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South Lynn looks set to benefit from a new community orchard and town green after the plans received support from councillors. Harding’s Pits, next to the banks of the River Great Ouse, is to have a community orchard of 34 mixed fruit trees planted if funding is confirmed from the Urban Tree Challenge Fund. This comes after West Norfolk Council members voted in favour of progressing the scheme. Cllr Michael de Whalley, the authority’s cabinet member for climate change and biodiversity, said: “Harding’s Pits, which is only a short walk away from King’s Lynn town centre, is already well used by …

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