Downham Market
Downham Market, often simply described as Downham, is a market town and also 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 and 30 miles north of Cambridge. The civil parish has an area of 5.2 km ² and also 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 also West Norfolk. It belongs to South West Norfolk legislative constituency. It was a farming centre, developing as a market for the fruit and vegetables of the Fens with a bridge throughout the Ouse. Throughout the Middle Ages, it was well known for its butter market as well as additionally organized a noteworthy horse fair. The marketplace is currently held Fridays and Saturdays on the city center parking area. Remarkable structures in the community include its mediaeval parish church, committed to St Edmund, and also Victorian clock tower, built in 1878. The town is additionally referred to as the area where Charles I concealed after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the town completed a regeneration project on the marketplace Place, moving the market to the town hall car park. The ornamental town sign portrays the crown and also arrowheads of St Edmund with equines to reveal the importance of the equine fairs in the town's background. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened in a previous fire station in 2016.
