https://broadsnews.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need for the Broads and the villages north of Norwich.en-GBSun, 04 Oct 2026 06:55:57 +0000https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-remembrance-sunday/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-remembrance-sunday/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRemembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Last year Thorpe St Andrew shut Yarmouth Road from 10am to 1.15pm; Hellesdon meets at St Mary's at 10.50am.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-halloween/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-halloween/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnWroxham Barns' free pumpkin patch opens 10 October, BeWILDerwood's Halloween runs to 1 November, and Pettitts gives every paying child a free pumpkin.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-food-hygiene-ratings-september-2026/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-food-hygiene-ratings-september-2026/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsAll 44 Broadland food hygiene ratings dated September were 5s. Late August results added since include a 1 for a Taverham takeaway and two 2s in Drayton.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-air-quality-no2-readings/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-air-quality-no2-readings/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCromer Road in Hellesdon had Broadland's highest nitrogen dioxide reading in 2025, at 26.4 against a legal limit of 40. Readings rose at 18 of 23 sites.https://broadsnews.co.uk/bewilderwood-christmas/https://broadsnews.co.uk/bewilderwood-christmas/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBeWILDerwood Norfolk has not announced its 2026 Christmas event. In 2025 it ran 11 dates from 29 November, £17.50 each, with a light trail and mini panto.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-roadworks-travel/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-roadworks-travel/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoThe Street in Acle shuts 1 to 7 October, Felthorpe lanes close in turn to 16 October, and buses replace every train out of Norwich on Sunday 11 October.https://broadsnews.co.uk/sprowston-neighbourhood-plan-consultation/https://broadsnews.co.uk/sprowston-neighbourhood-plan-consultation/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSprowston's new plan to 2040 protects 51 green spaces and admits Wroxham Road traffic never fell. Comments open on 30 September and close at 5pm on 11 November.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-winter-pressures-grant/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-winter-pressures-grant/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBroadland community groups can bid for up to £500 for warm spaces and hampers until 30 October. Last winter 12 groups shared £5,118, down from £12,851.https://broadsnews.co.uk/whats-on-broads-this-month/https://broadsnews.co.uk/whats-on-broads-this-month/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnAylsham Food Festival ends with a £13 brunch on 4 October, Wroxham Barns' free pumpkin patch opens on the 10th, and two fireworks displays fire on 7 November.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-local-plan-2045-sites/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-local-plan-2045-sites/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOwners have offered 165 Broadland sites, 1,971 hectares, for the next Greater Norwich plan. Acle has the most land. Plan comments close at 5pm on 28 September.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-christmas-markets/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-christmas-markets/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnFairhaven's Christmas Market is Saturday 21 November, 11am to 8pm, free. Wroxham Barns has about 60 stalls on 1 November and a Christmas makers market on 5-6 December.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-santa-grotto/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-santa-grotto/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnROARR! at Lenwade sees Father Christmas on 4 to 23 December, £22 a child with one adult. Wroxham Barns has private grotto visits at £25 a child. All dates and prices.https://broadsnews.co.uk/fairhaven-christmas-lights-walk/https://broadsnews.co.uk/fairhaven-christmas-lights-walk/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnFairhaven's Christmas Lights Walk runs on 12 evenings from 21 November to 23 December, 4pm to 8.30pm. Adults £8.95, children £5.95, under-4s and dogs free.https://broadsnews.co.uk/blofield-park-community-hub/https://broadsnews.co.uk/blofield-park-community-hub/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBroadland's Cabinet has agreed a loan for Blofield's new hall, cafe and preschool on the old school site. What is being built, and when it should open.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-broadband-mobile-coverage/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-broadband-mobile-coverage/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsGigabit broadband now reaches 87.4% of Broadland premises, up nearly 12 points in a year. A bin lorry survey found O2 usable on 68% of Norfolk roads.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-country-park-visitor-centre-october/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-country-park-visitor-centre-october/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe visitor centre and cafe near Horsford was due to finish on 30 September. Delayed timber shingles pushed it to late October, and the budget is up £200,000.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-house-prices-july-2026/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-house-prices-july-2026/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe average Broadland home was £313,407 in July, up 2.9% in a year. The annual rise has more than halved since May, and prices have barely moved since December.https://broadsnews.co.uk/marriotts-way-10k-reepham-road-closure/https://broadsnews.co.uk/marriotts-way-10k-reepham-road-closure/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsReepham Market Place closes to traffic and parking on Sunday morning for the Marriott's Way 10K. Four of the five start waves are already full.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-food-innovation-centre-breaks-even/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-food-innovation-centre-breaks-even/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe £11.4m council-owned centre near Honingham covered its costs in 2025/26 with 11 of 13 units let. A large unit is due back on the market after an eviction.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-country-park-visitor-centre-over-budget/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-country-park-visitor-centre-over-budget/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe café and visitor centre between Horsford and Felthorpe is due to finish at the end of September. The council now forecasts £1.386m against a £1.179m budget.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-housing-strategy-one-bed-shortage/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-housing-strategy-one-bed-shortage/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSixty-two per cent of households waiting need a one-bedroom home. Only 5.6% of Broadland's homes have one bedroom. Cabinet sees the evidence on 15 September.https://broadsnews.co.uk/reedham-swing-bridge-repaired-early/https://broadsnews.co.uk/reedham-swing-bridge-repaired-early/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNetwork Rail has finished replacing the 123-year-old bridge's central bearing ahead of its mid-September target. Only 30 boats got through all summer.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-fireworks-bonfire-night/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-fireworks-bonfire-night/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSpixworth Scouts and Wroxham Barns both fire on Saturday 7 November 2026. Thorpe St Andrew, Aylsham and Sprowston have not set dates yet: what each ran in 2025.https://broadsnews.co.uk/blickling-christmas-garden-of-lights/https://broadsnews.co.uk/blickling-christmas-garden-of-lights/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBlickling Hall Christmas 2026: no Garden of Lights, but 11 late openings to 7pm from 28 Nov and a Shaun the Sheep trail from 14 Nov. No booking needed.https://broadsnews.co.uk/bure-valley-railway-santa-train/https://broadsnews.co.uk/bure-valley-railway-santa-train/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe Festive Express runs 10 dates from Aylsham in December 2026, with a 30-minute steam ride, Santa's grotto and a present. No price is published yet.https://broadsnews.co.uk/aylsham-christmas-lights-switch-on/https://broadsnews.co.uk/aylsham-christmas-lights-switch-on/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnAylsham's Christmas lights go up on Sunday 15 November behind a road closure. No switch-on date yet; last year it ran 5pm to 9pm on Friday 28 November.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-planning-committee-september-2026/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-planning-committee-september-2026/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOfficers back all three schemes at the 9 September committee, citing Broadland's missing five-year housing land supply. Speaking requests close 5pm Friday.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-business-builder-grants/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-business-builder-grants/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe council's new two-year Business Builder fund is worth up to £250,000. Build Up grants pay half your costs up to £1,000, Development grants up to £5,000.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-taxi-policy-age-limit/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-taxi-policy-age-limit/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe 10-year age cap due to hit Broadland's 682 private hire cars in April 2027 would be replaced by a Euro 5 test. The zero emission target slips to 2035.https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-food-hygiene-ratings-august-2026/https://broadsnews.co.uk/broadland-food-hygiene-ratings-august-2026/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTwenty-eight Broadland venues had hygiene ratings published in August and 24 took the top score. One pub got a 3. Every result, with the date it was inspected.