Introduction

  Stalham is a small market town 15 miles north of Norwich, 3 miles from the sea, golden beaches and on the edge of the Norfolk Broads, one of England's finest National Parks, especially if you like wildlife, sailing and good clean country air.

  The purpose of this site is to show what the Norfolk Broads and Stalham has to offer the visitor  - see the Town Guide for the full Press Release about the Stalham regeneration project. Will the old fire station be refurbished? The revamped Staithe is a vast improvement.

  The past & present section has many pictures of Stalham as it is today, plus copies of old photographs, with where possible, a current photograph taken from the same position. You will see that in a lot of cases, other than in a different style of dress and transport, very little has changed since the turn of the century to the main fabric of the buildings. 

On these pages you will not only find the:-
• Stalham Town guide
• History of Stalham
• History of the Norfolk Broads
• Kelly's Directory for 1888, 1900, 1925 and 1937, Stalham records
  
  but also individual maps showing the locations of:-
  
• art and antique shops
• banks, estate agents, post office
• food shops, pubs. cafe's
• local services and library
• recreation pursuits and activity centres
  
  plus information on:-
  
• boat hire, sales, moorings
• local attractions
• local accommodation
• churches
• maps
• travel information
• the Christmas street fair
  
  a useful
• miles/kilometre converter
  
  and for sailing and boating enthusiasts:-
• Museum of the Broads which has now re-located to Stalham.
• Arthur Ransome of "Swallows and Amazons" fame, Norfolk haunts.
• Coot Club, the first of Arthur Ransome's children's stories based on the Norfolk Broads.
• Big Six, the later follow up and by some considered his finest of all his children's stories
• a visitors view of a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads
• boat hire on the northern Broads
• a tour by car around the Norfolk towns and villages featured in the books.
  
  If you just want to sit back and look at some pictures there are two small automatic slideshows
  
• Broads slideshow with captions or a
• Christmas Street Fair slideshow also with captions.
  
  and finally, for something completely different, 
• Car Hire on the Costa del Sol
• Family Genealogy

  All this, together with information on the surrounding area, if fact anything you need to know when you visit Stalham and the Norfolk Broads. If you've been here before and would like to know what's new, I've now added an What's New update page

  Thanks to the following sponsors who by their contributions have made the continuation of this site possible.

• Aldreds - Estate Agent, Stalham.
• Camelot Craft  - yacht charter and sailing boat hire.
• Chapelfield Cottage - bed and breakfast
• Keswick Hotel (Bacton) - Restaurant and accommodation.
• New Horizon Holidays - motor cruisers for 2 - 12 people.
• Moonfleet Marine - motor cruiser and floating chalet hire.
• Stalham Radio - everything electrical
• Stalham Water Tours - trips from Stalham to Barton Broad and How Hill.
• Wayford Bridge Hotel - riverside accommodation and restaurant.

If you think something is missing, needs adding or is wrong, mail webmaster @whiteswan. u-net.com .

Stalham, then and now - plenty more inside

1900's	1998
The Old Post Office, now a DIY store

 

To start your tour, click on the or link Town Guide

 

 

Do something Special for your community. 

Norfolk Police are recruiting Special Constables across the county. Specials are ordinary members of the public who volunteer their time to help police their communities. Full training and uniform are provided and expenses paid. 

For more information visit these websites :-  

http://www.norfolk.police.uk/specials.cfm
http://www.specialconstables.gov.uk

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