1925
Pho<strong>to</strong> Gallery 113<br />
F. H. Chit<strong>to</strong>ck in Ship Yard Barkers in <strong>The</strong> Butchery<br />
(Pauline Shulver)<br />
D. M. Amiss Printer<br />
Market Street<br />
<strong>The</strong> Black Swan 1890<br />
(Alison Oliver)
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> 1928. © His<strong>to</strong>ric England ( www.britainfromabove.org.uk )
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A <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry in Streets<br />
<strong>The</strong> his<strong>to</strong>ry of any <strong>to</strong>wn is woven in<strong>to</strong> its street (and place) names, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> is no different. Some<br />
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Also included are a selection of lovely old pho<strong>to</strong>graphs from the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Archives taken in the<br />
late 1950s and early 1960s by local pho<strong>to</strong>grapher Fred Mace.<br />
Abby Court<br />
Possibly named after St Benet’s<br />
Abbey and its connection with<br />
St Nicholas Church but why<br />
‘Abby” not “Abbey”.<br />
Acacia Drive<br />
Named after the Acacia tree<br />
that grew (and still grows) in<br />
the garden of #2.<br />
Acorn Road<br />
Woodland trees.<br />
Alder Close<br />
Woodland trees.<br />
Anchor Road<br />
Named after the Anchor pub<br />
on Spa Common.<br />
Angel Court<br />
Named after the Angel pub<br />
where the farmworkers’<br />
union was formed (Sir George<br />
Edwards).<br />
Angel Drive<br />
Is the approach <strong>to</strong> the old<br />
Football field named for the<br />
‘Angels’ as the team were<br />
known.<br />
Antingham Drive<br />
Originates from Mr C Plumbly’s<br />
Antingham Lodge just next<br />
door and its location on his<br />
former business yard. Mr<br />
Plumbly originated from<br />
Antingham Hall on the main<br />
Cromer Road.<br />
Arnold Pitcher Close<br />
Newsagent Arnold Pitcher,<br />
who traded from Church<br />
Street in the 1960s, lived on<br />
this piece of land.<br />
Ashfield Road<br />
His<strong>to</strong>rically refers <strong>to</strong> a field<br />
with ash trees.<br />
Aylsham Road<br />
This road goes <strong>to</strong> Aylsham!<br />
<strong>The</strong> ‘<strong>to</strong>wn’ end of Aylsham<br />
Road was previously known as<br />
Angel Street and also Aylsham<br />
Lane.<br />
Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road<br />
This road leads <strong>to</strong> Bac<strong>to</strong>n.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>to</strong>wn end was originally<br />
known as Reeves Lane.<br />
Originally in Anglo-Saxon<br />
England the reeve was a<br />
senior official with local<br />
responsibilities under the<br />
Crown, e.g., as the chief<br />
magistrate of a <strong>to</strong>wn or<br />
St Nicholas’ Parish Church<br />
district. Subsequently, after<br />
the Norman conquest, it<br />
was an office held by a man<br />
of lower rank, appointed as<br />
manager of a manor and<br />
overseer of the peasants.<br />
Bainbridge Close<br />
Named after Lorraine<br />
Bainbridge. She was the<br />
housing manager in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> before she sadly died<br />
of cancer.<br />
Baker Close<br />
Named after the Baker<br />
family who were people of<br />
consequence in the <strong>to</strong>wn,<br />
including Robert Baker (1774-<br />
1858) who was the manager of<br />
Gurney’s and Birbeck’s bank in<br />
the Market Place
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Bank Loke<br />
<strong>The</strong> loke behind Barclay’s<br />
Bank which s<strong>to</strong>od here for a<br />
hundred years and closed in<br />
early <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Banningham Court<br />
Probably named after the local<br />
village of Banningham which<br />
is on this side of <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
Bar<strong>to</strong>n Close<br />
Named after Bar<strong>to</strong>n House<br />
Farm previously there.<br />
Bayes Court<br />
Named after ‘Pongo’ Bayes,<br />
local policeman and respected<br />
player for <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Football Club.<br />
Beatrice Close<br />
Named after Beatrice Cork of<br />
Cork builders in the <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
Beech Drive<br />
Woodland trees.<br />
Beechwood Close<br />
Woodland trees.<br />
Benets View<br />
St Benet’s Abbey, mediæval<br />
patrons of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
parish church.<br />
Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road<br />
Birds Road<br />
Named after Basil Bird who<br />
played for <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Football Club. This road was<br />
built on the old football<br />
ground.<br />
Birch Close<br />
Woodland trees.<br />
Black Swan Loke<br />
<strong>The</strong> loke behind the Black<br />
Swan public house.<br />
Bloom Court<br />
Fred Bloom “Family” Butcher,<br />
Bradfield Road<br />
Chairman of NW UDC<br />
and Town Council, School<br />
Governor of most of <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> Schools, Magistrate,<br />
life long Methodist etc.<br />
Bluebell Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> road <strong>to</strong> Bluebell common<br />
where the Bluebell pub still<br />
stands.<br />
Bradfield Close<br />
Probably as this road spurs off<br />
Bradfield Road.<br />
Bradfield Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> road <strong>to</strong> Bradfield and<br />
named in 1842.<br />
Brick Kiln Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> site of the Brick Kiln<br />
Clayworks on Manor Road,<br />
between Brick Kiln Farm (was<br />
No.12) & 16 Manor Road. <strong>The</strong><br />
clay pit pond is still there.<br />
Bridge Court<br />
Unknown. <strong>The</strong>re was never a<br />
bridge near here.<br />
Brookes Drive<br />
Named after Mr Brookes<br />
owner of the Manor House in<br />
woods now a care home.
