Hardwood Doors in Downham Market

Downham Market

Downham Market, sometimes simply referred to as Downham, is a market community and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It pushes the edge of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, roughly 11 miles south of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich and also 30 miles north of Cambridge. The civil parish has an area of 5.2 km ² and in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 households. For the objectives of local government, the parish falls within the area of King's Lynn as well as West Norfolk. It belongs to South West Norfolk legislative constituency. It was a farming centre, creating as a market for the produce of the Fens with a bridge throughout the Ouse. During the Middle Ages, it was famed for its butter market as well as also organized a significant horse fair. The marketplace is currently held Fridays and also Saturdays on the town hall parking area. Remarkable structures in the community include its mediaeval parish church, committed to St Edmund, and also Victorian clock tower, built in 1878. The community is additionally known as the area where Charles I concealed after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the community finished a regeneration task on the marketplace Place, relocating the marketplace to the town hall car park. The decorative community sign portrays the crown as well as arrowheads of St Edmund with steeds to reveal the significance of the equine fairs in the community's history. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened in a previous fire station in 2016.