Downham Market
Downham Market, occasionally just referred to as Downham, is a market town as well as civil parish in Norfolk, England. It pushes 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 church has an area of 5.2 kilometres ² as well as in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 households. For the objectives of city government, the parish drops within the district of King's Lynn and 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. Throughout the Middle Ages, it was famous for its butter market as well as also hosted a notable equine fair. The market is now held Fridays as well as Saturdays on the town hall parking area. Notable structures in the community include its mediaeval parish church, devoted to St Edmund, and Victorian clock tower, created in 1878. The community is additionally called the location where Charles I hid after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the town completed a regeneration project on the Market Place, moving the marketplace to the town hall parking area. The ornamental town sign illustrates the crown and arrowheads of St Edmund with equines to reveal the importance of the steed fairs in the community's history. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened in a former station house in 2016.