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Brunswick Close<br />
Named after Brunswick House,<br />
property of the Wooll family.<br />
Bur<strong>to</strong>n Avenue<br />
Mr Bur<strong>to</strong>n who farmed on<br />
Norwich Road.<br />
Bur<strong>to</strong>n Close<br />
Mr Bur<strong>to</strong>n who farmed on<br />
Norwich Road.<br />
Bux<strong>to</strong>n Road<br />
Originally known as Gravel<br />
Hole Loke. This road doesn’t<br />
lead <strong>to</strong> Bux<strong>to</strong>n and may have<br />
more <strong>to</strong> do with the local<br />
Bux<strong>to</strong>n family name.<br />
Campion Close<br />
Named after Cassie Jackman<br />
whose married name was<br />
Campion when she won the<br />
world squash title.<br />
Cedar Court<br />
Cedar Court because it was<br />
built on part of the garden<br />
belonging <strong>to</strong> <strong>The</strong> Cedars (later<br />
the Council Offices).<br />
Cherry Tree Lane<br />
Is the oldest of the <strong>to</strong>wn’s “tree<br />
names” being so named on the<br />
tithe map of 1842. <strong>The</strong>re used<br />
Catspit Lane<br />
Construction of Bur<strong>to</strong>n Avenue<br />
<strong>to</strong> be a plant nursery on this<br />
road with a cherry orchard.<br />
Chestnut Avenue<br />
This appears in keeping with<br />
a cluster of roads named after<br />
plants or trees.<br />
Church Approach<br />
<strong>The</strong> approach <strong>to</strong> the church!<br />
Church Street<br />
<strong>The</strong> street adjacent <strong>to</strong> the<br />
church. Shown on the 1842<br />
map of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> as Buck<br />
Street after <strong>The</strong> Buck public<br />
house which s<strong>to</strong>od there.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Close<br />
Just a close!<br />
Cooper Road<br />
Named in remembrance of<br />
the Coopers, who were <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong>’s leading family. “Old<br />
Captain Cooper” (Thomas<br />
Cooper III) lived at <strong>The</strong> Oaks.<br />
Corbett Road<br />
Named after the Corbett<br />
family. Frank Corbett owned<br />
Scarborough Hill house in the<br />
early 1900s.<br />
Cornish Way<br />
Named after one half of the<br />
nationally famed ecclesiastical<br />
builders in the <strong>to</strong>wn Cornish &<br />
Gaymer.<br />
Coronation Walk<br />
Council house development<br />
of 1953 built <strong>to</strong> commemorate<br />
the Coronation of Elizabeth II.<br />
Cosy Corner<br />
One of a group of OAP<br />
bungalows built on Millfield<br />
Estate by <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Urban District Council in 1934.
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Murrell Cork Established<br />
in 1850<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Manor House<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Wood, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, Norfolk, NR28 0LU<br />
T: 01692 402252<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Manor House is an elegant<br />
care home in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> set<br />
in eighteen acres of well-maintained<br />
gardens and woodland where we<br />
provide residential care.<br />
• 48 bedrooms<br />
• Hairdresser, chiropodist, optician<br />
and dentist visit by appointment<br />
• Pets are welcome<br />
• Sumptuous gardens and woodlands<br />
• Conserva<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
• Special diets are catered for<br />
• Caters for residential needs<br />
• A wide range of activities organised
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Cousens Close<br />
Named after the whole<br />
Cousens family who between<br />
them served over 250 years<br />
in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Canning<br />
Fac<strong>to</strong>ry and its subsequent<br />
titles.<br />
Cradle Wood Road<br />
Named after Cradle Hill<br />
Plantation which is a small<br />
remnant of medieval forest<br />
which stretched northwards<br />
from the <strong>to</strong>wn, and provided<br />
the food for the 124 swine<br />
listed under <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>’s<br />
manors in the Domesday Book<br />
of 1086.<br />
Cromer Road<br />
Goes <strong>to</strong> Cromer. Originally<br />
known as Antingham Lane.<br />
Crow Road<br />
Probably named after the<br />
Crow(e) family who resided in<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> in the 1700s<br />
and 1800s.<br />
Currie Close<br />
Named after James Mutrie<br />
Currie, manager at <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> Canneries on the<br />
Norwich Road.<br />
Debenne Road<br />
Named after John Stephen<br />
Debenne (1727-1807), a<br />
peruke (wig) maker and<br />
barber.<br />
Dixon Road<br />
Named after John Dixon<br />
who lived in Tudor House,<br />
on Grammar School Road,<br />
a well-known businessman<br />
and a leading light in the<br />
community, proprie<strong>to</strong>r of<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Picturedrome,<br />
manager of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Church Street<br />
Cromer Road<br />
gas works and church organist<br />
amongst other things!<br />
Douglas Bader Close<br />
Named after Group Captain Sir<br />
Douglas Robert Steuart Bader,<br />
CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL,<br />
FRAeS who was a Royal Air<br />
Force flying ace during the<br />
Second World War.<br />
Duncan Way<br />
Named after Albert Anderson<br />
Duncan of Duncan Canneries<br />
which started on New Road<br />
before moving premises <strong>to</strong> the<br />
Norwich Road.<br />
Durrell Way<br />
Named after Mr Joseph Durrell<br />
who bought the Norwich Road<br />
<strong>to</strong>wer mill in 1857.<br />
Ellinor Road<br />
Ellinor was the wife of Mr E. B.<br />
LeGrice who owned LeGrice<br />
plant nursery.<br />
Ewing Road<br />
Named after Thomas Ewing<br />
owner of the Norwich Road<br />
red brick <strong>to</strong>wer mill in the<br />
1800s.
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We like our guests <strong>to</strong> come and<br />
unwind in our quiet surroundings.<br />
Tea and home baked cake on arrival.<br />
Huntersmoon Bed and Breakfast is situated<br />
along the popular Weaver’s Way footpath<br />
on Field Lane, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> - in the heart<br />
of the <strong>North</strong> Norfolk countryside, yet close<br />
<strong>to</strong> a host of local amenities.<br />
Enjoy a hearty breakfast of good wholesome<br />
locally sourced food including fresh eggs<br />
from our own chickens, honey from our<br />
bees and homemade Seville marmalade.<br />
Huntersmoon has two bedroom suites that<br />
include their own lounge/diners and ensuites.<br />
Both are on the ground floor and<br />
access is via their own private entrance and<br />
garden seating areas. <strong>The</strong>re is plenty of off<br />
road parking space <strong>to</strong> accommodate your<br />
vehicle and your cycles etc.<br />
Huntersmoon is an ideal base for relatives<br />
visiting family in the area.<br />
Very popular visits from here are <strong>to</strong> the<br />
National trust properties of Blickling and<br />
Felbrigg. East Rus<strong>to</strong>n Gardens are also<br />
nearby.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> is a his<strong>to</strong>ric market <strong>to</strong>wn<br />
and it is ideally located for trips <strong>to</strong> the sandy<br />
beaches of the Norfolk coast, the Norfolk<br />
Broads and the City of Norwich with it’s<br />
Cathedral, Castle and vibrant selection of<br />
modern and quaint old shopping areas<br />
We also produce our own range of<br />
Honey and Homemade preserves.<br />
Huntersmoon, Field Lane,<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> NR28 9LW<br />
Tel: 01692 404975<br />
Mobile: 07584 051687<br />
