Picture 15 - South Walsham Broads.

SOUTH WALSHAM BROADS are some sixty acres in extent, and lie about a mile up a dyke which runs out of the Bure directly opposite St. Benet’s Abbey. The first sheet of water is not particularly interesting, but the inner Broad is beautifully wooded close to its edge, and on a bright summer day is very charming in its placid loveliness. Any kind of craft can be navigated in these waters. The dykes are secluded, select, and serene, while the village contains some old-world cottages with thatched roofs. About half-a-mile from the Staithe may be seen the unusual spectacle of two churches in one churchyard.