Profile: Attleborough with Besthorpe Introduction Full benefice name: Benefice of Attleborough with Besthorpe Deanery: Thetford and Rockland Location: South Norfolk Type of area: Attleborough is a rapidly expanding market town on the A11 corridor between Thetford and Norwich, with a population of 12,000. The Benefice also includes the village of Besthorpe situated approximately a mile away from the town centre. Tradition: Worship is centred around the Eucharist. The tradition of the Churches could be described as broadly liberal catholic towards the upper end of the central Anglicanism. Besthorpe is slightly ‘lower’ than Attleborough. The worship in both churches has an air of relaxed formality. Who the role is for: A title post for a male or female deacon who expects to be ordained priest Incumbent: Revd Matthew Jackson The Rectory, Surrogate Street Attleborough, NR17 2AW 01953 453185
[email protected] Website: www.attleboroughchurch.org.uk www.besthorpechurch.org.uk 2 Profile: Attleborough with Besthorpe Our setting and the context Situated on the edge of the Breckland area of Norfolk, Attleborough is approximately 15 miles south west of Norwich and serviced by good road, bus and rail links to Norwich, Cambridge and London. There is an hourly train to Norwich and Cambridge and the East Midlands Train from Norwich to Liverpool (which calls amongst other places at Ely, Peterborough and Manchester) stops in Attleborough. Connection to the Motorway system takes approximately one hour’s travel by road. Attleborough is a lively market town. Historically and to the present day its commercial and business life has been associated with the county's agricultural heritage.