www.huntersmoonbandb.co.uk
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Fairview Road<br />
Possibly just referring <strong>to</strong> the<br />
beautiful view from this area.<br />
Fairstead Close<br />
<strong>The</strong> name ‘Fairstead’ originates<br />
from Old English, meaning ‘fair<br />
place’. Fair (fæger) meaning<br />
fair, beautiful or pleasant.<br />
Farman Avenue<br />
<strong>The</strong> renowned thatchers who<br />
operated from <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>.<br />
Farm View<br />
Possibly referring <strong>to</strong> this area<br />
having a view of a farm!<br />
Fenn Close<br />
Named after Mr Fenn, General<br />
Manager for HP Smedley<br />
canning fac<strong>to</strong>ry, which s<strong>to</strong>od<br />
in this location, and edi<strong>to</strong>r of<br />
the <strong>North</strong> East Norfolk church<br />
magazine.<br />
Fern Drive<br />
Another botanical name.<br />
Field Lane<br />
A very old name which has<br />
remained unchanged in<br />
local records. <strong>The</strong> name is<br />
suggestive of one of the large,<br />
open field systems of feudal<br />
Grove Road<br />
times. This led <strong>to</strong> Hagg Loke,<br />
now just a rough track.<br />
Field View<br />
Overlooks a field!<br />
Folgate Road<br />
One of the many ‘gates’<br />
around the <strong>to</strong>wn (Marshgate,<br />
Briggate, Lyngate etc), where<br />
gate is derived from Norse<br />
(gata) meaning a road and ‘fol’<br />
meaning a gate or fold. Here<br />
the lord of the manor set up<br />
a gate or pen and his tenants<br />
were required <strong>to</strong> put their<br />
sheep in <strong>to</strong> fertilise his land.<br />
Field View<br />
Foundry Court<br />
Named after the garage which<br />
s<strong>to</strong>od in this location for many<br />
years.<br />
Foxglove Close<br />
Another botanical name.<br />
Fuller Road<br />
Named after local<br />
businessman G. B. Fuller who<br />
was also involved with St John<br />
Ambulance. This was originally<br />
known as Bux<strong>to</strong>n Road and<br />
what is now Bux<strong>to</strong>n Road was<br />
Gravel Hole Loke.<br />
Furze Hill Drive<br />
Furze is another name<br />
for gorse. This area of the<br />
Happisburgh Road is known as<br />
Furze Hill.<br />
Garden Close<br />
Just named after the garden<br />
previously here we believe.<br />
Garden Court<br />
Just named after the garden<br />
previously here we believe.<br />
Gaymer’s Way<br />
Named after one half of the<br />
nationally famed ecclesiastical<br />
builders in the <strong>to</strong>wn Cornish &<br />
Gaymer.
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Gigli Close<br />
Named after Terry Gigli a<br />
stalwart of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Football Club.<br />
Glaven Close<br />
Probably named after the<br />
<strong>North</strong> Norfolk river Glaven.<br />
Glebe Court<br />
Glebe (also known as church<br />
furlong, rec<strong>to</strong>ry manor or<br />
parson’s close(s)) is an area of<br />
land within an ecclesiastical<br />
parish used <strong>to</strong> support a parish<br />
priest.<br />
Gooch Close<br />
Named after Edwin Gooch, a<br />
former MP for <strong>North</strong> Norfolk.<br />
Grammar School Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> Road where Pas<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Grammar School (now Pas<strong>to</strong>n<br />
College) stands.<br />
Grange Court<br />
Built on the old tennis courts<br />
which belonged <strong>to</strong> the<br />
neighbouring large house; <strong>The</strong><br />
Grange.<br />
Grange Mews<br />
Built with views of the<br />
neighbouring large house; <strong>The</strong><br />
Grange.<br />
Greens Road<br />
Grammar School Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> Green<br />
Just a green area!<br />
Greens Road<br />
Named after the Green family<br />
who farmed Bradmore farm<br />
whose land adjoined.<br />
Greenway Close<br />
Named after Captain<br />
Greenway who lived in “Lower<br />
House”, the large home that<br />
s<strong>to</strong>od in this area until the<br />
early 1960s. Between 1914-<br />
1919 it was a Red Cross<br />
Voluntary Aid Hospital.<br />
Grove Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> road is adjacent <strong>to</strong> the<br />
large old house which s<strong>to</strong>od<br />
on Hall Lane called “Beech<br />
Grove”.<br />
Hadfield Road<br />
Named after the garden centre<br />
which used <strong>to</strong> operate here<br />
before moving <strong>to</strong> the outskirts<br />
of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> on the<br />
Yarmouth Road.<br />
Hall Lane<br />
An ancient highway<br />
whose name has remained<br />
unchanged since tithe days.<br />
Its name was probably taken<br />
from the hall, which on<br />
account of an adjoining field<br />
name “Dove House Piece” is<br />
thought <strong>to</strong> have been the site<br />
of the farmhouse at Manor<br />
Farm. (see Manor Road.)<br />
Hamil<strong>to</strong>n Close<br />
Named after Lady Hamil<strong>to</strong>n<br />
(1765-1815) English model<br />
and actress, mistress of Lord<br />
Nelson.<br />
Hamlet Close<br />
Named after Hamlet House<br />
which originally s<strong>to</strong>od here.
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Hannant Road<br />
Was named by the late Charles<br />
Plumbly, developer, after<br />
his old friend the late ‘Eddie’<br />
Hannant, the founder of<br />
Hannants’ Garage on Bac<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Road.<br />
Happisburgh Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> road <strong>to</strong> Happisburgh.<br />
Harbord Close<br />
Named after Doris Harbord<br />
who owned Gun<strong>to</strong>n Estate<br />
and died in 1979.<br />
Hardy Close<br />
Named after Sir Thomas Hardy<br />
who served as flag captain<br />
<strong>to</strong> Admiral Lord Nelson, and<br />
commanded HMS Vic<strong>to</strong>ry at<br />
the Battle of Trafalgar.<br />
Harmer Close<br />
Named after Eric Harmer,<br />
member of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Urban District Council and<br />
Town Council, EDP reporter<br />
and churchwarden.<br />
Harvey Drive<br />
Possibly named after the<br />
adjoining Lyngate Road which<br />
was previously known <strong>to</strong> locals<br />
as Harvey Lane.<br />
Hall Lane<br />
Haynes Court<br />
Named after Larry Haynes,<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Urban District<br />
Council Surveyor.<br />
Hazell Road<br />
Named after the former local<br />
Labour MP.<br />
Headley Drive<br />
Named after Dr Headley who<br />
used <strong>to</strong> practise in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong>.<br />
Heath Road<br />
Recalls the medieval forest<br />
which swept across the south<br />
Happisburgh Road<br />
side of the <strong>to</strong>wn. In 1842 it<br />
was called Piper’s Pit Lane,<br />
from Piper’s Pit which lay <strong>to</strong><br />
the south of the road, just past<br />
Heath Farm.<br />
Hipperson Close<br />
Named after Cecil Hipperson,<br />
member of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Urban District Council and<br />
Town Council and Town Mayor.<br />
Holgate Road<br />
One of the many ‘gates’<br />
around the <strong>to</strong>wn, where gate<br />
is derived from Norse (gata)<br />
meaning a road and ‘hol’ is an<br />
old name for a ditch. Hence<br />
Holgate means a hollow way<br />
gulled or washed out by water.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hollies<br />
Anglo-Saxon name Hollies<br />
comes from when the family<br />
resided near a field of holly,<br />
being derived from the word<br />
for holly in the language of the<br />
time. <strong>The</strong> Old English word for<br />
holly is holegn, holei or holen.<br />
Hollybush Road<br />
Another botanical name.<br />
Honeysuckle Close<br />
Another botanical name.
