The Official Town Guide 2019/2020

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Contents The Official Sheringham Town Guide 2019/20 has been designed, produced and published by Falcon Publications on behalf of A Welcome from the Mayor p5 Sheringham Town Council. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the publishers and Diary of Annual Events p6-7 copyright holders. Every effort has been taken to ensure that the contents of this guide Council Information p9 are accurate, but Falcon Publications cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions. Whilst reasonable care is taken when accepting Sheringham’s History p11-13 advertisements, the publisher will not accept responsibility for any resulting unsatisfactory transactions. Sheringham Museum p15

The North Railway p17 Falcon Publications DBH 21 Primary Education p19 Diss Business Park Hopper Way Secondary Education p21 Diss Complex-Needs Education p23 Norfolk, IP22 4GT

Sheringham Town Map p24/25 Editor: Sarah Veness, 01379 773348 Health and Welfare p27 Advertising: Gary Enderby, 01379 773347 Email: [email protected] The Arts in Sheringham p29 www.falconpublications.co.uk

Lifeboats p31 Design & Artwork: Ian Foster, Copy Concept Lifeguards p33 Email: [email protected] Cover photograph and inside images by kind permission of Places of Worship p35, p37 Alan Palmer

Clubs and Societies p39-41

Directory of Advertisers p44-45

| 3 Enjoying the 1940s weekend 4 | Welcome to Sheringham

The town has developed from a small village to the vibrant seaside attraction that you are now living in or visiting. There are many ways that you can be entertained and we hope that you will enjoy your stay, however long you are here. The beaches are glorious with Blue flag status. Visit the Little Theatre, where we have a unique opportunity to see a range of excellent shows including summer repertory performances as well as a wonderful pantomime.

Our Museum is magnificent with items for all ages to be engaged with. Don’t forget to use the app to find the

Dinosaurs in the Deep History Initiative. Keep an eye open for exhibitions taking place during the year.

Whatever food you might fancy, there will be somewhere for you to sample. We have something for everyone with several opportunities to enjoy tapas platters with a cool refreshing drink on sunny evenings. What about a game of crazy golf or even the real thing with one of the country’s first class golf links here?

There’s something for everyone in Sheringham!

Look inside this brochure to ensure that you make the most of our town. Residents and visitors alike feel they are on holiday all year round, so have a lovely time and enjoy yourselves.

Cllr Madeleine Ashcroft

Mayor of Sheringham

| 5 Sheringham’s Annual Events

There are many events in Sheringham throughout the year. Here are a few May - Crab & Lobster Festival highlights:

June - Sheringham Classic Car & Bike January 1st - New Year’s Day Dip Show

February - Viking Festival July - Potty Morris Festival

April - Easter Bonnet Parade July - Opening of the Little Theatre Season

6 | July/ August - Carnival Events including October - & Sheringham Art & Raft Race, Parade and Street Races Literary Festival

August - RNLI Lifeboat Day November - Lights Switch-On

September - NNR 1940s weekend December - Santa Specials (NNR)

October - Halloween (NNR) To find out more details and specific dates for each year go to www.sheringhamcarnival.com

‘A Year in Sheringham’ Handbook is available with details of local event information for the year. You’ll find this in shops in the town, on the Sheringham Carnival stand at events or you can order one online at www.sheringhamcarnival.com

| 7 The Funky Mackerel Cafe An independent family run business serving probably the best bacon sandwiches and delicious & luxurious flapjacks in .  Very dog friendly  Open all year round 8 Station Approach, Sheringham NR26 8RA Tel: 07498 045895 www.funkymacs.co.uk

8 | Council Information

Sheringham Town Council Sheringham Community Centre

Holway Road

Sheringham North Norfolk District Council

Norfolk Council Offices

NR26 8NP Holt Road

Town Clerk: Denise Medler Cromer

Deputy Town Clerk: Kelly Cooper Norfolk, NR27 9EN

Main telephone: 01263 822213 Opening times: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday - 8.30am-5pm, Wednesday - 10am-5pm, [email protected] Friday - 8.30am-4.30pm website: sheringhamtowncouncil.gov.uk Tel: 01263 513811

Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday Website: www.north-norfolk.gov.uk 9.30am-12.30pm Responsibilities include benefits, council tax collections, Sheringham Town Council’s Administrator will be environment and waste, housing, planning & design, more than happy to answer any queries you may have. street cleaning and leisure facilities amongst others. To speak with the Clerk or Deputy Clerk, please call to make an appointment.

