Wroxham is a largely residential village, with several boatyards and its very own Wroxham Broad, alongside the River Bure. Belaugh is a small village between Hoveton and Coltishall also close by the River.Bure Tourists flock to this area between April and October to hire boats and explore this beautiful part of the Norfolk Broads.
When people talk of Wroxham they are often referring to Hoveton, which is on the north side of the River Bure. Hoveton is a more commercial village, with a number of shops. The largest shop, Roys of Wroxham, consists of a supermarket, department store, toy shop and garden centre as well as a DIY warehouse. Roys (which claims to be the largest village shop in the world!) is one of our association's corporate members and has supported the WHB Twinning Association in a number of ventures, including wine tastings of Anjou wines from La Pommeraye and Montjean.
Broadland High School is situated in Hoveton and is of particular significance to our association, which developed from school exchange visits, thus giving parents, as well as their children, the opportunity to visit La Pommeraye and Montjean. The school is very supportive of the WHB Twinning Association and is invaluable to us when the French visit us - we often have our reception here and, sometimes, our dinner and dance. The car park is the general pick up and dropping off point during the visits.
Hoveton has a railway line with regular trains to Norfolk's county city: Norwich (15 minutes), with links to London, Cambridge etc.
https://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/destination/wroxham-and-hoveton
There are also hotels and a number of boatyards in Hoveton. A few years ago a derelict area by the river was transformed into a river walk area with facilities for children to play. In 2004 a commemorative tree was planted by the chairmen of the French and English Associations to commemorate our first ten years of twinning and in 2014 we were presented with a plaque which can be found on the wall at Granary Staithe to celebrate our 20 years.