SHERINGHAM

Town of Sheringham
North Norfolk
In North Norfolk
Geography
Status:	Town
Government Region:	East of England
Administrative County:	Norfolk
Local Administration:	North Norfolk District Council
Admin. HQ:	NNDC Cromer
Grid reference:
ONS code:	33UF
Demographics
Population:	7143 (2001 census)
Ethnicity:	No Figures
Politics
MP elected in the UK general election, 2005:	Norman Lamb
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Post Office and Telephone
Postcode:	NR 26
Dialling Code:	01263
Communications
Railway:	Bitten Line, Sheringham to Norwich via Cromer. North Norfolk Railway(Poppy Line) Sheringham-Weybourne-Holt
Bus:	Coastliner, Sanders Bus Co, First Bus Co.
Road:	Situated on the A149 Coast road
Sheringham from the Beeston Bump

'Sheringham' is a seaside town (population 7143^[1]) in Norfolk, England, west of Cromer.
Historically, the parish of Sheringham comprised the two villages of Upper Sheringham, a farming community, and Lower Sheringham, which combined farming with fishing.
The industry was at its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as the coming of the railways made it possible for fish to be transported more efficiently to market. Through the 1900s the focus of the fishing, as all along the north Norfolk coast, began to be on crabs, lobsters and whelks. The crab and lobster fishing made the local fishermen major suppliers to the London fishmarkets. Long lining for cod and the catching of herring began to become less important in the second half of the century, as did whelking, and today from a peak of maybe 200 boats, Sheringham now has eight boats operated single-handed.
The current town of Sheringham was once Lower Sheringham, a fishing station for the main village, now known as Upper Sheringham. It is a railway town that was developed with the coming of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line in the late 19th century. Most of Sheringham's range of buildings and shop come from this period and the early 20th century. It has a particularly interesting range of buildings using flint, not normally in the traditional Norfolk style but in a variety of techniques.
The town has no harbour, so the lifeboat has to be launched by tractor, and the fishing boats are hauled up the beach. An old sail-powered lifeboat is preserved in the former lifeboat shed and three other RNLI lifeboats are kept in another centre. The railway line to Cromer and Norwich remains open as the Bittern Line. Beyond Sheringham, the line has been preserved as the North Norfolk Railway as far as Holt,
In 1811, the Sheringham Estate was bought by Abbot and Charlotte Upcher.
They asked Humphry Repton to design Sheringham Hall. The Upcher family also built a school. The Hall is still privately occupied, but Sheringham Park is in the care of the National Trust and open to visitors.
Sheringham nestles under the nearby hill of Beeston Bump which was the site of one of the World War II secret Y-stations. The Bump can be climbed using the Peddars Way and North Norfolk Coastal Path from either the East or West
The Dales, formerly the residence of Henry Douglas King, M.P., and later Major William James Spurrell, D.S.O., M.C., is now a hotel (The Dales Country House)[1].

Contents

Twin towns

List Of Public Houses in Sheringham

External links

References

Twin towns

★ - Otterndorf, Germany

List Of Public Houses in Sheringham

★ The Crown, East Cliff, Sheringham.

★ The Lobster, 13 High street, Sheringham.

★ The Robin Hood Tavern, Station Road, Sheringham.

★ The Two Lifeboats, Sheringham.

★ Dunstable Arms, Cromer Road, Sheringham.

★ Sherry 'n' Ham, Beech Avenue, Sheringham.

★ Wyndham Arms, Wyndham Street, Sheringham.

★ The Red Lion, Upper Sheringham.(Closed)

External links

★ Sheringham webcam

★ Sheringham Cricket Club

References

1. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes."