Downham Market
Downham Market, often just described as Downham, is a market community and also 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 and 30 miles north of Cambridge. The civil parish has a location of 5.2 kilometres ² and also in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 houses. For the objectives of city government, the parish drops within the area of King's Lynn as well as West Norfolk. It is part of 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 renowned for its butter market as well as additionally organized a remarkable steed fair. The marketplace is now held Fridays as well as Saturdays on the town hall car park. Noteworthy structures in the town include its mediaeval parish church, dedicated to St Edmund, and Victorian clock tower, constructed in 1878. The town is additionally known as the place where Charles I hid after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the community completed a regrowth project on the Market Place, moving the market to the town hall parking area. The ornamental community indicator illustrates the crown and also arrowheads of St Edmund with horses to reveal the significance of the equine fairs in the town's background. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened in a former station house in 2016.
