Village Life TUESDAY Lynn News, April 14, 2009 7Website: www.lynnnews.co.uk
Garden: Open Daily all year
10.00am-5.30pm (or dusk)
Enquiries: 01603 712913/ 07730 551945
Located 6 miles S.W. of Swaffham between
Cockley Cley Iceni village and Oxburgh Hall
PE33 9BP. Dogs on leads allowed
6.5 Acre Gardens Nature Trails
Four Ponds Plant Sales Thirteen Bridges
Natural Trout Stream Kingfisher Hide
Morning Coffee/Afternoon Teas: Saturday, Sunday
& Bank Holidays Easter to 4th October plus Tuesday,
Wednesday & Friday from 26th May.
www.gooderstonewatergardens.co.uk
CALL in on Burn-
ham Market and
you will soon
realise that this is
a most vibrant cen-
tre for such a quiet
part of Norfolk.
It's not just the eye-
catching setting of the
Georgian buildings
around the handsome vil-
lage green � it's the vari-
ety and quality of shops,
offering a wide range of
goods and services, that
will grab your immediate
attention.
This in turn attracts
plenty of shoppers and
visitors, so the place
invariably always has a
bustling atmosphere to
savour.
And despite an increas-
ing number of city
dwellers taking second
homes in the area, Burn-
ham Market has a well-
established and vibrant
local community.
One of the showpiece
events of the year is the
annual Burnham Market
craft fair on The Green on
Saturday, August 15th.
More than 100 stalls will
be selling mainly locally-
produced, high-quality
craft items.
The event raises funds
for local schools and chari-
ties for children and
young people.
The nearby Norfolk
coast is an area of out-
standing natural beauty.
Whether you are looking
for great walks, bird-
watching, sailing or just to
relax over a meal, you are
fully catered for here.
The Burnhams are
renowned for their con-
nections with Admiral
Lord Nelson, England's
sea hero who was born at
Burnham Thorpe.
The website of the local
pub at Burnham Thorpe,
The Lord Nelson, has
information on the
famous man. Log on to
www.nelsonslocal.co.uk
A more modern, and fic-
titious, hero of the movies,
James Bond, also had con-
nections with Burnham
Deepdale. A field on a
local farm was trans-
formed into a North
Korean paddy field for a
scene from the Bond
movie Die Another Day.
The field was ploughed
and flooded, a reed hut
built, water buffalo
brought in, and two expen-
sive cars sunk in the mid-
dle of the field.
Most vibrant centre
Elegant Burnham Market.
WHAT could be nicer than a stroll
through an enchanting garden,
then exploring a nature trail and
perhaps spotting a kingfisher, fol-
lowed by tea and real homemade
cakes?
That's the charm of Gooder-
stone Water Gardens, a magical
place only ten minutes south-west
of Swaffham. It's a `must' for gar-
den-lovers and anyone seeking
peace and relaxation.
The gardens were created in
1970 by Billy Knights, already in his
70th year. He was a retired farmer
with no training in gardening or
garden design, yet he created a
beautiful six-acre haven for both
people and wildlife.
Billy knew what he liked and was
brave enough to follow his ideas;
he was certainly no follower of
fashion or gardening trends. He
worked and planned his garden
with constant enthusiasm until he
died, aged 93.
For twenty years Billy and his
wife Florence had loved their gar-
dens and sharing them with others.
After five years' closure, and as a
tribute to her parents, Coral began
restoration, reopening in 2003 with
a refurbished tearoom, toilets for
disabled people and an eight-acre
nature trail.
There has since been the addi-
tion of a plant sales area, kingfisher
hide, bamboo grove and scented
arbour.
A natural trout stream feeds the
four ponds and several waterways,
which are spanned by 13 bridges.
There are mature trees and shrubs,
bog plants and colourful borders,
and, most importantly, lots of seats
and shady places.
ONE of the few villages
locally with a river, the Wis-
sey, running along its out-
skirts, Stoke Ferry also has a
Common and pleasant river-
side walks to enjoy.
There are plenty of attrac-
tions to visit locally. To the
Fenland side, there is Denver
Windmill and the Wildfowl
and Wetlands Trust at Welney,
while going further into Nor-
folk there is Oxburgh Hall at
nearby Oxborough, Castle
Acre Priory and Grimes
Graves.
THE name Fincham doesn't
just apply to a village in West
Norfolk -- it is a surname of
people who can be found
world-wide, as well as in Nor-
folk.
The name is Anglo-Saxon,
and probably means `The
home of the finches,' although
there may be other explana-
tions.
The Fincham family, who
were Lords of the Manor of
Fincham for 500 years from
the Norman Conquest
onwards, have now spread
throughout the English-
speaking world, and even
have their own website at
www.finchams.org.
World-wide connections
Charming water gardens
Fincham � a village and a world-wide family.
Tranquil Gooderstone Water Gardens.
Stoke Ferry
River passes gently by
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