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Methwold occupies an interesting spot on the edge of the Norfolk Fens, sitting about twenty miles north of Thetford where the chalk uplands begin to slope down toward the peat levels. It is a village shaped by its history as a market town; the spacious layout around the church and the presence of the 15th-century Old Vicarage - with its distinctive ornate brickwork - speak to a prosperity that once came from the local rabbit warrens and agriculture. Today, it remains a working village with a primary school, a high school, and a few essential shops that serve a fairly wide rural catchment. The landscape is dominated by big skies and productive farmland, and while it feels quiet and somewhat tucked away, the proximity to the Brandon and Thetford forests provides plenty of woodland trails just a short drive to the south. It’s the kind of place where the transition from the solid ground of the Brecks to the black soil of the Fens is visible in the very stones of the buildings.