The village sits astride a major crossroads of country lanes, the most important of which is the B1145 which stretches between King's Lynn and Norwich and was once the King's Lynn - Norwich - Great Yarmouth stagecoach route.
In 1941 he acquired the Lexham Hall Estate near Litcham in Norfolk but, in 1945, when he saw the condition that the Army had left it in, decided to put it back on the market.
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Although most students come from the two Dereham secondary schools, some students come from further afield, such as Watton (Wayland Academy), Litcham (Litcham High School), Swaffham (Hamond's High School) and Wymondham (Wymondham High School).