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A national self help organisation<br />
for older people no longer in full<br />
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In <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, we offer:<br />
• Over 40 interest groups – and<br />
you can start your own if you<br />
want <strong>to</strong> do something different<br />
• Free monthly general meetings<br />
with guest speakers<br />
Membership is £15 per year.<br />
For more information, go <strong>to</strong>:<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Kings Arms Hotel<br />
1 Kings Arms Street <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> (01692) 403054<br />
Food served daily<br />
Monday - Saturday Noon -2pm<br />
Monday <strong>to</strong> Saturday 6pm-9pm<br />
Every Sunday<br />
Noon-3pm
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Hornbeam Road<br />
Two old hornbeams s<strong>to</strong>od<br />
here in front of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
canning fac<strong>to</strong>ry and were<br />
removed <strong>to</strong> make way for the<br />
housing development behind.<br />
Howard Court<br />
Named after Howards Garage<br />
which originally s<strong>to</strong>od there<br />
Howlett Close<br />
Named after Lenny Howlett,<br />
former Mayor of <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong>.<br />
Juler Close<br />
Named after the <strong>to</strong>wn’s<br />
leading clock makers,<br />
including John Juler and<br />
George Juler.<br />
Kemp Road<br />
Named after David Kemp,<br />
well loved employee of <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> Canning Fac<strong>to</strong>ry.<br />
Kendall Close<br />
Named after Mr Kendall,<br />
Counsellor at Law who<br />
married the last Scarburgh of<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, an heiress,<br />
Mary, and lived in the mansion<br />
which has become the Girls’<br />
High School.<br />
Kings Arms Street<br />
Kingsway<br />
Ketts Road<br />
Named after Norfolk’s<br />
other rebel, Robert Kett of<br />
Wymondham and the Kett<br />
Rebellion of 1549.<br />
Kimberley Road<br />
Possibly named after Lord<br />
Wodehouse , Earl of Kimberley<br />
who owned and lived in<br />
Wit<strong>to</strong>n Hall before its demise<br />
and eventual demolition.<br />
Also, as these houses were<br />
built around 1900 this could<br />
recognise the lifting of the<br />
Boer siege of Kimberley in<br />
South Africa.<br />
Kings Arms Court<br />
See Kings Arms Street.<br />
Kings Arms Street<br />
<strong>The</strong> street adjacent <strong>to</strong> <strong>The</strong><br />
King’s Arms hotel.<br />
Kings Close<br />
Named after the King family<br />
whose garage s<strong>to</strong>od on<br />
the site known as Hall Lane<br />
Garage.<br />
Kingsway<br />
Council house development<br />
of 1953 built <strong>to</strong> commemorate<br />
the Coronation of Elizabeth II.<br />
Laburnum Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> houses on this road all had<br />
Laburnham trees in the front<br />
garden when first established.<br />
Laundry Loke<br />
This was the site of the <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> Steam Laundry<br />
which opened in 1900, burned<br />
down and rebuilt in 1906. It<br />
became ‘Lavender Linen’ in<br />
1977, became ‘Initial Linen<br />
Services’ around 2000 and<br />
finally closed down in 2006,<br />
demolished a few years later.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lea<br />
A Lea is an open area of grassy<br />
or arable land.
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LeGrice Crescent<br />
Named after LeGrice Rose<br />
Nurseries which once<br />
operated here before moving<br />
<strong>to</strong> their Norwich Road<br />
premises.<br />
Lime Tree Road<br />
Named after the lime trees in<br />
the garden of Lime Tree House.<br />
Linford Court<br />
Named after Herbert Linford,<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> <strong>to</strong>wn<br />
councillor 1984-1985.<br />
Link Road<br />
Just a link road which links<br />
Cromer Road <strong>to</strong> Bradfield<br />
Road.<br />
Litester Close<br />
Named after John/Geoffrey<br />
Litester (Lyster/Lister), a<br />
Felmingham man who was<br />
leader of the Peasants’ Revolt<br />
of 1381. He was captured at<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>, then hung,<br />
drawn and quartered.<br />
Little London Lane<br />
Possibly a modern English<br />
version of the Anglo Saxon<br />
word “Utlenden” used <strong>to</strong><br />
describe strangers, foreigners,<br />
Bri<strong>to</strong>ns or Welshman which<br />
sounds very much like Little<br />
Lyngate Road<br />
Kings Arms Street<br />
London and could have been<br />
widely recognised throughout<br />
the counties of England.<br />
When written down in the<br />
Middle Ages by the local<br />
scribes, it would have become<br />
Litillondon.<br />
Loads Buildings<br />
Named after Mr Loads who<br />
owned the draper’s shop and<br />
funded building the Roman<br />
Catholic church.<br />
Long Barrow Drive<br />
Misleadingly named, as the<br />
play area mound is not a<br />
longbarrow but is a modern<br />
protection of the traces of a<br />
buried Bronze Age ring ditch.<br />
Louis Arthur Court<br />
Named after Prince Louis<br />
of Cambridge, third and<br />
youngest child and second<br />
son of Prince William, Duke<br />
of Cambridge, and Catherine,<br />
Duchess of Cambridge born<br />
the year construction of Louis<br />
Arthur Court began.<br />
Lynfield Road<br />
Derives from Lyngate Manor<br />
(see Lyngate Road), and more<br />
particularly from Lindgate<br />
Field which is mentioned in<br />
a record of 1459. It is unclear<br />
whether ‘Lyn’ derives from<br />
river or from flax, which was<br />
once an important industry in<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
Lyngate Gardens<br />
See Lyngate Road.<br />
Lyngate Road<br />
A very early <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
name, reminiscent of Lyngate<br />
Manor which was part of the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn and separately recorded<br />
in the Domesday Book of 1086.
