About our CIU Club
Tyneside Club
95 Station Rd, Sheringham,
Norfolk, NR26 8RG
Tel: 01263 822570
Sheringham
is a traditional seaside village with its attractive old-fashioned unchanging
atmosphere and sandy beaches washed by shallow waters. Until the end of the
1800s this town was little more than a small fishing village, nowadays it has
its own buoyant appeal in summer with the entertainment ranging from the
traditional penny arcade to one of the most intimate little theatres in the
country.
What's on in Sheringham.
Social Clubs in Sheringham |
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| Great Snoring Social Club Walsingham Road Binham Norfolk NR21 0AP Tel: 01328 820708 |
Trunch Social Club Gimingham Road Trunch Norfolk NR28 0PS Tel: 01263 720463 |
| Crisp Malting Social Club Fakenham Road Great Ryburgh Norfolk NR21 7AN Tel: 01328 829466 |
Fakenham Conservative Club Whitehorse Street Fakenham Norfolk NR21 8AD Tel: 01328 862769 |
| North Norfolk Conservative Club 8a Louden Road Cromer Norfolk NR27 9EF Tel: 01263 511280 |
West Runton Social Club Water Lane West Runton Norfolk NR27 9QP Tel: 01263 837567 |
Sheringham is a seaside town (population
7143) in Norfolk, England, west of Cromer. Historically, the parish of
Sheringham comprised the two villages of Upper Sheringham, a farming community,
and Lower Sheringham, which combined farming with fishing. The industry was at
its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as the coming of the
railways made it possible for fish to be transported more efficiently to market.
Through the 1900s the focus of the fishing, as all along the north Norfolk
coast, began to be on crabs, lobsters and whelks. The crab and lobster fishing
made the local fishermen major suppliers to the London fishmarkets. Long lining
for cod and the catching of herring began to become less important in the second
half of the century, as did whelking, and today from a peak of maybe 200 boats,
Sheringham now has eight boats operated single-handed.
The current town of Sheringham was once Lower Sheringham, a fishing station for
the main village, now known as Upper Sheringham. It is a railway town that was
developed with the coming of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line
in the late 19th century. Most of Sheringham's range of buildings and shop come
from this period and the early 20th century. It has a particularly interesting
range of buildings using flint, not normally in the traditional Norfolk style
but in a variety of techniques. Sheringham today has a thriving town centre
unlike a lot of towns. The Main shopping street still has two Butchers, two
Bakers, three Greengrocers, one Ironmonger, several newsagents, and many other
types of shops, on Saturday there is a very popular market on the Car Park at
the top end of the town which attracts a large crowd to the town even out of the
holiday season. The town also has a good selection of specialist shops such as
second-hand books, antiques and bric-a-brac, fishing tackle and bait, model shop
and arts and craft shops. The Sheringham Little Theatre is a real gem and has a
wide range of productions on throughout the year including a popular pantomime
at Christmas time, in the foyer is an excellent coffee shop and there is nearly
always a display of Art work going on there, very often by local Artists. There
is a good selection of food outlets and some excellent pubs, restaurants and a
youth hostel.
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