Conservatory Blinds in Downham Market

Downham Market

Downham Market, often merely described as Downham, is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies on the edge of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, roughly 11 miles south of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich as well as 30 miles north of Cambridge. The civil parish has a location of 5.2 km ² and in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish drops within the area of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is part of South West Norfolk parliamentary constituency. It was a farming centre, developing as a market for the fruit and vegetables of the Fens with a bridge across the Ouse. Throughout the Middle Ages, it was well known for its butter market and likewise hosted a notable equine fair. The market is now held Fridays and also Saturdays on the city center car park. Significant buildings in the town include its mediaeval parish church, committed to St Edmund, as well as Victorian clock tower, constructed in 1878. The town is additionally called the place where Charles I concealed after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the town completed a regrowth job on the Market Place, moving the marketplace to the town hall parking area. The attractive town indicator illustrates the crown and arrowheads of St Edmund with horses to reveal the importance of the steed fairs in the community's history. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened up in a former fire station in 2016.