An event was held on Saturday (11 March 2023) to celebrate Harleston and completion of the work on the £1 million investment to improve the town centre. Residents and visitors to historic Harleston can now enjoy a beautiful market town,…
A new wildflower meadow is set to be planted at Diana Way park in Caister as part of planned improvements to the area. During Love Parks Week, as part of its Levelling Up funding, the government announced a £9m- scheme…
Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced the opening of a wheelchair kiosk and all-access concrete table tennis tables at Gorleston Beach. Thanks to funding from the EXPERIENCE project at Interreg Europe – an inter-regional co-operation programme co-funded by the European Union –…
Once, if you were driving to Norwich or the Broads from the Midlands or the North you could not miss Dereham, in the dead centre of Norfolk. The A47 went straight through the middle of the place, and the chances…
South Norfolk Council has recently improved access to Mulbarton Common. Working with the Parish Council, they resurfaced the road to the Common’s car park and Village Hall. The councils jointly funded the improvements, costing a total of £11,350, with Mulbarton…
What’s in a name? Wroxham is not really Wroxham, nor is it really a town. But when you include Hoveton, which is situated where most people think is Wroxham, then it becomes just about big enough to become a town.…
It comes as a surprise to many visitors – and not a few Norfolk residents – to discover that a green and rural coastal county was once the heartland of key British industries. Arguably the most important and profitable trade…
Tibenham has become South Norfolk’s first Mindful Village after twenty local people undertook training held by South Norfolk Council. The free training session provided mental health awareness and education and gave participants the skills and resources they need to…
Wymondham, with its attractive town centre, has had many famous people living within the area. The most notable from an historian’s point of view is Robert Kett who led a rebellion in 1549 of peasants and farmers protesting at the…
Swaffham’s historic Assembly Rooms have been repaired and restored, thanks to support from the Swaffham High Street Heritage Action Zone, run in partnership by Historic England and Breckland Council. The Grade II listed Assembly Rooms have been at the heart of Swaffham…