Responsibilities include: running Sheringham County Hall Community Centre which is available for regular or Martineau Lane one-off hire, Cemetery, Weybourne Road Allotments, Commons, Town Clock, War Memorial, a proportion , NR1 2DH of the Town’s streetlights and benches, bus shelters, Opening times: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm putting greens and grass verges. Tel: 0344 800 8020 (main switchboard)

Website: www.norfolk.gov.uk

Responsibilities include: Social Services, Trading Standards, Fire & Rescue, transport and education amongst others.

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10 | Sheringham’s History

“History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of and arrow heads have been found on the beach with many the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, good examples of the flint knappers work being seen in and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days” Sheringham and other Norfolk Museums. The area now (Winston Churchill ) occupied by our town was wandered by nomadic hunter gatherers, following the herds of mammoths that gave food The story of Sheringham stretches back over many centuries and skins for tents and clothing. and is built around tales of ordinary folk who settled below the glacial moraine (the Cromer Ridge) left by the last Ice Age. Research by local historians points to an early settlement The fossil record of the area has pointed to a marshland once being that of Scira’s people. “Ham” is an Anglo Saxon word for inhabited by Mammoths, Wild Boar and Tigers to mention “small village”, so we have the ham of Scira’s people. Scira but a few species. David Barber, a local artist, has caught this being of Danish origin possibly being linked with the Danes period on the wall mural facing out to the , below who came to settle in this part of in approximately the Two Lifeboats Hotel and The Crown Inn. Evidence in the 750AD. Evidence of the possibility of early Roman settlement form of fossilized bones has come out of the Cromer Forest was discovered in 1956, when a domestic kiln was discovered Bed, with an almost complete skeleton of a Mammoth being whilst excavating at the Council Depot. recovered in 1990 from near West and other bones Greyware Roman pottery was recovered. from the cliffs below Beeston. Examples of flint Neolithic axes The Domesday Survey completed in 1086 is the first real

| 11 mention of Sheringham. In the survey the settlement is recorded as Silingham and tells us that it was made up of a population of 28 (10 villagers, 12 smallholders, 5 slaves and 1 freeman.) The Survey also mentions a 4 acre meadow, woodlands, 100 pigs, a church and church lands. The Lord of the Manor in 1086 was William of Ecouis. The mention of a church is probably that of the wooden structure that is thought to stand on the site prior to that of the current one of All Saints, Upper Sheringham being erected about 1400.

Records of the 17th and 18th centuries record storms that ripped into the cliffs taking chunks of land away (1789 and 1795). The storm of 1795 damaged land in front of the Crown Inn. Five years later in 1800 the Crown finally succumbed and crashed onto the beach.

In the wake of the Industrial Revolution 1760 – 1830 when we saw the transition from hand production methods to that Railways had started to join towns and cities and the coast. of machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron From the 1840s a national railway network started to develop. production processes,the development and increased use of steam power, the development of machine tools and the rise It was on 16th June 1887 that the biggest factor in promoting of the factory system. Although this had no immediate impact growth in the town happened – the railway came to on Sheringham the foundations were being laid for a century Sheringham. Now there was a direct line to (3 hours 13 of change and development in Sheringham, reflecting that minutes) which in its heyday had 64 trains a day passing in and which was happening in other parts of the country. In 1805 a out of the station. With this came the development of what had House of Industry, Workhouse, was built in Upper been arable land. The Upcher family sold blocks of land for Sheringham. This was followed in 1811 by the Enclosure building – The Sheringham Building Estate – which included Award. what we now know as Street; The Boulevard; North and South Streets; St Nicholas Place and Links Road to mention Just over 200 years ago, in 1812, the owner of the Manor of some. At the same time the Upcher family gave land for the Sheringham, Cook Flower, sold it to Abbot Upcher. So began building of a church with St Peter’s being completed in 1897 at the relationship of the Upcher Family with the folk of a cost of £8000. This last decade of the 19th century saw rapid Sheringham. The family’s benevolence and impact on the life development and the changing from a small fishing village, and development of Sheringham had begun and would be just down the coast from fashionable Cromer, into a thriving transformational. seaside town in its own right.

