The main road between Brandon and Thetford is closed overnight tetween 7pm and 5am (7ht to 8th of Feb)
Access only may be allowed (i.e. to Santon Downham) but long diversions seem to be in place for through traffic.
Details can be found here

The main road between Brandon and Thetford is closed overnight tetween 7pm and 5am (7ht to 8th of Feb)
Access only may be allowed (i.e. to Santon Downham) but long diversions seem to be in place for through traffic.
Details can be found here
10:30 to 12:00 at the Village Hall
The dates for the 2024 Coffee Mornings are as follows
Wednesday
24th January
7th February
21st February
6th March
20th March
3rd April
17th April –LAST OF THE YEAR
Yes it was cold last night.
No surprises as my garden weather station had recorded an overnight low of -6.6C.
It wasn’t till much later in the day that Dan Holley was able to say the official weatherstation confirmed it (they even agreed with my numbers).
One of the main roads in/out of Santon Downham will be closed from the 8th to the 17th of November.
Details can be found here
The closure is at the corner by the Forestry Commission and the details/diversion shows their will be no direct access either to or from the river/bridge side of Santon Downham i.e no access to/from the A134.
A number of historic press clippings from local and regional papers have been added to site.
Links have been added to relevant sections on the Timeline, The Church and Downham Hall together with the full list on the In The Press page.
More will be added in the near future.
The Village Hall (nolonger called the Santon Downham Centre) has a new website and includes details of how to book the rooms,up and coming events and contact details for the new Village Hall committee.
The postal collection times for the post box at the old village shop have changed.
they are now (as of 3/10/23)
9am Monday to Friday
7am Saturday
Two paintings of Downham Hall in 1900 have come to light and we have added photographs of them to the site.
More dates have been added for Coffee Mornings (until christmas)
OCTOBER 11TH
OCTOBER 25TH
NOVEMBER 8TH
NOVEMBER 22ND
DECEMBER 6TH
DECEMBER 20TH
10.30 AM TO 12 NOON
Winter’s nearly here so the Coffee Mornings are resuming.
1st one is Wed 27th September. More to follow I’m sure
From 10:30am, please bring a mug and a £1 contribution to the cost of Tea/Coffee/biscuits/electricty/heating etc.