Useful Links

You can go straight to any of these sites by clicking on the web address here

The Grade 1 listed Parish Church of Grimston

Congham's Parish Church is in St.Andrew's Lane

Roydon's Parish Church is in Church Lane, Roydon - There is another Roydon in Norfolk, near Diss, but this is the one near King's Lynn, at the north-western edge of Grimston

You can book your repeat prescription here if you are a patient of Grimston Medical Centre and have your user name and password to hand (collected from the Medical Centre)

Norfolk Archaeology have published a report on each parish in the county, including Grimston, Congham and Roydon. You can read them, and contact the Archaeological Unit with further information. Beyond that there's always wikipedia!

The new pre-school playgroup which happens at the Village Hall

Many groups of ringers visit Grimston every year to ring the fine bells

Lots of information and statistics on the area

One of Grimston's residents went to Jamestown in the 1600's and made a big name for himself.

Adam Thorowgood of Grimston born 1604

One of the members of the Spelman family of Congham was Henry Spelman, one of the first settlers of Virginia

Grimston potters supplied much of Europe from late Saxon to medieval times and many archaeological websites feature Grimston pots, often with cheeky faces

This famous event which forms part of the Congham Fete each July, on Grimston Cricket Club's pitch on Lynn Road, Congham/Grimston on the third Saturday of July (for the date see the events calendar)

Some businesses based in the village operating around the area

Congham Hall Hotel is justly famous

Sunnyside Vets are based in Roydon

Norfolk Fender Seats is a local company

A Saddlery based in Pott Row for many years

McCready Music organises chamber concerts in the area

A young couple who live in Grimston

for children aged 4 to 8 A small and very caring school with a high commendation from Ofsted in their latest inspection. The school is in Gayton Road, next to Grimston Church

The First School serving Pott Row, the western end of the Parish, for children 4-8; a lively, caring school overlooking Pott Row Green, with lots of outdoor learning ('Forest School')

for ages 8-11 Sometimes referred to locally as 'the Middle School', which it was going to be before local government policy changes just before it opened.

the secondary school which normally takes children from the Grimston area