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Manor Court<br />
Just off Manor Road.<br />
Manor Road<br />
Takes its name from Manor<br />
Farm (see Hall Lane) which<br />
is likely mentioned in the<br />
Domesday Book of 1086.<br />
Sometimes the road has been<br />
called Hall Lane, which it now<br />
continues.<br />
Marjoram Close<br />
Named after Fred Marjoram<br />
who owned the outfitters in<br />
the Market Place familiar <strong>to</strong><br />
generations of Pas<strong>to</strong>nians.<br />
Market Cross Mews<br />
A mews is a row or street of<br />
houses or flats that have been<br />
converted from stables. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
ones face the Market Cross.<br />
Market Place<br />
<strong>The</strong> place where the market<br />
has been held since records<br />
began in 1391.<br />
Market Street<br />
<strong>The</strong> is the street which leads <strong>to</strong><br />
the market place.<br />
Marshgate<br />
One of the many ‘gates’<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Market Place<br />
around the <strong>to</strong>wn, where gate<br />
is derived from Norse (gata)<br />
meaning a road. <strong>The</strong> way <strong>to</strong><br />
the marshes is a very old route<br />
in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and was so<br />
called in late medieval times.<br />
Masters Court<br />
Possibly named after John<br />
Edward Masters who was<br />
involved in the development<br />
of the Community Centre<br />
or J. E. (Ted) Masters, <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> Mayor 1983-1984.<br />
Market Street<br />
Maybank<br />
Takes its name from Mayfield<br />
Way, which it adjoins.<br />
Mayfield Way<br />
<strong>The</strong> name was inspired by<br />
the beauty of the May trees<br />
(Hawthorn), in full blossom,<br />
which surrounded the field<br />
in the early stages of its<br />
development by Mace Bros.<br />
Meadow Close<br />
It is assumed it was named<br />
after its former land use – like<br />
its neighbours Garden Close<br />
and Orchard Close.<br />
Melbourne Road<br />
Named after the mansion,<br />
Melbourne House, on Bac<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Road. It is said that Melbourne<br />
House got its name from the<br />
fact it was built with monies<br />
earned during the Australian<br />
Gold Rush of the 1850s/60s.<br />
Midland Road<br />
This is the yard for the old<br />
Midland & Great <strong>North</strong>ern<br />
Railway Station.
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Millard Close<br />
Possibly named after Phillip<br />
Millard, a local clerk <strong>to</strong> the<br />
magistrates in the 1800s.<br />
Mill Road<br />
This is where Youngman’s Mill<br />
once s<strong>to</strong>od.<br />
Millfield Road<br />
Named after the mill which<br />
s<strong>to</strong>od adjacent <strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>p of<br />
Millfield Road on the Norwich<br />
Road.<br />
Mitre Tavern Yard<br />
Named after the Mitre Tavern<br />
public house which once<br />
s<strong>to</strong>od here.<br />
Morris Road<br />
Named after Wilfred Morris,<br />
former Urban District Council<br />
surveyor.<br />
Morrison Close<br />
Named after the late Henry<br />
Morrison, Medical Officer of<br />
Health <strong>to</strong> the Urban District<br />
Council, who died in 1948.<br />
Mundesley Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> road <strong>to</strong> Mundesley<br />
although the <strong>to</strong>wn end was<br />
once known as Nelson Street<br />
Mundesley Road<br />
(after the Nelson pub which<br />
s<strong>to</strong>od there) and further out<br />
known as Swafield Road.<br />
Nelson Road<br />
Named after Admiral Lord<br />
Nelson who attended Pas<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Grammar School (1768 -1771)<br />
with his brother William.<br />
William stayed for a further<br />
three years after his brother<br />
left.<br />
Nelson Way<br />
See Nelson Road.<br />
Mitre Tavern Yard<br />
New Road<br />
This road was new in 1790!<br />
It ran east from Smith’s<br />
Corner for about 100 metres,<br />
then ran south-east <strong>to</strong> meet<br />
Happisburgh Road.<br />
T. H. Cooper of <strong>The</strong> Oaks had<br />
it moved, as it crossed his<br />
paddock, so it runs east <strong>to</strong><br />
meet Pound Road.<br />
Norfolkman Drive<br />
Probably named after the train<br />
because of its location near<br />
the now removed Antingham<br />
Road Junction and the cut<br />
as they were known in the<br />
days of the M&GN and LNER<br />
railways.<br />
<strong>North</strong> Street<br />
A very old street which<br />
probably acquired its name as<br />
it ran north from the church.<br />
<strong>North</strong>field Road<br />
Originally known as Catchpit<br />
Lane (or Cats Pit Lane). <strong>The</strong><br />
origin of the name is not<br />
officially known but assumed<br />
<strong>to</strong> be the pit that caught the<br />
water from the drains which<br />
ran away from the <strong>to</strong>wn<br />
centre. Catchpit was a late
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medieval and early modern<br />
term for a soakaway.<br />
<strong>North</strong>mead Drive<br />
Named by its developers<br />
after <strong>North</strong>field Road nearby.<br />
Possibly derived from “<strong>North</strong><br />
Meadow”.<br />
Norwich Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> road <strong>to</strong> Norwich.<br />
Nursery Drive<br />
<strong>The</strong> drive down <strong>to</strong> the old<br />
LeGrice nurseries.<br />
Oak Close<br />
See “Oak Road”.<br />
Oak Road<br />
Possibly named after the Oaks<br />
house and estate which used<br />
<strong>to</strong> stand where <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Memorial Park is now or<br />
maybe just a notable oak tree<br />
s<strong>to</strong>od here.<br />
Oaklands Park<br />
Anglo-Saxon for ‘land<br />
abounding in oak trees’.<br />
Old Bear Court<br />
<strong>The</strong> court behind the Old<br />
Bear public house & s<strong>to</strong>res on<br />
Market Street.<br />
<strong>North</strong> Street<br />
Park Lane<br />
Orchard Close<br />
Once the site of an orchard.<br />
Osborne Close<br />
Named after Harold Osborne,<br />
former <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Town<br />
