Biomass Boiler in Downham Market

Downham Market

Downham Market, sometimes simply referred to as Downham, is a market community as well as civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies on the edge of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, approximately 11 miles south of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich as well as 30 miles north of Cambridge. The civil parish has an area of 5.2 km ² as well as in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 houses. For the functions of city government, the parish drops within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It becomes part of South West Norfolk legislative constituency. It was an agricultural centre, creating 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 and additionally organized a noteworthy equine fair. The market is now held Fridays as well as Saturdays on the city center car park. Noteworthy structures in the town include its mediaeval parish church, devoted to St Edmund, as well as Victorian clock tower, created in 1878. The town is likewise called the place where Charles I concealed after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the community completed a regeneration task on the marketplace Place, relocating the marketplace to the town hall parking lot. The ornamental community sign illustrates the crown and arrows of St Edmund with steeds to reveal the importance of the horse fairs in the town's history. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened in a former station house in 2016.