12 | Sheringham Britain in Bloom awards, the golden sandy beaches and the extensive walks along the cliffs and through the woods of and Pretty Corner, together with a nationally acclaimed Museum on the sea front are all great attractions. The Museum has just been awarded the accolade of ‘Hidden Gem’ by Visit !

The fascinating story of Sheringham can’t be done justice to in these few introductory words. For those of you who want to find out more please visit Sheringham Museum. In the early 20th century Sheringham attracted the wealthy Sheringham is a unique place with a very special atmosphere. and famous. People came to Sheringham for the benefits of Residents and visitors alike make the most of the variety of the sea and coastal climate, as well as to visit friends and join shops and attractions and the friendly welcome that always house parties arranged by those who had built holiday homes awaits one and all. or taken lodgings for the season. The internationally renowned photographer, Olive Edis had her studio in Tim Groves Sheringham and was not just famous for her portraits of local Chairman, Sheringham Museum. fishermen and local people, but also photographic portraits of celebrities and royalty. Amongst those who visited and stayed in the town were Captain Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Vaughan Williams, Albert Einstein, together with politicians, literary figures and the celebrities of the first two decades of the 20th century.

Much more can be found out about those people who came to stay and live in the town by following the Blue Plaque Trail that is being installed within the Museum.

Today Sheringham is known as the Premier Seaside Town on the North Norfolk Coast with thousands of people flocking here to holiday during the year. Often car parking places are at a premium. Alas the main line railway closed in the 1960s as part of the Beeching report hit the future of many rural lines and stations. Today part of the line is run as a heritage steam railway by the NNR. This alone attracts thousands of visitors to the town. The wonderful floral displays that have given

| 13 Walks open everyday Gardens open end of May to end of August Wednesdays, Thursday, Fridays & Sundays 11am - 5pm Events •Tours •Weddings/Parties Café • Shop/Plants

14 | Sheringham Museum

Sheringham Museum is an independent charity which London and the home counties. Together with the influential conserves and celebrates Sheringham’s rich heritage. 2020 Upcher family, notable personalities such as Conan Doyle, marks the 10th anniversary of its official opening on the ‘Mo’ Vaughn Williams, explorers Scott and Shackleton, Lady site following the 1988 creation of the Museum Trust. Battersea and Augustine Birrell sang the praises of the area attracting visits from their wide circle of friends. Our museum reflects the changes in Sheringham with the coming of the railway and rapid developments in industry and During each year many special events, for all ages, communications with displays of shops which met the needs complement our historic fleet of lifeboats, crab boats, social of our new industry, tourism. These stand alongside the more history, photographs, artwork, geology and palaeontology. traditional and ancient skills of boatbuilding with displays of The summer exhibition for 2020 has the title ‘Oh I do like to tools and equipment used by our most skilled and eminent be beside the seaside’ – a mixed media exhibition charting boatbuilders. the rise of Sheringham from the 1880s to become Norfolk’s ‘Premier Seaside Town’. Sheringham was opened up to the world with the arrival of the railway in 1887 and within 20 years a sleepy fishing The museum is fully accessible with a lift to all main floors and village developed into a thriving seaside resort. The rapid a shop full of gifts and souvenirs. expansion of housing, plush hotels, a championship golf Open seasonally from March - October. Check website for details. course, tennis courts, sandy beaches and the health- giving properties of the coastal air attracted a wealthy clientele from www.sheringhammuseum.co.uk

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From the smart Victorian seaside resort of Sheringham to the situated for those wishing to take a stroll through the town Georgian town of Holt, the North Norfolk Railway runs and walk along the promenade before joining your train. through the county’s most stunning coastal scenery. Other stations include Weybourne where you can enjoy a Operated almost entirely by volunteers from all walks of life, cuppa, a picnic or a stroll in the woods or down to the sea and the line, known as the Poppy Line, is East Anglia’s premier Holt, the western terminus just a mile from the lovely market heritage railway. Operating a varied timetable, passengers can town centre. Situated at Holt Station, the William Marriott take a journey back in time relaxing in carriages from times Museum, houses many artefacts, documents and other gone by whilst Steam and Diesel locomotives take the strain. bygones from the age of steam in East Anglia.

