Fakenham
Fakenham is a Town in the county of Norfolk.
There are great places to visit near Fakenham including some great historic buildings, towns, beaches, ancient sites, old mines, woodlands, country parks, airports and ruins.
The area around Fakenham boasts some of the best historic buildings including Blickling Estate, Duke's Head Hotel, and Warehouse and Training Ship Vancouver in St Margaret's Lane.
The area around Fakenham boasts some of the best towns including King's Lynn, Thetford, Great Yarmouth, Hunstanton, and Wells-next-the-Sea.
Don't miss Heacham South Beach's beaches if visiting the area around Fakenham.
There are a several good ancient sites in the area around Fakenham like Grimes Graves.
Grimes Graves is a great place to visit close to Fakenham if you like old mines.
Don't miss Thetford Forest Park's woodlands if visiting the area around Fakenham.
Country Parks to visit near Fakenham include Thetford Forest Park.
There are a number of airports near to Fakenham including Norwich Airport.
Places near Fakenham feature a number of interesting ruins including St Benet's Abbey.
Fakenham History
There are some historic monuments around Fakenham:
Places to see near Fakenham
History of Fakenham
In the late 1990s the town was listed by contributor Robert Woods to The Knowhere Guide as “the most boring place on Earth”. The contribution was specifically referring to Wednesday afternoon which is ‘early closing’ day in Fakenham. This comment, made by Woods, was taken and quoted out of context as ‘voted’ the most boring place on Earth” and very rapidly the story was running in national newspapers with the town council defending the town and spending considerable time, money and effort trying to prove that this was not the case. Fakenham was recently voted the seventh best place to live in Britain in Country Life’s quality of life survey.
