Downham Market
Downham Market, occasionally just described as Downham, is a market community and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It rests on the side of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, approximately 11 miles southern of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich and also 30 miles north of Cambridge. The civil church has a location of 5.2 kilometres ² and in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and also West Norfolk. It becomes part of South West Norfolk legislative constituency. It was an agricultural centre, establishing as a market for the produce of the Fens with a bridge across the Ouse. During the Middle Ages, it was famed for its butter market as well as additionally hosted a notable horse fair. The market is now held Fridays as well as Saturdays on the city center parking area. Noteworthy structures in the town include its mediaeval parish church, dedicated to St Edmund, as well as Victorian clock tower, created in 1878. The community is also known as the place where Charles I concealed after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the town completed a regeneration project on the Market Place, relocating the marketplace to the town hall parking area. The decorative town indication illustrates the crown and also arrowheads of St Edmund with steeds to reveal the importance of the steed fairs in the community's background. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened up in a former fire station in 2016.