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Diss
Diss is an English market community as well as selecting ward in the East Anglian area of Norfolk, near the border with Suffolk. It had a population of 7,572 in 2011. Diss train station is on the Great Eastern Main Line from London to Norwich. The community lies in the valley of the River Waveney, round a simple covering 6 acres (2.4 ha) and approximately 18 feet (5.5 m) deep, although there is an additional 51 feet (16 m) of mud. The community takes its name from dic an Anglo-Saxon acceptation either ditch or embankment. Diss has a variety of historical structures, including an early 14th-century parish church and an 1850s corn exchange still in operation. Four miles east of Diss is the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum at the former RAF Thorpe Abbotts airfield. In March 2006, Diss ended up being the third town in the UK to sign up with Cittaslow, an international organisation advertising the concept of "Slow Towns". However, it has because left this initiative.