The community portal site for Downham Market since 2007

Downham Market to compete in Alternative Village Games

With the success of the summer Village Games evident, Active Norfolk has decided to run a winter competition on the 27th January 2013, to be held at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Downham Market has decided to enter the competition and is now looking to put together teams in the following sports: Dodgeball Dodgeball […]

Celebration of Christmas Concert at Methodist Church

Downham Market Choral Society is hard at work rehearsing for its Celebration of Christmas Concert in Words and Music . The concert will be taking place at Downham Market Methodist Church on Tuesday 18th December. The performance will begin at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from Lewks or can be purchased on the door. Ticket price […]

news from downhamweb’s Laura

Hi Guys!!!! Hope everyone is well and all ready for Christmas, can you believe it’s less than 4 weeks away?! I have been a busy busy bee. This year has gone incredibly quickly, memories from Downham Market Town Festival, Lifestyles, The Water Festival, a Zumba Fitness demonstration and lots of food and sweets!! Now winter […]

Will Santa be in Downham Market this Christmas?

Click here for 2016 information > Where in and around Downham Market can you visit Father Christmas this December? The following list let s you know where Santa and his grotto can be found between now and Christmas. Denver Mills Sluice Road, Denver Every Sunday in December 12pm – 4pm Church Farm Rare Breeds Centre […]

'Stars of British Jazz' come to Town Hall

Traditional jazz band, the Stars of British Jazz , come to Downham Market Town Hall on Friday evening, for a toe-tapping night of British style Dixieland, Traditional and Mainstream Jazz. Friday 7th DecemberFrom 7:30pmDownham Market Town Hall Tickets: £12.50 eachAvailable from LEWKS The Stars of British Jazz recreate traditional jazz as made popular in Britain […]

Christmas Cakes Galore at the Downham Market Clandestine Cake Club

Last month the Downham Market branch of the Clandestine Cake Club held its inaugural meeting at Bluebell’s Florist. I read about it in the local paper, and was far too tempted to resist. So on Saturday morning I found myself, with cake tin clutched in hand, heading to the secret (or should that be clandestine) […]

Things to Do!

This is a growing list of links to popular visitor attractions and things to see and do in the Downham Market area. Church Farm Rare Breeds Centre, Stow Bardolph. Open Daily from 10am to 5pm, 7 days a week, for animals, adventure playground, tea room and shop. http://www.churchfarmstowbardolph.co.uk/ Denver Windmill, Denver. Open daily from 10am […]

New volunteer meeting for downhamweb

We are holding two introduction to downhamweb volunteer meetings next week: On: Tuesday 4th December 2012. One at: 11.30am and another at: 6:30pm At: Lingo Design Studio, 72 Bridge Street, Downham Market They will be very informal – a cup of a tea, a chat, and a bit of an introduction about what we do […]

New Tennis and Badminton Groups for Downham Market

Two new groups have been set up in Downham Market to give people the chance to play tennis and badminton. Coach Janis Baker will be on hand at each session and welcomes beginners, as well as those with racket skills already, to come along to these exciting new groups. It is a great opportunity to […]

KL.FM Donate a Toy Appeal comes to Downham Market

Father Christmas is coming to Downham Market this week, ably assisted by KL.FM, collecting toys for children who are away from home and family over Christmas. Last year generous KL.FM listeners donated over a thousand presents to the Christmas Toy Appeal. This year, once again, the radio station is requesting that people grab just one […]

Arbuckles Officially Opens New Extension

Local press were invited to Arbuckles in Downham Market this afternoon as John and Maxine Murphy officially opened the restaurant s new extension. The red ribbon was cut by Mr John Barker who, as the Murphys landlord, has been very supportive of the new development. John Murphy, John Barker and Maxine Murphy posing for press […]

Cinema and Performing Arts

Click here to return to our What s On page…    Hope Springs 20th December 2012 – Doors open at 7pm Film starts at 7:30pm Tickets priced £4.00 available from Downham Market Town Council Offices or LEWKS, Wales Court Click here to watch the trailer on Youtube We Bought a Zoo 29th November 2012 – Doors […]