Local Lynx No.151 August/September 2023
The communty newspaper for 10 North Norfolk villages.
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oomy and has sides to it, we can<br />
be weatherproof. We are happy to<br />
hire this to anyone in the village<br />
too. It is extremely easy to put up<br />
and take down and measures<br />
8x4m. If you would like to hire it<br />
(cost £100) please contact any of<br />
the committee members. FOL<br />
LANGHAM VILLAGE HALL<br />
Help needed<br />
We are desperate for villagers to come on to the<br />
committee and help us to reinvigorate ourselves. If you<br />
have any ideas for what we could do and would like to see<br />
more happening in our village and enjoy being part of<br />
village life, please join us - its not very onerous.<br />
Edward Allen (Trustee ) 830276<br />
LANGHAM WETLAND<br />
In 2021 Grove Farm was approached by the Norfolk<br />
Rivers Trust to come together on an exciting environmental<br />
project, to create a wetland area on some of the farms<br />
meadows which are located behind the sewage works, on<br />
the Binham Road. The discharge pipe from the sewage<br />
works originally flowed into the Langham stream, meaning<br />
that high levels of phosphates and other pollutants would<br />
enter the stream reducing the health of the watercourse. The<br />
aim of the project was to create a natural solution to the<br />
problem while also creating valuable wetland habitat. In<br />
Autumn 2022 work commenced and a series of wetland<br />
ponds (a total area of 2.7 acres), were created. These were<br />
planted this winter with a variety of native plants which will<br />
absorb nutrients and improve the water quality. A few<br />
weeks ago, the pipe was connected to the sewage works so<br />
now the treated water passes through the wetlands (taking<br />
about 10 days) before it enters the stream resulting in a far<br />
cleaner water body. In addition to this, and to further<br />
enhance the site, a 400m section of the stream has been<br />
restored to its natural meandering state.<br />
We were delighted to welcome Therese Coffey<br />
(Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural<br />
Affairs) on a visit to the wetland in May. She spent time<br />
looking around the wetland, and listening to our views as<br />
landowners on projects such as these.<br />
The children from Langham School also came for a trip<br />
to the wetland in their mini bus. They had a fun afternoon<br />
finding creatures which live in and around the wetland and<br />
stream, and learning about the water cycle and how they can<br />
do their bit to help the environment.<br />
It will be very interesting to see how the wetland settles<br />
down into its environment, and what the outcome is in the<br />
years to come with regard to the pollutant levels.<br />
The Phelps family (Grove Farm Partnership)<br />
STREET FOOD<br />
Village Hall<br />
At the time of writing the FOL committee have looked<br />
at inviting various street food vans to the village. We have<br />
secured the first but we’ve clearly had other things on our<br />
minds so haven’t really progressed this yet. We will be<br />
discussing and finalising all of the details at our next<br />
meeting which is on the 20th July so please keep a lookout<br />
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