Thetford – Walking. Gossip. Travel.

Just a short walk from Thetford town centre is this interesting and peaceful riverside path, known as Spring Walk. It

Thetford – Tank Track Marks on Bridge

I would have never noticed this, but there’s a wonderful Heritage Trail board nearby which explained what these marks are.

I’ve never visited this gatehouse before, which is accessed from the main priory site by using a path across a

This illustration in the Illustrated London News is of Thetford railway station, just after it had opened in 1845. There

Thetford railway station is an attractive flint-faced building which opened to passengers in July 1845. It expanded throughout the late

The King’s Head Inn on White Hart Street has been trading since the eighteenth century, although the frontage was modified

This property on White Hart Street would have been next to a functioning theatre when it was built in the early

Looking at the listed buildings register it appears that the majority of properties along White Hart Street are listed, with

The Odd Fellows were craftsmen who didn’t fit into the usual trades, so they weren’t part of a guild. Well,

Thomas Paine is one of the best known sons of Thetford having been born in the town on 9 February