Picture 23 - Boat Houses, Horsey Mere.

BOAT HOUSES, HORSEY MERE. This mere covers about 130 acres, being about three-quarters of a mile long, and having a breadth of about 500 yards. Rudd, roach, and perch are plentiful in its waters. At one period the whole parish was one large fen without a single road, but of late years it has been drained and is now in a high state of cultivation. Horsey Mere is four miles from Martham railway station, but no sight of the Broad is obtainable without a boat, and these are seldom procurable. Martham’s village greens are of a picturesque nature, frequently being sketched by touring artists.