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Bowthorpe makes a notable contribution to local sport, providing grounds for Norwich's largest 5-a-side football complex. Bowthorpe also was the home of Sunday League team Wendene Wanderers, who folded towards the end of 2010 due to lack of finance. Wendene was mainly a youth club, with many teams ranging from Under-6s to Under-16s.
Bowthorpe Marsh is located in Bowthorpe approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the city centre. Covering 5.7 hectares (14 acres) of low-lying unimproved grassland which is crossed by a network of drainage ditches. The site lies adjacent to the River Yare and can be reached by public footpaths.
The NR postcode area, also known as the Norwich postcode area, [2] is a group of 35 postcode districts in the east of England, within 16 post towns.These cover central, north and eastern Norfolk (including Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Attleborough, Wymondham, Dereham, Fakenham, Walsingham, Wells-next-the-Sea, Melton Constable, Holt, Sheringham, Cromer and North Walsham) and part of north-east ...
Bowthorpe Marsh is a 5.9-hectare (15-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Norwich, Norfolk, England.It is owned and managed by Norwich City Council. [1] [2]This site adjacent to the River Yare has unimproved grassland, tall fen, a seasonal pond and drainage ditches, which have aquatic plants such as reed sweet-grass.
Norwich claims to be the most complete medieval city in the United Kingdom. [5] It includes cobbled streets such as Elm Hill, Timber Hill and Tombland; ancient buildings such as St Andrew's Hall; half-timbered houses such as Dragon Hall, The Guildhall and Strangers' Hall; the Art Nouveau of the 1899 Royal Arcade; many medieval lanes; and the winding River Wensum that flows through the city ...
Shortly beyond the ring road lies City Academy Norwich, a secondary school that has been oversubscribed since the closure of the failing Bowthorpe School nearby. The main entrance to the University of East Anglia (UEA) is just beyond Earlham School.
The County Borough of Norwich wards of Bowthorpe, Earlham, Eaton, Lakenham, Nelson, St Stephen, Town Close, and University. [4]Further to the Second Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies a redistribution of seats was enacted in 1970.
Map of the hundreds of Norfolk. Between the 10th and the 19th centuries the hundreds of Norfolk and the boroughs of Norwich, King's Lynn, Thetford and Great Yarmouth were the administrative units of the English county of Norfolk. Each hundred had a separate council that met each month to rule on local judicial and taxation matters.