The railway’s headquarters in Sheringham is more than just a The Railway holds many special events throughout the year station. There is The Old Luggage Office Refreshment Room including the 1940s weekend, Halloween, Norfolk Lights where you can indulge in a hearty Fireman's Shovel breakfast Express and Santa Specials. There are also a range of special or top up on tea and cake, a well-stocked souvenir shop as dining train experiences including cream teas, fish and chips well as an attractive booking hall and a ladies’ waiting room and even gin trains making for great photo opportunities. The station is ideally www.nnrailway.co.uk

| 17 18 | Primary Education

Sheringham Community Primary School & Nursery

We are a large, vibrant and thriving community school who are As a community school we believe wholeheartedly that it takes dedicated to the development of the whole child. Rachael a whole community to ensure that the children in our care

Carter has been our Headteacher since 2015 and we cater for receive the best education possible. We foster quality children from ages 4 to 11 plus we have our own Nursery, run partnerships between governors / parent / teacher / children / by a qualified teacher, which takes children from the term after community and a sense of security is maintained throughout they turn three. Our Nursery offers up to 30 hours of funded the school. childcare. Our outdoor facilities include a forest school, wildlife We are an OFSTED graded ‘Good’ school (2018) who and pond area, garden, large astro-turf and field with trim trail. commented that, “Pupils develop a love of learning, and the

We aim to create a happy, creative, co-operative and impact of this was evident in pupils’ highly positive attitudes.” imaginative environment, where the maximum is expected of Bright Stars is our fantastic breakfast, after school and holiday everyone's individual abilities and where we all grow to club. Situated next to the school, it provides wrap around care appreciate the pleasure of learning in its widest sense. We want for children aged 4-12. Staff will take children to school and the children to develop and become resourceful, resilient, collect them at the end of the day, providing them with healthy responsible, reflective and reasoning learners who are well snacks and a variety of indoor and outdoor play experiences. prepared, excited, and ready for the next stage of their learning We share a campus with Sheringham Woodfields School and journey. . Our school motto; For further information or to arrange a visit please contact the ‘Be all that you can be …’ encapsulates everything that we school office on 01263 823848 or email strive for in our school. [email protected]

| 19 20 | Secondary Education

Sheringham High School

Sheringham High School is an and part of the five results track record which attracts students from across North schools in the North Norfolk Academy Trust family; Norfolk and offers a wide variety of courses to suit all abilities

High, and Primary, Cromer Junior and and aspirations from Science to Sociology, from Maths to Motor-

Gresham Village School. It is situated on the edge of mechanics, from Chemistry to Criminology, from Product

Sheringham but is at the heart of its community. Design to Psychology.

We are a popular school that caters for over 700 students aged Visitors comment on the very from 11 to 18 who live in Sheringham, Holt and many positive relationships surrounding villages. We occupy a wonderful campus set in its between staff and students, own spacious playing fields with views of the sea. and recognise the focus on

learning in a caring and We have enjoyed consistent examination and Ofsted success for supportive environment. We many years and provide a rich extra curricular programme. The have a dedicated teaching school has an excellent reputation in Music and Theatre, has staff of over fifty teachers, supported by an associate staff team strong links with local arts and theatre providers, excels in a of more than thirty hard working individuals who, together, wide variety of sports, regularly takes top honours in literary deliver outstanding well-being, careers and SMSC (social, and creative competitions, and looks to develop all students’ moral, spiritual, cultural) programmes. We benefit from the talents. Our curriculum is broad and deep. We are committed to goodwill of many supportive parents, friends, industrial many subjects which other schools no longer offer such as mentors, outside agencies and governors, and have forged Modern Foreign Languages, Technology, Motor Mechanics, close links with our community. Many give freely of their time Horticulture, Photography, Music and Drama which enthuse our and energy to help us to provide a quality service to our young students and have real world applications. We have an award people and we value these partnerships. Our success is based winning smallholding on site, The Patch, and share our campus on high expectations, mutual respect and challenge. We believe with Woodfields School; an outstanding complex needs school, in 'Success For All'. with which we have close links. The Sheringham High Sixth

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Complex-Needs Education

Sheringham Woodfields School

Sheringham Woodfields is a purpose-built complex-needs A key part of our work is about preparing our pupils for the next school on the outskirts of Sheringham. We share a campus with steps in their life through encouraging independence, life skills

Sheringham Academy and and being part of the community. We

Sheringham Primary School, also operate a successful charity shop allowing us to work together and down in Sheringham Town Centre, and facilitate inclusion. Our pupils come have done for over eight years. Make sure from a wide geographical area of to visit Woodfields Den when you are

