Great Yarmouth Borough Council has revealed the name of the new £17m library, university and learning centre being developed in the town centre. The landmark former Palmers department store will be known as The Place when it opens its doors next September. The 5,300 sqm, five-storey building first opened as a drapers in 1837 and is being transformed as part of a wider ambition to locate all relevant learning and training functions in a single, high-profile building in central Great Yarmouth. Ultimately, the aim is to increase the number of people in the town who hold qualifications above Level 4 so they can obtain high-quality and sustainable jobs. Once converted, The Place will be home to Norfolk County Council’s Great Yarmouth public library - currently located in Tolhouse Road -…

Chantry Place will be rebranding to Chantry Palace for the Coronation of King Charles III and has enlisted the help of Norfolk schools to help decorate the Centre. Students from Free School Norwich, The Hamlet Centre, Magdalen Gates Primary, Lionwood Nursery and Primary, and Fairhaven C.E.V.A Primary School have each decorated a giant crown, which will be on display at Chantry Place from Saturday 22nd April until Monday 8th May. The crowns will line the walkway between H&M and Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles on the upper ground floor. Paul McCarthy, Chantry Place general manager, comments: “The crowns that the students have decorated look brilliant with so much creativity, colour, texture and personality on each one. The eye-catching display is a fantastic way for us to help celebrate the coronation…

Breckland Council has teamed up with the National Trust charity to plant three thousand trees at Oxburgh Hall. The new partnership brings together Breckland Council’s commitment to plant more trees in the district as part of its environment sustainability goals and the National Trust’s aim of planting a total of twenty million trees across the country. The district council is to invest up to £25,000 to support the woodland restoration project, which will see native, broadleaf trees placed on seven acres of land during the autumn-winter 2023 planting season. Oxburgh Hall is between Swaffham and Downham Market. The scheme will enhance biodiversity and sustainability within the district and be securely fenced-off to prevent predation by the local deer population.

A Norfolk market town centre will see an explosion of greenery and scented herbs this summer thanks to an investment by Historic England and Breckland Council’s Market Town Initiative programme. Starting in late March, contractors will be installing four large new trees alongside the eastern side of Swaffham’s high street. Six large planters which will include olive trees and herb garden bases will also be put in place. The work will create an attractive green walking trail from the Swaffham town centre bus stops and along the main high street, taking shoppers and visitors past a wide variety of independent shops and hospitality venues. Cllr Paul Claussen, Breckland Council’s Executive Member for Economic Development and Growth, commented: “The new trees and wonderful herb planters will fit in perfectly within Swaffham’s…