이스트 케임브리지셔 주변 최고의 교통량 없는 자전거 라이딩 코스

매우 인상적인 대성당입니다. 티켓이 있어야만 방문할 수 있으니 충분한 시간을 가지고 가세요. 하지만 정문에서 무료로 엿볼 수 있습니다. 공원과 본 건물 주변 잔디밭에서 사람들이 쉬고 있는 등 주변 환경이 놀랍도록 도시에 잘 통합되어 있습니다.

official starting point Stour Valley Path

ownham Market's town centre is on a smaller scale than those of nearby Swaffham, Dereham and Fakenham, and here there is no great church lifting its head above the market place. To find the parish church of this interesting town, you need to head out to the east, where it is hidden from view by trees on top of a rise above the road to Swaffham. Here St Edmund sits, a pretty thing in gingerbread carstone, with an elegant lead-covered spire crowning its squat tower. You can see at first glance that this is by no means a grand, urban church. I was struck by how few gravestones survive in the churchyard. Carstone is notoriously difficult to date, but the low aisles and nave are essentially 15th Century I think, while the chancel is a 19th century rebuild. Set into the stone above the priest door is a crucifixion scene, probably from the top of a former churchyard cross. It all makes for an interesting building quite unlike that of most Norfolk towns. Although there are exceptions, the parish churches of Norfolk's market towns tend to be High Church in character, even Anglo-catholic, and St Edmund is higher than most. The interior is rather dark thanks to a multiplicity of stained glass, but it was not gloomy, and the smell of incense and the view of the lighter chancel with its big six candlesticks on the altar was evocative and atmospheric. Essentially, this is a late 19th century interior, but there are a couple of important medieval survivals. The most significant of these is the set of 15th century glass panels set in the west window below the ringing chamber. They include figures from the orders of angels as well as angel musicians, a fragment of figures rising out of the mouth of hell from a Harrowing of Hell image, as well as another fragment of the dead rising from their graves.

Another good Downham cafe

Good coffee & food with plenty of outdoor tables in the square. Open until 4pm (2pm Sun). Closed Mon/Tue.

Interesting history at the locks/weirs but a fairly dull path. Little traffic to bother you.

Lovely clock tower with stained glass windows

Very pretty market square and great place for a cafe stop