Major work to improve the centre of Great Yartmouth has been declared complete after a £5.8m regeneration project finished. The work on the market area in Great Yarmouth's town centre began in June last year with new paving, benches, lighting and planters being installed.
The central undercover market is open Monday to Saturday every week as a six day market , with additional market days on a Wednesday and Saturday as the two day market . From May to October, an extra market day is held each Friday.
Introduction. The Right to Buy scheme gives most Council tenants the opportunity to buy their home with a discount off the full market value of the property.
With the rise of the Victorian era, Great Yarmouth transformed into a popular seaside resort, attracting visitors with its golden sands, amusement piers, and entertainments. The Wellington Pier, built in the 1850s, became an iconic symbol of this flourishing seaside culture.
The crime rate in Great Yarmouth is 10,103 incidents per 100,000 population, according to figures published by the ONS for the year ending September 2023.
Our coastal East Norfolk parish consists of a family of three churches, Great Yarmouth Minster in the heart of the town centre by the Market Place, St. Mary's heading towards Gorleston in Southtown, and St. Paul's to the north off Caister Road in Newtown.
The borough had a population of 90,810 in 39,380 households, with 47,288 people in 21,007 households living in the urban area, whilst 43,522 people in 18,373 households lived in the surrounding parishes.
Okay, so why is it really called Great Yarmouth? Simple… in 1272 it was called Magna (Great) Yarmouth to distinguish it from Little Yarmouth across the river Yare, a settlement now called Southtown. PS Don't ever call the fabulous family-friendly fun-packed seaside resort just Yarmouth.
The results help Visit Great Yarmouth to shape its marketing campaigns and identify who and where to target their activities to attract new visitors. Holidaymakers and day trippers account for more than 7.5million visits to the Great Yarmouth area, injecting a total of £631,062,890 to the borough's economy.
The Great Yarmouth area contains wonderful countryside, charming villages, the scenic Breydon Water, a Roman fort at Burgh Castle and a quieter but no less appealing seaside resort in Gorleston-on-Sea and the vibrant village resort of Hemsby.
This indicates that as with previous years, Norwich and Great Yarmouth districts remain some of the relatively most deprived areas in the county, while South Norfolk and Broadland some of the most affluent.
Crime and Safety in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Great Yarmouth is the most dangerous medium-sized town in Norfolk, and is among the top 5 most dangerous overall out of Norfolk's 530 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Great Yarmouth in 2025 was 135 crimes per 1,000 people.
Comparing Norfolk's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - Great Yarmouth is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Thetford, and Norwich comes in as third most dangerous.
Pockets of local deprivation: several areas within the Borough are amongst the most deprived in the country. Local deprivation in comparison to other areas has been increasing for several years, meaning that Great Yarmouth risks being 'left behind'. That longer-term decline has slowed since 2015.
At Great Yarmouth South for the four year (2021-2024) assessment period where data is available, sewage debris was not noted at this site. Litter was assessed as being sufficient to be objectionable for 11% of visits, with 82% of visits noting the presence of litter. Tarry residue was not noted at this site.
His father also worked odd jobs as a house painter, coal miner, and singer in the Canary Islands. Statham moved to Great Yarmouth, where he initially chose not to follow his father's career working the local market stalls, instead practising martial arts.
What is the ethnicity of the people in Great Yarmouth?
Across Great Yarmouth, 90.2% of people identified with a White ethnic group, 2.3% as Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh, 2.8% as Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African, 2.9% with Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups, and 1.8% with other ethnic groups.
Great Yarmouth's seafront, known as "The Golden Mile" attracts millions of visitors each year to its sandy beaches, indoor and outdoor attractions and amusement arcades.
