Picture 29 - Sportsmens Staithe, Ormesby Broad.

SPORTSMEN’S STAITHE, ORMESBY BROAD. Though tempted on and on in fresh directions by the glories of adjacent silvery meres, one is fain to linger in beautiful shining Ormesby, with its surrounding woods, its interesting bankside churches, and fertile meadow-lands. This celebrated expanse of water is exceptionally beautiful. It is situated some five miles from Yarmouth, whose water supply is drawn from this crystal Broad, at the bottom of which the smallest objects can be discerned in fine weather. Near here may be seen the lofty tower of the waterworks, some 120 feet in height. Quaint hostelries divide the honour of catering for the many excursionists who visit here during the summer.