Norfolk, most are provided with local next in town. authority transport. We have 111 places in total and our age Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in early 2019, we provide an inclusive range is from nursery age to sixth form. Our pupils have a education for all and are very proud of the community we serve. diverse range of special educational needs and work at different levels of intellectual ability. All pupils have an Education, www.sheringhamwoodfields.co.uk

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26 | Health and Welfare

Doctors Pharmacies

Sheringham Medical Practice Boots

Cromer Road, Sheringham, NR26 8RT 46 High Street, Sheringham, NR26 8DT Enquiries and appointments: 01263 822066 Tel: 01263 824070 www.sheringhammedical.nhs.uk Lloyds Pharmacy Advice 31 Station Road, Sheringham, NR26 8RF Tel: 01263 823128 NHS 111 Service 111 is the NHS non-emergency number. It is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines Opticians and mobile phones. For immediate life-threatening Specsavers emergencies continue to call 999. 29 High Street, Sheringham, NR26 8DS Tel: 01263 821457 Dentists

Carlton Lodge Dental Care Roger Lee Optometrists 5 Augusta Street, Sheringham, NR26 8LA 60 Station Road, Sheringham, NR26 8RG Tel: 01263 823119 Tel: 01263 824682 www.dentalcaregroup.org

Out of Hours Emergency Dental Advice Telephone NHS advice service on 111

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28 | The Sheringham Art & Sculpture Trail

The Arts in Sheringham

The North Norfolk coastline has, for centuries, provided both The Sheringham Little Theatre provides a fantastic venue in inspiration and a home to many artists who love its big the heart of the town. Boasting the smallest stage of any skies and sweeping beaches. Sheringham is no exception. professional theatre in the UK, it offers an excellent range of drama, cinema, music and live screenings. It is renowned The town is home to many artists, galleries and studios. for being one of the last remaining outposts of a summer Just taking a stroll along the seafront allows the chance to theatre season, celebrating 60 years of these special shows view the Sheringham Art & Sculpture Trail that has taken in 2020. shape. These unique works by local professional artists are part of a regeneration project aimed at transforming stark Sheringham’s Shell Gallery is home to almost areas of the concrete sea defence. 200 colourful, delicate and stunningly realistic sculptures made with shells from all over the world. Peter Coke, actor COAST ARTS delivers a diverse range of accessible art, music, and playwright, famous for his role as Paul Temple in the literature, film and theatre events across North Norfolk. The radio series, took the Victorian art of shellcraft to new Cromer & Sheringham Art & Literary Festival is a fantastic heights of inventiveness, sophistication and variety. example of this and takes place in October.

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30 | Lifeboats

Lifeboats Stationed at Sheringham from 1838 to the present day

Private Lifeboats Dates Augusta 1838-1894 Henry Ramey 1894-1935 RNLI Lifeboats Number Dates Duncan 1867 -1886 William Bennett ON 11 1886 - 1904 J.C.Madge ON 536 1904 -1936 Foresters Centenary ON 786 1936 - 1961 The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows ON 960 1961 -1990 Lloyds II ON 986 1990 -1992 Inshore Lifeboat D 204 1986 - 1986 Inshore Lifeboat B 536 1992 - 1993 Lions International B 539 1993 - 1994 Manchester Unity of Oddfellows B 702 1994 - 2007 The Oddfellows B 818 2007 - to date

History

In the 1800’s Sheringham was a small fishing village and its Lifeboat to be placed on active service was stationed at population relied on the sea for their livelihood. At that time Sheringham and named ‘The Manchester Unity of Lower Sheringham, where the fishermen lived, was a small Oddfellows’ after the Independent Order of Oddfellows, who fishing village with only a few cottages and fish curing bought her for the station. In 2007, the new Atlantic 85 houses; cod or lobster were the main catch, according to (B818) The Oddfellows also financed by the Independent season. The Upcher family encouraged the fishing industry Order of Oddfellows was placed on station and is the current and supplied the first lifeboat named Augusta in 1838. The Lifeboat. first RNLI Lifeboat arrived at Sheringham in 1867 and since Additionally Sheringham supports two Lifeboat Gift shops, that time there have been a further 11 RNLI lifeboats one in the Lifeboat Station and one on the High Street. stationed in the town. Further information can be obtained from the website Following a comprehensive review of the lifeboat cover, it www.sheringhamlifeboat.co.uk & on Facebook. was determined there was a definite need for one of the new Sheringham Lifeboat Station breed of the fast inshore 'Atlantic' lifeboats to be stationed on the east coast. Thus in 1994 the first Atlantic 75 (B702) Tel 01263 823 212

