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Norwich (/ˈnɒrɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ/ (
listen)) is a city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum about 100 miles (160 km) north-east of London, 40 miles (64 km) north of Ipswich and 65 miles (105 km) east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with one of the country's largest medieval cathedrals, it is the largest city in East Anglia.
The population of the Norwich City Council local authority area was estimated at 143,135 in 2019, whilst the wider built-up area had a population of 213,166.[1]
Norwich claims to be the most complete medieval city in the United Kingdom. [4] It includes cobbled streets such as Elm Hill, Timber Hill and Tombland; ancient buildings such as St Andrew's Hall; half-timbered houses such as Dragon Hall, The Guildhall and Strangers' Hall; the Art Nouveau of the 1899 Royal Arcade; many medieval lanes; and the winding River Wensum that flows through the city centre towards Norwich Castle.[4]
In May 2012, Norwich was designated England's first UNESCO City of Literature.[5] One of the UK's popular tourist destinations, it was voted by The Guardian in 2016 as the "happiest city to work in the UK" [6] and in 2013 as one of the best small cities in the world by The Times Good University Guide.[7] In 2018, 2019 and 2020, Norwich was voted one of the "Best Places To Live" in the UK by The Sunday Times.[8][9]
Wymondham UK is an extremely attractive and very pleasant market town 9.5 miles south west of Norwich, with historic buildings dating back to the 15th Century and an iconic market cross in the centre of the town.
The centre of Wymondham remains very much as it would have done back in the 17th Century, and if you walk along the Market Street and turn into Damgate Street, you’ll come across many of the original ancient buildings which date back to 1400, however most are now covered in more modern concrete.
And if you take a closer look at The White Hart hotel in Market Street, you’ll see the arch which would have been the carriage entrance for coaches when it was an old coaching inn. Wymondham oozes history, and if you walk around the town you'll come across streets full of beautiful buildings.
The original Market Cross was destroyed in the Great Fire which raged through the town of Wymondham UK, and the present Market Cross (as seen in the photo above) was therefore rebuilt in 1617. The purpose of having a Market cross in a town was to protect valuable documents from floods and vermin, a common occurrence in days gone by. Today it houses the Tourist Information Office.
As a thriving market town, a local market is still held every Friday around the Market Square.
Wymondham UK was the first town to hold a Farmer's Market in 2000. This is still a vibrant market, and is held on the 3rd Saturday of every month from 9-1pm, and as in keeping with all Farmer's Markets, it sells local produce such as meat, cakes, eggs, goat products, seasonal specials and much more.
Wymondham is probably best known for its magnificent Abbey towering over the landscape from far away, and much of the history of the town centres around the life of the abbey and the rivalry between the town and the monks. It was founded in 1107 as a community of Benedictine monks. An ambitious building, as it really is a large structure, it was built with stone shipped from Caen in France and now houses a beautiful rood screen which you must go and visit. You can find more details about Wymondham Abbey and the events it holds here.
Watton Norfolk is one of those quiet and rather unassuming market towns in the middle of Norfolk that sadly gets bypassed by visitors heading up towards the coast.
But if you explore this area of Wayland, I know you will be pleasantly surprised. We all know about the incredible Norfolk beaches, the vast open landscapes and huge skies, but this part of Mid Norfolk is covered in woods, lakes and walks, historic churches and market towns full of history. A complete contrast to the Norfolk Coast and beaches.
One of the best walks very near here is The Pingo Trail, which starts 3 miles south of Watton.
Watton Norfolk is a town which just gets on with its daily life as it can’t rely on tourists to bring in the business to the extent that the Norfolk coast does. For this reason I like it.
There are a few high street chains here, but most of the shops are small independent ones, such as electrical shops, pet shops, newsagents, galleries and clothes shops, cafes and restaurants, hotels and pubs. The Dragon Fly Gallery is one such gallery, small but welcoming, housed in Wayland House (which is also where the tourist information office is based) and is used by local artists to stage their exhibitions.
