Norwich Market

Norwich Market is an attractive and vibrant mix of food, crafts, flowers and much more. It was founded in the 11th century to supply Norman merchants and settlers moving to the area, replacing an earlier market a short distance away. It has been in operation on the present site for over 900 years. It was radically redesigned in the 1930 with the stalls being arranged into parallel rows. By the 1990s, the market was becoming decrepit and, in 2003, proposals were made for another radical rebuilding of the area, proposals that were extremely controversial and were abandoned in 2004 in favour of a scheme which retained the parallel rows of stalls, but replaced the old stalls with steel units of four stalls each. The rebuilt market was completed in early 2006 and is one of the largest markets in Britain.