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32 | RNLI Lifeguards

Photo: RNLI Nathan Williams

The north Norfolk coast is a beautiful place to visit in the Red Flag: If this flag is raised at the lifeguard hut or on the summertime, its numerous beaches being one of the main beach it means NO SWIMMING. It is unsafe to enter the attractions. RNLI lifeguards patrol on six beaches in the area water if the red flag is flying. during the summer months, keeping them safe for locals Orange Windsock: This means that there are strong winds and tourist alike. Sheringham has two beaches patrolled by blowing out to sea, and that it is not safe to use inflatables. the lifeguards. Sheringham West is patrolled May-Sept by Do not take inflatables into the water if the windsock is three lifeguards. Sheringham East is patrolled July-Sept by flying. two lifeguards. During these periods beaches are patrolled between 10am and 6pm, seven days a week. If you are going swimming or surfing in the sea, make sure you always go with a friend. If you should find yourself in If you are planning a day out at the seaside, it is important trouble or out of depth, raise your hand in the air, shout for to remember to always swim at a lifeguarded beach. The help and wait for a lifeguard to come to your assistance. If lifeguards will operate a flag system to keep all water users you have a bodyboard, surfboard or inflatable, do not let go safe: of it as it is keeping you afloat. Red and Yellow flags:These flags will be raised to indicate When you get to the beach, go and speak to the lifeguards the safest area to swim. Make sure you always stay in and ask them about the tides, weather forecast and the best between the red and yellow flags when swimming or times for you to swim safely. They are very friendly and are bodyboarding, where the lifeguards can see you. happy to help! Emergency only calls for lifeboat assistance Black and Whiitte Flags: The black and white flags indicate should be made by dialling 999 and asking for the zone for surf craft. If you are surfing or kayaking, stay 'Coastguard'. between the black and white flags

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34 | Places of Worship

St Peter’s Church () WEEKLY/MONTHLY EVENTS (most groups break for summer holiday time) Church Street, Sheringham NR26 8QS Tel: 01263 820040 Mondays: 10.00 a.m. Ladies Fellowship Choir Website: www.achurchnearyou.com 10-2 & 2-4 Bowls Club Twitter: @rockandkeys Tuesdays: 10-2 & 2-4 Bowls Club Facebook: /StPetersSheringham 7.00 p.m. New Music Group (fortnightly) Church Hall is available for hire 7.30 p.m. Ladies Group (fortnightly) Worship time: Wednesdays: 10-2 & 2-4 Bowls Club 11.00 - 1.00 Do Drop In Community Cafe Sundays 6.00 p.m. Table Tennis Club 8.00am Holy Communion (traditional) Thursday: 2.00 p.m. St. Andrew`s Fellowship 10.00am Family Communion (first Sunday) Parish Communion (all other Sundays) 2.00 p.m Crafties Handicraft Group 4.00 pm Choral Evensong (first Sunday) 7.30 p.m. Wesley Guild (3rd. Thursday - 4.00 pm Healing Service (third Sunday) monthly) Wednesdays 7.30 p.m. Singing Simcha (1st. Thursday - monthly) 11.00 am Holy Communion 7.30 p.m. Badminton Club Thursdays Fridays: 9.15 a.m. Prayer Group 11.00 am Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer) 10.00 a.m. Holy Communion 10.45 a.m. Coffee Morning See our website or facebook page for Info about Monday 2.00 p.m. Bowls Club Morning cuppa, Mothers' Union, Noah’s Ark and Who let the Dads Out! Saturdays - Occasional Craft Fairs and Table top sales, Coffee mornings etc..... Our renowned Flower Festival is held at the beginning of St. Andrew`s Methodist Church July, with stunning floral arrangements, refreshments, Built and opened in 1968, the church is light and modern, music, stalls. with a beautiful stained glass window, upholstered pews The Church is wheelchair friendly, has toilet facilities for and many other special symbolic features. On Cromer the disabled, and offers a warm welcome to everyone at Road, It is easily identified by the exterior tall white tower all worship and events. For more information please which has a cross on each side at the top. contact the minister on 01263 822485. Sundays 10.30 a.m. Morning service Website: www.sheringhammethodist.org.uk 4.30 p.m. Cafe Worship (2nd Sunday in month) Informal worship with Refreshments Fridays - 9.15 a.m. Prayer Group 10.00 a.m. Short service of Holy Communion