Councillor.<br />
Page Close<br />
Named after Dr Page, general<br />
practitioner and local<br />
his<strong>to</strong>rian.<br />
Park Avenue<br />
This was the location of the<br />
people’s park until it moved<br />
across the road in the 1940s<br />
<strong>to</strong>, what had been until then,<br />
the ground of the Oaks estate<br />
<strong>to</strong> make way for housing<br />
development which is now<br />
know as Park Estate.<br />
Park Court<br />
Built where Park Hall originally<br />
s<strong>to</strong>od, where Duncan<br />
Industries operated from.<br />
Park Lane<br />
As late as 1886 this road was<br />
called Pitticoat Lane. Possibly<br />
renamed due <strong>to</strong> the park-like<br />
appearance of “<strong>The</strong> Lawns”<br />
(later the High School) whose<br />
gardens ran back <strong>to</strong> the Lane,<br />
and which featured in many an<br />
early postcard.<br />
Patch Meadow<br />
Probably originally just a<br />
meadow or patch of grass.<br />
Pellew Place<br />
Named after Claugh<strong>to</strong>n<br />
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Petre Close<br />
Named after the Petre family<br />
who owned Westwick estate<br />
until the early 1900s.<br />
Pickford Close<br />
Named after ‘Percy’ Pickford,<br />
once headmaster of Pas<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Grammar School.<br />
Plantation Road<br />
A plantation is the large-scale<br />
estate meant for farming that<br />
specializes in cash crops.<br />
Plumbly Close<br />
Named after the farmer who<br />
owned the land these houses<br />
were built on.<br />
Pope’s Passage<br />
Named after William Pope and<br />
his wife (a milliner). Draper,<br />
hatter, auctioneer of windmills<br />
and postmaster who ran the<br />
shop next door.<br />
Poppy Close<br />
Another botanical name.<br />
Pound Road<br />
Named after the lives<strong>to</strong>ck<br />
pound which s<strong>to</strong>od at the<br />
Manor Road end of this road.<br />
Pres<strong>to</strong>n Road<br />
Possibly named after Sir<br />
J. H. Pres<strong>to</strong>n, magistrate<br />
Recreation Road<br />
Oak Road<br />
and principal landowner at<br />
Smallburgh.<br />
Princes Street<br />
Council house development<br />
of 1953 built <strong>to</strong> commemorate<br />
the Coronation of Elizabeth II.<br />
Primrose Walk<br />
This appears in keeping with<br />
a cluster of roads named after<br />
plants.<br />
Queensway<br />
Council house development<br />
of 1953 built <strong>to</strong> commemorate<br />
the Coronation of Elizabeth II.<br />
Rayna Loke<br />
Named after <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Town Councillor Peter Rayna.<br />
1988-1989.<br />
Randell Close<br />
Named after Mr Tony Randell,<br />
second son of Frank Randell,<br />
the proprie<strong>to</strong>r of F. Randell<br />
Ironmonger in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Market Place.<br />
Recreation Road<br />
<strong>The</strong>re once s<strong>to</strong>od a recreation<br />
ground on this land.<br />
Redman Road<br />
Named after Bishop Redman<br />
who was responsible for<br />
rebuilding <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Market Cross in 1602 after the<br />
great fire.<br />
Reeves Court<br />
Reeves Court takes its name<br />
from Reeves Lane which was<br />
the old name for Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road<br />
(see Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road.) While there<br />
were people of the name of<br />
Reeve living in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>,<br />
it is thought that the name<br />
more probably comes from<br />
the Manor Court official who<br />
went by that name and lived
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in this area. This area was<br />
originally Dog Yard, named<br />
after the public house which<br />
s<strong>to</strong>od here.<br />
Regents Court<br />
1992 development named<br />
royally in keeping with the<br />
adjoining 1953 estate.<br />
Rosewood<br />
Another botanical name.<br />
Roper Way<br />
Named after Leonard Roper,<br />
a craftsman at Cornish &<br />
Gaymer’s as well as at Foulser,<br />
Roper & Self.<br />
Roys<strong>to</strong>n Green<br />
Was named after Roys<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Bridge on the north-eastern<br />
boundary of the <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
Roys<strong>to</strong>n is a corruption of the<br />
earlier name ‘Oystern.’<br />
Rye Close<br />
This name is taken from one<br />
of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>’s oldest<br />
families. <strong>The</strong> Norfolk his<strong>to</strong>rian<br />
& author Walter Rye (1843-<br />
1929) traced his family back <strong>to</strong><br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> <strong>to</strong> the 1560s<br />
when the family moved here<br />
from Smallburgh.<br />
Dog Yard (now Reeves Court)<br />
Spenser Avenue<br />
Sadlers Way<br />
This road is the route <strong>to</strong><br />
Sadlers Hill Woods.<br />
Sampson Road<br />
Named after Miss Rebecca J.<br />
Sampson, long serving matron<br />
at the Cottage Hospital from<br />
its opening in 1924 until she<br />
retired in 1952. She also gave<br />
her name <strong>to</strong> Rebecca House.<br />
Saxon Court<br />
Probably recognising the<br />
Saxon origins of the <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
St Benet’s Avenue<br />
Named after St Benet’s Abbey<br />
and its connection with St<br />
Nicholas Church.<br />
St Marys Way<br />
Recognising the original name<br />
of the parish church being<br />
dedicated <strong>to</strong> the Blessed Virgin<br />
Mary before the Reformation<br />
in the 16th century when the<br />
church became the St Nicholas<br />
we know <strong>to</strong>day.<br />
St Nicholas Court<br />
Takes its name from the saint<br />
<strong>to</strong> which the later church was<br />
dedicated. <strong>The</strong> Court was<br />
formerly part of Ship Yard, so<br />
named after the Ship Public<br />
House.<br />
St Nicholas Road<br />
Probably in recognition of our<br />
parish church.<br />
Sendall Road<br />
Probably named after Maurice<br />
Sendall who played for <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> Football Club. This<br />
road was built on the old<br />
football ground.
