The River Bure at Wroxham and Hoveton St. John |
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Wroxham and Hoveton St. John are two connected villages, split by the River Bure. Most of the village facilities are actually in Hoveton, but are generally known as Wroxham - the capital of the Norfolk Broads. Most of the shopping is dominated around the Roys of Wroxham (situated on the Hoveton side) brand, claiming to be the world’s largest village store! Wroxham is situated on the south side of the River Bure, within the Norfolk Broads, and some eight miles north-east of Norwich. Wroxham Broad lies about one mile downstream to the southeast. Wroxham bridge is considered to be the second most difficult on the Broads to navigate (after Potter Heigham) and a pilot station sits on the Hoveton side of the river to assist boaters for a fee. Wroxham is served by Hoveton and Wroxham railway station, which is on the Bittern Line from Norwich to Cromer and Sheringham, and which is the terminus of the narrow gauge Bure Valley Railway to Aylsham. The station is actually located in Hoveton. The Church of St Mary has a famous north doorway with seven orders and three shafts. In the churchyard, is the medieval-appearing Trafford Mausoleum was built in 1831. A manor house is southeast of the church which has a panel dating to 1623 – its stepped gables show Dutch influence. George Formby, the early twentieth-century entertainer, once lived in Wroxham in Heronby. Nearby is Charles Close on the site of the former Wroxham Hall. |
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