RIVER WENSUM
The Wensum is Norwich's main river; the Yare, which gives its name to the river and estuary downstream from the city, skirts the southern suburbs between Eton and Cringleford then joins with the Wensum at Trowse.
Photo of River Wensum at Bishop Bridge
Bishop Bridge
with Norwich Cathedral in the background
Note the "stench-pipe" used to
ventilate the Victorian sewerage system
Photo of River Wensum at Quayside
Quayside from Fye Bridge
The white timber-framed building is the New Star Inn,
originally a medieval merchant's house,
demolished in the 1960s
Photos kindly supplied by Janice Nordhoff