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Shepheard Close<br />
Named after a well-known<br />
local family.<br />
Simpson Close<br />
Named after famed<br />
woodcarver Mr Charles<br />
Simpson who worked for<br />
Cornish & Gaymer ecclesiatical<br />
builders.<br />
Skey<strong>to</strong>n New Road<br />
This road originally joined<br />
the Skey<strong>to</strong>n Road as the road<br />
out of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> in that<br />
direction until the railway<br />
came and the road had <strong>to</strong> be<br />
diverted up <strong>to</strong> near the Station<br />
Road/Aylsham Road junction.<br />
That railway has since been<br />
removed and become part of<br />
Weaver’s Way.<br />
Skey<strong>to</strong>n Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> road <strong>to</strong> Skey<strong>to</strong>n, it is one<br />
of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>’s ancient<br />
roads. Tradition has it that it<br />
was the main route <strong>to</strong> Norwich<br />
before the advent of the<br />
turnpike.<br />
Skey<strong>to</strong>n Road<br />
Skey<strong>to</strong>n View<br />
This road looks out on<br />
Skey<strong>to</strong>n, or at least it would if<br />
the trees weren’t in the way!<br />
Smedley Close<br />
This recent addition <strong>to</strong> the<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn is built on the land<br />
originally occupied by HP<br />
Smedley’s canning fac<strong>to</strong>ry on<br />
the Norwich Road which was<br />
previously know as the <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> Canning Fac<strong>to</strong>ry.<br />
Skey<strong>to</strong>n New Road<br />
South Rise<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>to</strong>p end of Bux<strong>to</strong>n Road,<br />
originally known as Gravel<br />
Hole Loke and, in 1842, as<br />
Boylands Lane.<br />
Spenser Avenue<br />
Named after Henry De<br />
Spenser, Bishop of Norwich,<br />
who was able <strong>to</strong> raise enough<br />
forces <strong>to</strong> drive the rebels from<br />
Norwich <strong>to</strong> Bryants Heath<br />
near <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and on <strong>to</strong><br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> parish church<br />
in 1381 where they massacred<br />
hundreds of peasants and<br />
captured their leader, John<br />
Litester, for public execution.<br />
Spurdens Crescent<br />
William Tylney Spurdens was<br />
headmaster of Pas<strong>to</strong>n 1807-25,<br />
and assistant curate of <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> 1814, Felmingham<br />
and Antingham 1815, Dilham<br />
& Honing 1826-36, Worstead<br />
1837-40. He also bought <strong>The</strong><br />
Oaks when Thomas Cooper<br />
died.<br />
Stanford Tuck Road<br />
Named after Robert Stanford<br />
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Stanley Road<br />
Named after Neville Stanley,<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> councillor and<br />
dairy farmer at Melbourne<br />
House which is adjacent <strong>to</strong> the<br />
estate this road occupies.<br />
Station Road<br />
This road leads up <strong>to</strong> the<br />
railway station. Before the<br />
advent of the railway this<br />
road, and Millfield Road, were<br />
known as “<strong>The</strong> Loaks.”<br />
Suffield Close<br />
Named after the Lords Suffield<br />
who owned the nearby<br />
Gun<strong>to</strong>n Estate.<br />
Sunny Corner<br />
One of a group of OAP<br />
bungalows built on Millfield<br />
Estate by <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Urban District Council in 1934.<br />
Swafield Rise<br />
This road overlooks the village<br />
of Swafield.<br />
Sycamore Close<br />
Another botanical name.<br />
Tenison Road<br />
Named after Archbishop<br />
Tenison, a Scholar at Pas<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Vicarage Street (upper)<br />
St Nicholas’ Court in the 1970s.<br />
Grammar School, who<br />
crowned Queen Anne &<br />
George I.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Terrace<br />
A Georgian row of terraced<br />
houses.<br />
Thirlby Road<br />
Named after Thomas Thirlby<br />
(1506–1570), the first and<br />
only bishop of Westminster<br />
(1540–50), and afterwards<br />
successively bishop of Norwich<br />
(1550–54) responsible for the<br />
original market cross in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> Market Place.<br />
Thomas Dix Court<br />
Thomas Dix was a <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> school master and<br />
surveyor who died in 1813.<br />
He has a memorial tablet in St<br />
Nicholas’ Church.<br />
Trafalgar Court<br />
To celebrate Nelson’s vic<strong>to</strong>ry at<br />
the battle of Trafalgar and built<br />
behind the old Nelson Pub.<br />
Trafalgar Terrace<br />
Built in 1806 <strong>to</strong> celebrate<br />
Nelson’s vic<strong>to</strong>ry at the battle of<br />
Trafalgar.<br />
Tungate Lane<br />
One of the many ‘gates’<br />
around the <strong>to</strong>wn, where gate<br />
is derived from Norse (gata)<br />
meaning a road and ‘tun’<br />
means a protective boundary.<br />
Whether the boundary was of<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> parish, or of<br />
one of its manors, is in doubt.<br />
Valley Gardens<br />
This road is built in a valley<br />
(arguably).
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Vicarage Street<br />
This was the original home<br />
of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> vicarage<br />
which still stands at the <strong>to</strong>p<br />
of Vicarage Street <strong>to</strong>day but is<br />
now private residences.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 1842 map of <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> shows this road as<br />
Church Gate. <strong>The</strong> lower half<br />
was also known as <strong>The</strong>atre<br />
Street for a while after the<br />
Fisher <strong>The</strong>atre which once<br />
s<strong>to</strong>od there.<br />
Vic<strong>to</strong>ry Court<br />
Named after Nelson’s famous<br />
ship HMS Vic<strong>to</strong>ry. This area was<br />
once known as Gasworks Lane<br />
and was the site of the old<br />
gasworks.<br />
Waterfield Meadows<br />
Unknown but probably<br />
because this area was<br />
originally marshland (close <strong>to</strong><br />
Marshgate).<br />
Weavers Court<br />
In recognition of the Flemish<br />
weavers who settled in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Walsham</strong> in the 13th and 14th<br />
centuries and were integral<br />
<strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>wn’s growth and<br />
prosperity.<br />
Yarmouth Road<br />
Vicarage Street (lower)<br />
Weavers Close<br />
This road is beside Weaver’s<br />
Way, the popular footpath<br />
which follows the old MGNR<br />
railway line from Yarmouth <strong>to</strong><br />
Mel<strong>to</strong>n Constable.<br />
Webbs Close<br />
Named after Mr & Mrs Webb<br />
who farmed the land here.<br />
Wells Avenue<br />
Named after George Wells,<br />
a prominent member of the<br />
local St John Ambulance.<br />
Westwick Drive<br />
Probably because this road is<br />
on the Westwick side of <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
Whar<strong>to</strong>n Drive<br />
Named after Henry Whar<strong>to</strong>n<br />
(1664-95) who was a pupil<br />
at Pas<strong>to</strong>n, and became a<br />
his<strong>to</strong>rian, assisting Thomas<br />
Tenison. He ended up as Vicar<br />
of Minster in Kent. He died<br />
aged 30 of consumption (TB),<br />
and is buried in Westminster<br />
Abbey, with anthems at the<br />
service composed specially<br />
by Henry Purcell. Whar<strong>to</strong>n<br />
was one of the four houses at<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>n (house colour: blue),<br />
the others being Nelson,<br />
Tenison, and Hoste.<br />
Wherry Close<br />
Maybe named after <strong>The</strong><br />
Wherry Public House on the<br />
Bac<strong>to</strong>n Road or maybe just the<br />
famous Norfolk Wherry itself.<br />
White Horse Common<br />
It is not known whether the<br />
name is an old one or whether<br />
it was simply taken from<br />
the old “White Horse” Public<br />
House, which is now a private<br />
residence.
