Welcome to Downham Market Town Council website.
The
Mayor’s Welcome
Downham Market has grown from the quiet market town of my childhood with its
small grocery and green grocery shops to a busy market town with supermarkets,
cafes and restaurants but has also many individual independent shops to
delight many a shopper. Our market days are Friday and Saturday where you can
buy a variety of goods from fresh vegetables to clothes and carpets.
In
the centre of the Town stands our majestic Town Clock, which chimes out the
hours and overlooks the Town Hall which contains a Heritage Centre.
We
thrive on our sense of community and have many clubs and societies (around
150) for people to join and enjoy the tremendous range of activities on offer.
The Town Council puts on events throughout the year for its townsfolk and
visitors. An 8 day Festival is now in its 37th year and is held each Whitsun
with a carnival and parade of floats through the Town on the bank holiday
Monday. The 2nd Sunday of August sees dragon boat racing at the Water
Festival, staged on one of our two waterways to the west of the Town. Downham
Market was once famous for its horse fair, one of the largest in Europe held
over several days near St Winnold’s Day in March; we commemorate this
anniversary each year with a parade of local dignitaries and guests following
horses through the Town for a Civic breakfast at our Town Hall.
Other
events we celebrate with local groups are St George’s Day, Chinese New Year,
Halloween and the switching on of the Christmas lights.
Our
population now nears 10,000 people and we have our own primary and high
schools as well as an independent school just outside our boundaries. There is
a direct railway line to Kings Cross (90 mins) stopping off at Littleport,
Ely, and Cambridge on the way, and King’s Lynn in the other direction.
So enjoy Downham Market with its sense of COMMUNITY.
The
Former Mayor
Cllr V F Starling
May
2011
Mayor
Making – Tuesday, 8th May 2012
The
Mayor of Downham Market, Cllr Robin Pegg, with the former Mayor, Cllr Val
Starling
Mayor
Making – Tuesday, 8th May 2012
The
Mayor of Downham Market Cllr Robin Pegg, and the Deputy Mayor, Cllr David
Sharman
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