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Places to see in ( Dereham - UK )
Places to see in ( Dereham - UK )
Dereham, also known as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, about 15 miles west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles east of King's Lynn.
For the purposes of local government, Dereham falls within, and is the centre of administration for, the district of Breckland. The town Dereham should not be confused with the Norfolk village of West Dereham, which lies about 25 miles (40 km) away.
The railway arrived in Dereham when a single track line to Wymondham opened in 1847. In 1848 a second line, to King's Lynn was opened. In 1849 a line from Dereham to Fakenham was opened, this line being extended to the coastal town of Wells-On-Sea by 1857. In 1862 the town's railways became part of the Great Eastern Railway. The town had its own railway depot and a large complex of sidings, serving local industry. In 1882 the line between Dereham and Wymondham was doubled, to allow for the increasing levels of traffic.
The railway between Dereham and Wymondham has been preserved, and is now operated as a tourist line by the Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust. This charitable company also owns the line north towards County School railway station, it has started to gradually reopen the line towards North Elmham and aims to eventually relay the line to Fakenham.
The town of Dereham lies on the site of a monastery founded by Saint Withburga in the seventh century. A holy well at the western end of St Nicholas' Church supposedly began to flow when her body was stolen from the town by monks from Ely, who took the remains back to their town. Notable buildings in the town include the pargetted Bishop Bonner's Cottage, built in 1502, the Norman parish church, a windmill which was extensively renovated in 2013 and a large mushroom-shaped water tower. The Gressenhall Museum of Rural Life is nearby. The town also hosts the headquarters of the Mid-Norfolk Railway, which runs trains over an 11.5-mile railway south to Wymondham, as well as owning the line 6 miles north to North Elmham and County School Station.
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Places to see in ( Stevenage - UK )
Places to see in ( Stevenage - UK )
Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England. Stevenage is situated to the east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1, and is between Letchworth Garden City to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south.
Stevenage is roughly 32.9 miles (50 km) north of central London. Two films were set in and around Stevenage, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush and Boston Kickout. Spy Game was partly filmed in Stevenage but set in Washington, D.C.. The 1959 film Serious Charge was also filmed in Stevenage.
A small community arts centre is located in the Roaring Meg Retail Park. The Boxfield and Foyer Gallery is situated in the Gordon Craig Theatre, which forms part of the large central Leisure Centre. Stevenage Museum is located under the St. Andrew and St. George's church on St George’s Way.
A distinctive feature of Stevenage is its urban landscape. It has many roundabouts, few traffic lights, a network of completely segregated cycleways, and some of the tallest street lights in Britain. Stevenage is served by the A1(M) motorway. The old Great North Road passes through the centre of the town, and the High Street in the Old Town has several pubs that were coaching inns on this road; it is mostly now classified as the B197. Stevenage is also served by the A602, connecting the town to Hitchin, Watton-at-Stone, Hertford and Ware.
Buses within and to outside the town are provided by several operators, the main within the town being Arriva The Shires. Other operators include Centrebus, Uno, and Cozy Travel. The town is served by Stevenage railway station on the East Coast Main Line, and has regular commuter services to London and Cambridge, as well as connections to the North and Scotland.
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Breckland market towns, Norfolk, UK
Spread across the unique Breckland landscape... characterful market towns with great independent shopping... riverside Thetford - Viking capital of England, home of Dad's Army, Swaffham - Norfolk's harvest town, set-in-aspic Attleborough, Dereham - the heart of Norfolk
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A sunny morning on Watton High Street, a small market town in the Wayland area of south-west Norfolk, The town's weekly market is held every Wednesday in the centre of the town.
Daffodils - Merton Norfolk UK
Daffodils - Merton Norfolk UK
Beautiful Daffodils in the village of Merton.
Video taken in the spring of 2016
Watton, Thompson, Griston, Caston, Stow Bedon.
Spooky St Mary's, Churchyard (Walkern) ?
I received a message from one of my subscribers telling me to visit Walkern Church, It's Haunted she said and when she visited one night with friends she could hear moaning coming from the Churchyard, they were too frightened to enter,
Now as you all know, I don't visit these places at night, I take a look at them during the daylight hours and having read up on the Church and it's history discovered that Jane Wenham was driven from Walkern by an angry mob who believed her to be a witch. She was later tried as such in Hertford. It is said that after her death she returned to haunt the area around the church.
Now you have the chance to join me in a walk around the graveyard .....
The Lavendar Farm In Norfolk & RSPB Nature Reserve
The lavender farm at Norfolk is the largest in the UK. It manufacturers many products of lavender including cosmetics to food mixed with lavender. My visit to the farm was towards the latter end of the farming season.
But there are so many things to enjoy and watch in the surroundings. The lavender gift shop was my port of call as lavender is one of my favourite fragrances. The adjoining farm shop called Walsingham had a wide array of local farm products ranging from vegetables, fruits and frozen foods.The former lavender machinary and the old mill house can also be seen. All in all it was a visit well worth making.
The Titchwell RSBP is another lovely place to visit. Here we spotted many birds even though it was a bit difficult to film but thoroughly enjoyed the nature walk and the bird calls.
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Norfolk Lavender is a very popular tourist attraction during the lavender growing and harvesting season -- May to September. The heady lavender scent drifts in the air for miles around. From the visitors centre at Heacham, the national lavender collection can be viewed, along with a herb garden and fragrant meadow
English Lavender (lavender grown in England) is world renowned for its fragrance. Norfolk Lavender is the preeminent English Lavender farm, making lavender products,lavender toiletries and gifts of outstanding quality from the lavender grown and distilled by the farm.
Founded in 1932 Norfolk Lavender is England's Premier Lavender Farm.
Their Lavender products and toiletries are made from the essential oil and lavender flowers from 5 different varieties, of which 4 have been developed by and are unique to them and blended to an 18th century formula or 'receipt' to recreate the fragrance of the living flower and bring you products of quality and purity.
Now the pesticide free lavender is harvested by a specially developed machine, and the essential oil is extracted from the flowers in the traditional way in a distillery.
After the essential oil has been extracted in the distillery, the lavender oil is made into Norfolk Lavender products, the most extensive range of English Lavender products available, coming to you from the farm. Lavender products for bath,body,cupboards and drawers, home fragance, scented candles, and gifts.
These products are made without Sodium lauryl Ether Sulphate (SLS ) or Parabens.
Exploring the Norfolk Village
Author Christopher Barringer introduces his book 'Exploring the Norfolk Village' which not only deals with the specific history of the villages it features but also provides an excellent introduction for anyone wishing to study their own settlement.