A <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry in Streets 139<br />
Wilkinson Way<br />
Is named after the Wilkinson<br />
family who once owned and<br />
lived in <strong>The</strong> Oaks, and owned<br />
large areas of <strong>to</strong>wn. <strong>The</strong>re is a<br />
memorial <strong>to</strong> the family in the<br />
north wall of the parish church<br />
near the draught-lobby.<br />
William Pas<strong>to</strong>n Road<br />
He founded <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong><br />
Grammar School in 1606.<br />
Williams Way<br />
Named after William Cork of<br />
Cork builders in the <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
Willow Close<br />
Another botanical name.<br />
Willow Park<br />
Another botanical name.<br />
Windmill Loke<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was once a windmill on<br />
these grounds which also gave<br />
Millfield Road its name.<br />
Wins<strong>to</strong>n Court<br />
Unknown. Perhaps reference<br />
<strong>to</strong> Wins<strong>to</strong>n Churchill?<br />
Wit<strong>to</strong>n View<br />
You probably could see Wit<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Woods from here once upon<br />
a time.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cedars on New Road.<br />
Woodbine Close<br />
This appears in keeping with<br />
a cluster of roads named after<br />
plants.<br />
Woodside<br />
Probably because this<br />
overlooks Sadler’s Wood.<br />
Wood View<br />
It takes its name from the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Wood and<br />
Lord Anson’s Woods which can<br />
be seen from the site. George<br />
Anson (1697-1762) was the<br />
renowned circumnaviga<strong>to</strong>r<br />
who once owned this outlying<br />
part of the <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
Demolition of Oaks Lodge<br />
on Yarmouth Road<br />
Wooll Drive<br />
Named after Edward Wooll<br />
who was a Q.C. for 40 years<br />
and Recorder of Carlisle for 25<br />
years. He and his family grew<br />
up in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> and<br />
owned Brunswick House.<br />
Workhouse Loke<br />
This is the location of the old<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> workhouse<br />
built in 1786 and closed in<br />
1827. After it closed, the<br />
workhouse was used as<br />
fac<strong>to</strong>ry space for a while and<br />
later demolished.<br />
Wrights Close<br />
This road and the cluster of<br />
roads around it were all named<br />
after prominent players in<br />
the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Football<br />
Club which was based on this<br />
ground. This road refers <strong>to</strong> Joe<br />
Wright.<br />
Yarmouth Road<br />
This road leads <strong>to</strong> Great<br />
Yarmouth!<br />
Youngman’s Close<br />
Names after Youngman’s mill<br />
which once s<strong>to</strong>od here.
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Advertiser’s Index<br />
Acorn Properties...............................................................40<br />
Andrea’s Pho<strong>to</strong>graphy....................................................86<br />
Atrium Cinema..................................................................92<br />
Beechwood Hotel.............................................................52<br />
Bob’s Bread Bakery...........................................................29<br />
Broadland Classic Cars..................................................132<br />
Broadland Travel...............................................................56<br />
Café Kitale...........................................................................86<br />
Calypso Coffee Company..............................................34<br />
Carl Bird................................................................................20<br />
Celtic Groundscaping.....................................................68<br />
Cherry Tree Carpentry.....................................................27<br />
Chestnut Boutique Nursery School...........................58<br />
Clapham And Collinge...................................................68<br />
Cloud Nine Beauty Clinic...............................................82<br />
David Cork...........................................................................15<br />
Digital Phone Company.................................................27<br />
Disc ‘n’ Dat...........................................................................78<br />
Drury’s Skip Hire...............................................................30<br />
Eastern Carpets.................................................................82<br />
Elite Taxis.............................................................................24<br />
Extra Care Home Services............................................106<br />
Extra Hands.........................................................................34<br />
Francis Jones Jewellers.................................................106<br />
Graeme Turner...................................................................70<br />
Green Room.......................................................................46<br />
Hansells Solici<strong>to</strong>rs..........................................................136<br />
Hop In...................................................................................52<br />
HL Perfitt............................................................................110<br />
Huntersmoon B&B.........................................................122<br />
Ian Baird...............................................................................78<br />
Ian Clark Music..................................................................27<br />
Jamie’s Accident Repair Centre.................................132<br />
Jane Orr................................................................................20<br />
Just <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>.......................................................126<br />
Kelly Clarke Mo<strong>to</strong>r Services..........................................15<br />
Kings Arms Hotel............................................................126<br />
Ladbrook UK.......................................................................94<br />
Marion’s Hairdressing......................................................27<br />
Mattressman....................................................Inside front<br />
Miller Installations............................................................14<br />
Millfield Pre-School..........................................................32<br />
Mr Taxi Man........................................................................20<br />
Murrell Cork......................................................................120<br />
Nenta Train<strong>to</strong>urs...............................................................98<br />
Nick Hindle.........................................................................20<br />
N. J. Wright Plumbing.....................................................40<br />
Norfolk Camerata.............................................................86<br />
<strong>North</strong> Norfolk Used Cars................................................70<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> & District Canal Trust.......................48<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> & District Round Table....................60<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Chiropractic Clinic............................48<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Community Centre..........................42<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Community Shop.............Back cover<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> Signs......................................................48<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> S<strong>to</strong>rage....................................................2<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong> U3A......................................................126<br />
Pack Holidays...................................................................116<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>n College...................................................................16<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>n Surgery..................................................................10<br />
Poppies Children’s Nursery...........................................32<br />
QD <strong>North</strong> <strong>Walsham</strong>..........................................................36<br />
R M Ling Op<strong>to</strong>metrists....................................................98<br />
Ric Mash PT.........................................................................68<br />
Richardson Sawmill.........................................................62<br />
Rocket Designs..................................................................48<br />
Roger Hannant’s Mo<strong>to</strong>r Services.................................13<br />
Rossis Leisure................................................... Inside back<br />
Roys.......................................................................................58<br />
RS Timber............................................................................46<br />
Sam’s Pets............................................................................48<br />
Sexty & Co...........................................................................66<br />
Shambles Cafe Bar Bistro...............................................92<br />
Shaun Attew Flooring & Blinds....................................14<br />
Showcase Gallery.............................................................13<br />
Snippers...............................................................................86<br />
Specsavers Opticians....................................................102<br />
Stephen J Nichols.............................................................70<br />
Steve Emerson Plant Hire..............................................46<br />
Support me at Home....................................................116<br />
Swallow’s Coffee Shop....................................................62<br />
<strong>The</strong> Manor House...........................................................120<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sewing Room............................................................62<br />
Tech Geeks..........................................................................56<br />
<strong>The</strong>lma Jolly........................................................................29<br />
Three Cottages................................................................106<br />
Toll Barn Vets......................................................................18<br />
Trevor Charles....................................................................13<br />
Wayne Beauchamp........................................................142<br />
White Swan.........................................................................86<br />
Yendell’s...............................................................................66<br />
Your Choice Social Centre.............................................86
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