DTC Responsibilities
Allotment Sites;- Cemetery Road, Cherry Lane 1 & 2, Dumpfield, Scarning, Southend and Toftwood.
Assembly Rooms;- The Town Council office and the Council Chambers, where Council meetings are held.
Bishop Bonners Cottage;- The town museum, which is run by the Antiquarian Society.
Cemetery and Closed Churchyard;- The closed churchyard surrounds St Nicholas Church.
Dereham Community Car Scheme;- We coordinate the returns and payments to the volunteers for their petrol and other expenses. Breckland Council also pay half of the expenses. The Scheme itself is run by dedicated volunteers who take the bookings and delegates the journeys to the drivers.
Etling Green;- A common on the outskirts of the Parish.
Market Place;- The Council own the soil of the Market Place but Norfolk County Council are responsible for the roads around it and Breckland are responsible for the Pavements.
Markets;- Weekly Tuesday Market on the Market Place, weekly Friday Market on Cowper Road Car park and the Farmers market on the second Saturday of every month at the Railway Station.
Memorial Hall;- A large venue where lots of different events are held throughout the year. The hall is just about to go through a major refurbishment.
Neatherd Moor (Abbots Field);- A large moor, ideal for walks. (Breckland Council are responsible for the maintainence)
Recreation Ground;- A large play field in the middle of Dereham, with a skate park, tennis courts and childrens play area. Work is still being done to improve the facilities for the youths on the park.
Town Sign;- St Withburga with deer, the sign was recently replaced, as the old sign was beyond repair. The old sign was donated to the town's Antiquarian Society.
Windmill;- which needs alot of restoration, this is looked after by the Friends of the Windmill, who are just applying for lottery funding to do it up.
War Memorial Gardens;- opposite the Assembly Rooms.
FOR THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF BRECKLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL AND NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, PLEASE VISIT THEIR WEBSITES;-
www.breckland.gov.uk (Breckland District Council)
www.norfolk.gov.uk (Norfolk County Council)