Downham Market, sometimes just described as Downham, is a market town and also civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies on the side of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, roughly 11 miles southern 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 kilometres ² and in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 homes. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the area of King's Lynn and also West Norfolk. It is part of South West Norfolk parliamentary constituency. It was a farming centre, developing as a market for the produce of the Fens with a bridge throughout the Ouse. During the Middle Ages, it was well known for its butter market as well as likewise organized a remarkable horse fair. The marketplace is currently held Fridays as well as Saturdays on the town hall parking lot. Notable buildings in the community include its mediaeval parish church, committed to St Edmund, as well as Victorian clock tower, built in 1878. The town is additionally known as the place where Charles I concealed after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the community completed a regrowth job on the marketplace Place, moving the market to the town hall parking lot. The decorative town indicator depicts the crown and arrowheads of St Edmund with horses to reveal the significance of the equine fairs in the community's background. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened up in a former station house in 2016.