Watton Norfolk is mentioned in the Doomsday book, and the earliest records relate to the market of Watton Norfolk, so the weekly market has always been an important part of the town. Today the market is still growing. Every Wednesday it sprawls onto the high street, selling exactly what you would expect to find from a town market; fresh fruit and veg, fish from the coast, local delicacies and so on.
And where the Market Cross once stood outside the Town Hall, (which was supported by 8 oak pillars) now stands a milestone showing the distances to nearby towns.
Mildenhall, town (parish), Forest Heath district, administrative and historic county of Suffolk, eastern England, on the River Lark.
The town retains its hexagonal market, cross dating from the reign of Henry V and now scheduled as an ancient monument. The Church of St. Mary (13th to 15th century) has a tower 112 feet (34 metres) high. It is distinguished for the open-timber hammerbeam roof of the nave.
The so-called Mildenhall Treasure is a hoard of Roman silver tableware acquired by the British Museum in 1946, having apparently been discovered four years earlier in the plowing of a field at West Row, 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Mildenhall, near remains of a 4th-century Roman building. The majority of the pieces, 34 in all, seem to be of 4th-century workmanship, and some are products of Mediterranean factories. Possibly the owners buried their family plate in the troubled days of the Anglo-Saxon invasions.
Mildenhall lies amid a farming area for which it acts as the main service centre. Pop. (2001) 9,906; (2011) 10,315.
Ely (/ˈiːli/ (listen) EE-lee) is a cathedral city in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about 14 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Cambridge and 80 miles (130 km) from London.
Ely is built on a 23-square-mile (60 km2) Kimmeridge Clay island which, at 85 feet (26 m), is the highest land in the Fens. It was due to this topography that Ely was not waterlogged like the surrounding Fenland, and was an island separated from the mainland.[2] Major rivers including the Witham, Welland, Nene and Great Ouse feed into the Fens and, until draining commenced in the eighteenth century, formed freshwater marshes and meres within which peat was laid down. Once the Fens were drained, this peat created a rich and fertile soil ideal for farming.
The River Great Ouse was a significant means of transport until the Fens were drained and Ely ceased to be an island in the seventeenth century.[3] The river is now a popular boating spot, and has a large marina. Although now surrounded by land, the city is still known as "The Isle of Ely".
There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the city: a former Kimmeridge Clay quarry, and one of the United Kingdom's best remaining examples of medieval ridge and furrow agriculture.
The economy of the region is mainly agricultural. Before the Fens were drained, eel fishing was an important activity, from which the settlement's name may have been derived. Other important activities included wildfowling, peat extraction, and the harvesting of osier (willow) and sedge (rush). The city had been the centre of local pottery production for more than 700 years, including pottery known as Babylon ware. A Roman road, Akeman Street, passes through the city; the southern end is at Ermine Street near Wimpole and its northern end is at Brancaster. Little direct evidence of Roman occupation in Ely exists, although there are nearby Roman settlements such as those at Little Thetford and Stretham.
A coach route, known to have existed in 1753 between Ely and Cambridge, was improved in 1769 as a turnpike (toll road). The present-day A10 closely follows this route. Ely railway station, built in 1845, is on the Fen Line and is now a railway hub, with lines north to King's Lynn, northwest to Peterborough, east to Norwich, southeast to Ipswich and south to Cambridge and London.
Henry II granted the first annual fair, Saint Etheldreda's (or Saint Audrey's) seven-day event, to the abbot and convent on 10 October 1189. The word "tawdry" originates from cheap lace sold at this fair. A weekly market has taken place in Ely Market Square since at least the 13th century. Markets are now held on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with a farmers' market on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month.
Present-day annual events include the Eel Festival in May, established in 2004, and a fireworks display in Ely Park, first staged in 1974. The city of Ely has been twinned with Denmark's oldest town, Ribe, since 1956. Ely City Football Club was formed in 1885.