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Downham Market
Downham Market, often simply described as Downham, is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies on the side of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, approximately 11 miles south of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich and 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 houses. For the objectives of city government, the parish drops within the district of King's Lynn as well as West Norfolk. It is part of South West Norfolk parliamentary constituency. It was a farming centre, creating as a market for the fruit and vegetables of the Fens with a bridge throughout the Ouse. Throughout the Middle Ages, it was famous for its butter market and also organized a noteworthy equine fair. The marketplace is currently held Fridays and also Saturdays on the city center parking lot. Noteworthy structures in the town include its mediaeval parish church, dedicated to St Edmund, and Victorian clock tower, constructed in 1878. The community is also called the location where Charles I concealed after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the town completed a regeneration task on the marketplace Place, relocating the marketplace to the town hall car park. The attractive community sign depicts the crown as well as arrowheads of St Edmund with equines to reveal the value of the horse fairs in the community's background. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened up in a previous fire station in 2016.