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Life Church Lighthouse Community Church Life Church is a family that everyone can join. Jesus makes no Jesus is central to who we are - Community is what we are distinctions; he welcomes all and his offer of forgiveness and about - Life is what we are living! new life is open to all. All ages and stages are welcome. We Check us out Sundays 10.15am for our main Community want everyone to enjoy and grow in God’s family, with meet up. everyone playing their part by using their passions, gifts, Check out the website for a window into who we are. skills and love. Welcome Home www.lighthousesheringham.org We belong to Relational Mission, part of the newfrontiers Find us on Facebook family of Churches. A family of churches committed to seeing lives transformed by the grace of God all over the world. Sheringham Quakers On Sundays, our meetings are from 10.30am with drinks Quakers are a faith group committed to working for equality served from 9.45am. and peace. Quaker faith is a search for truth, not an arrival. For further information about all our other activities go to: Quakers don’t use traditional religious structures or paid www.lifesheringham.co.uk ministers. We share responsibility for what we do because or contact us on: everyone has a valuable contribution to make.

A: Life Church, Cromer Road, Sheringham, NR26 8RR A Quaker meeting for worship can be held anywhere, at any E: [email protected] time. Every meeting for worship begins in silence. We use it T: 01263 478230 to open ourselves to the wisdom that comes out of stillness. It TW: @lifesheringham enriches us and shapes us, individually and collectively. This FB: Life Church Sheringham. is what we mean by ‘worship’.

The Catholic Parish of Sheringham and Cromer Our understanding of God is shaped by personal experience; different people use words that they find helpful and The Catholic Parish of Our Lady and St Joseph, Sheringham meaningful. and Cromer, has services at Our Lady of Refuge, on the Road, Cromer (next to the golf club) and at St Meeting for Worship takes place for an hour on Sunday Joseph's on Cromer Road, Sheringham. Further details can be mornings at 10.30am. There is a Children’s Meeting by prior found online at www.ourladyandstjoseph.info. The parish arrangement – please e-mail email address is [email protected] and the Room Hire Parish Priest can be contacted on 01263 822036. Meeting Room (with hearing loop) £6 an hour; Weekend masses are on Saturday (anticipated) and 6pm at Committee Room £4 an hour Our Lady of Refuge, Cromer and on Sunday at 9am at Our Also available at the Meeting House: Lady of Refuge, Cromer and 11am at St Joseph's, Kitchen facilities. Sheringham. When possible, a Mass is said at St. Andrew's A small enclosed garden that can also be available to hirers by (C of E), Holt on Thursday at 9,30am. The Sacrament of arrangement Reconciliation is on Saturday at 9.30am to 10am at St Sheringham Local Quaker Meeting Joseph's, Sheringham and on Saturday at 5-5.30pm at Our 14 Cremer Street, Sheringham, NR26 8DZ Lady of Refuge, Cromer. E-mail: [email protected]

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Health and Welfare [email protected]

Macmillan Cancer Support North Norfolk (Diane Evans): Sheringham and Cromer Lions Club (Hazel or Brian): 01263 823889 01263 821276

Sheringham ABC (After Breast Cancer) (Sheila McGinley): Sheringham and Cromer Round Table: 01263 820924 https://sheringham-cromer.roundtable.co.uk

Sheringham Dementia Friendly Community (Liz Sheringham and Cromer Tangent Club (Laura Girling): Withington): 07905 292897, [email protected] 01263 514985

Singing for Health (Tina): 07771 605188, Sheringham and District Philatelic Society: Gerry [email protected] 01263 579529 or Jim 01263 721043

Sheringham Stroke Support Club (Bernice Escott): Sheringham District Ramblers: www.norfolkra.org.uk

07553 642413 Sheringham Folk Dance Club (Margaret Farley): Sheringham Versus Arthritis (Diana): 01263 513569 07717 161828

