Downham Market, Norfolk

OVERVIEW

Hardscape made a return visit earlier in 2017 to a market town in the Fens, Norfolk, with a long history believed to date back to the Saxon Period. One of the oldest market towns in Norfolk (it was granted a market charter as early as 1050), Downham Market stands on the banks of the river Great Ouse and its name translates as ‘settlement on a hill’, with its hilltop location rising above the surrounding fens.