Downham Market, often simply referred to as Downham, is a market community and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It pushes the side of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, about 11 miles southern 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 km ² as well as in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 households. For the functions of local government, the parish drops within the area of King's Lynn as well as West Norfolk. It belongs to 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. Throughout the Middle Ages, it was renowned for its butter market as well as likewise held a remarkable horse fair. The marketplace is currently held Fridays and Saturdays on the city center car park. Notable buildings in the town include its mediaeval parish church, committed to St Edmund, and also Victorian clock tower, created in 1878. The town is also referred to as the area where Charles I hid after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the community completed a regeneration job on the Market Place, relocating the marketplace to the town hall parking lot. The attractive community indication depicts the crown as well as arrowheads of St Edmund with horses to reveal the value of the equine fairs in the town's history. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened in a previous fire station in 2016.