Clubs and Societies Sheringham Lacemakers (Pauline Lewis): 01263 821570

Cameos (Marion Price): 01263 821462 Sheringham - Muzillac Twinning Association (Madeleine Ashcroft): 01263 820933 Cromer and Sheringham Brass Band (Phil Rolf ) 07759 575216 Sheringham Twinning Association: Derick Bowler - 01263 833866 or Madeleine Ashcroft Cromer and Sheringham Operatic Society (Amanda Howell): 01263 820933 01263 738356 Sheringham Plastic Aware (Liz Withington): 07905 292897, Harmony Choir - Sue Wallace - 01263 822310 [email protected] Probus Club (John Whittington): 01263 820333 Sheringham Recycled Teenagers Friendship Group (over Poppy Crafters (Shirley): 01263 823499 (evenings between 50s) - Anne 01263 826083 or Janet 01263 822751 6 and 8pm) Sheringham Royal British Legion (Melanie Clarke): Royal Air Forces Association Sheringham and District Branch 01263 588840 (Jack Broughton): 01263 479507 Sheringham Sinfonia (Sarah Coleman): 01263 821514 Sheringham and Cromer 41 Club (Anthony Marrett): Slimming World (Sarah Ramm): 07964 181760 01692 406818 St Andrews Ladies Association (Anne Barker): Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society (Jo Hurrell): 01263 824887

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Sports Clubs Local Websites

North Norfolk Wheelers: www.nnwheelers.co.uk The following websites include a wealth of information

North Norfolk Hockey Club: www.northnorfolkhockey.com about the town including events, services and clubs: www.visitsheringham.co.uk Paul Pretty’s Tsunami Martial Arts (Karate and Tai Chi): 07827 337503, www.tsunami-martial-arts.com www.sheringhamtowncouncil.gov.uk

Sheringham Cricket Club (Chris Moy): 07468 692217 www.sheringhamcarnival.com

Sheringham Football Club (Matt Hagon): [email protected]

Sheringham Golf Club: 01263 823488

Sheringham Morley Social Club - bowls, snooker, pool and bridge (Liz Green): 07780 865151

Splash Leisure and Fitness Centre: 01263 825675

St Andrews Table Tennis Club (David Starling): 01263 823475

St Andrews Badminton Club (David Starling): 01263 823475

Youth Organisations

Sheringham and Beeston Regis Sea Scout Group (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers) Contact Ian on 07468 565277 or [email protected].

Sheringham Rainbows, Brownies & Guides. Please register your interest at www.girlguiding.org.uk/joinus

Sheringham Youth Zone: 07473 464377

True Motion Dance: 07709 804577 Potty Morris Festival

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Barney ’s Beautiful cliff top location between Sheringham News agents and Cromer Touring & camping field with sea view from the Tel: 01263 822 504 majority of the pitches

Tel: 01263 823614 www.beestonregis.co.uk 5-7 Station Road, Sheringham Cromer Road, , Norfolk NR27 9QZ

LITTLE REGENT HALL The perfect B&B to explore North Norfolk

Email: [email protected] Your Best Stop for our Fantastic Range of Call: 01263 824665 Supplements, Health Foods, Vegan Cosmetics, Personal Care and Household Goods. Little Regent Hall, 10 Norfolk Road, Sheringham, NEW Organic Vegetables and REFILLS of Norfolk NR26 8HJ Household and Dry Goods! www.littleregenthall.co.uk High Street Sheringham NR26 8JR T:01263 825881 E:[email protected] 42 | Fresh Daily, Caught Locally Crabs and Lobsters. Joyful West's Shellfish Bar *PIE AND MASH *HOT CARVERY BAGUETTES *HOG ROAST *ALL DAY BREAKFAST *LICENSED DINER *EAT IN OR TAKEAWAY

High Street, Sheringham NR26 8JP NORFOLK’S PIEMAN 54/56 Station Road, Sheringham NR26 8RG Tel: 01263 822111 Tel: 01263 825444

Fieldcraft Vermin Control

Dean Roper Rats • Moles • Mice • Rabbits • Squirrels 19 Cromer Road, Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8AB Home: 01263 825440 Mobile: 07549 660442

Est.1989 - 30 years in business

Open 7 days a week – 9am to 5.30pm, Mon to Sat Sundays and Bank Holidays 10am to 12.30pm

Tel: 01263 823338 www.fastlaneautoshop.co.uk 93 Station Road, Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8RG

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