Kings Lynn

bcw123

I have got a couple of free rail tickets London to Kings Lynn rtn was thinking of taking daughter and grand son for a day out . Is K L a chrismassy type of town i.e market we can only go on a weekday

HOWMUCH

Hello we have been to Kings Lynn in October and its great in the old town near the river.

oramgepekoe

How long will it take to get to Kings Lynn by train?

IanD

bcw123 wrote: »

I have got a couple of free rail tickets London to Kings Lynn rtn was thinking of taking daughter and grand son for a day out . Is K L a chrismassy type of town i.e market we can only go on a weekday

Lovely old town, has quite a few decent places to eat including a couple of Wetherspoons for cheap beer and food (one by the quay). If you're using the free FCC tickets promoted on this site earlier then if you get bored you can always jump on the next train back and visit Ely instead on the same ticket! Also those tickets have no time restrictions so you can set off as early as you like rather than being restricted to out of peak services.

wealdroam

oramgepekoe wrote: »

How long will it take to get to Kings Lynn by train?

Less than ten minutes from Watlington.

Where are you travelling from?

marvin

For eating I recommend Crown & Mitre Ferry St, The landlord (Roger) is as grumpy as the reviews say he is but the place is wonderful and the view from the dining room delightful.

Kings Lynn though is a town struggling in the recession and a lot of stores have shut (Not helped by the big Tesco on edge of town and soon, on opposite sides of the same road, an even bigger Tesco and an absolutely massive Sainsburys)

Old buildings worth a view other than that you may well struggle to find things to do.

There is the Tuesday market place which strangely holds markets on a Tuesday and a Friday there is also a market on a Saturday on the errrr Saturday market place!

http://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=21430

At all other times the Tuesday Market place is a car park.

feelingblue

I live very close to Kings Lynn so know it very well. thursday is late night shopping so might have a little bit of a 'christmassy feel'. Apart from that I am afraid that it is a run of the mill town but nice to get free train tickets - worth a change of scenerey!!

Sambucus_Nigra

wealdroam wrote: »

Less than ten minutes from Watlington.

Where are you travelling from?

The first line of the thread says 'london to king's lynn'. So, I'm guessing - London.

wealdroam

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

The first line of the thread says 'london to king's lynn'. So, I'm guessing - London.

But a different person asked the question.