Downham Market Train Station

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Downham Market railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England.

Downham Market Train Station

Downham Market railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England. It is 86 miles 8 chains measured from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Littleport and Watlington stations. The station building of 1846, built of carrstone with pale brick dressings, is a Grade II listed building.

Signal box at Downham Market - The Lynn & Ely Railway Bill received the Royal Assent on 30 June 1845. Work started on the line in 1846 and the line and its stations were opened on 27 October 1846. Downham Station opened with the line and was situated south of Stow Station and was a temporary end of the line. The line was completed to Ely in 1847. On New Year's Day Downham station ceased to be a temporary terminus when the line was opened through to Denver Road Gate. The new line connected King's Lynn and its harbor with Ely and trains to London. The wooden signal box, built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1881, was listed Grade II in 2013.

Site Information
Address:
91 Railway Rd, Downham Market, PE38 9EL, Norfolk
Visitor Information
Disabled access
Yes
Parking
Yes
Refreshments (nearby)
Yes
Dog friendly
Yes
Toilets
Yes
Features
Architecture
Social Heritage
Nearby Attractions
Attraction 1:
Discover Downham Heritage & Learning Centre
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0.34 Miles Away
Discover Downham is run by the Downham Market & District Heritage Society. The Society is operating as a ‘social enterprise’, in that it raises funds through donations, membership fees, admission fees to its talks and visits, hire of rooms, and through the sale of postcards and notelets depicting local scenes painted by one of its members.
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Attraction 2:
The Market Place
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0.47 Miles Away
Downham Market has a regular, popular and thriving outdoor market held every Friday and Saturday on the Town Hall car park, next to the imposing Town Hall. The market is open between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm.
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Attraction 3:
Downham Market
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0.48 Miles Away
On the banks of the River Great Ouse, and dating back to Saxon times, Downham Market is one of Norfolk’s oldest market towns. The attractive market place is immediately identifiable by the splendidly unusual and majestic black and white clock.
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Attraction 4:
Downham Market Town Square
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0.51 Miles Away
The Town Square is situated in the very heart of the town and is the square inhabited by the iconic Town Clock. Town Square Trading is aimed to maximize the square’s potential encompassing a range of activities from individual stalls, craft stalls, hosting public information roadshows/campaigns, advertising opportunities, product launches to a performance arena highlighting local talent.
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Attraction 5:
Church of St Edmund's, Downham Market
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0.6 Miles Away
St Edmund’s is located on a beautiful site, overlooking the town to the fens beyond. Although the building underwent an extensive 19th- century restoration, a number of earlier features survive, including a 15th-century font, a lady chapel dating from c.1500 and an eight branch glass chandelier made c.1730.
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