About us

Hoveton & District WI  is nestled in the heart of the Norfolk Broads and was formed in 1922. We meet in the Youth and Community Centre, Stalham Road, Hoveton. Our main meeting is held on the first Wednesday of the month at 2pm when we have a speaker, deal with any business, have a raffle and the afternoon finishes with biscuits/cake and a cuppa accompanied by much chat and laughter.

In the recent past we have enjoyed eating out, visits to the theatre in Norwich, riding on the Bure Valley Railway, a river trip on the solar powered Ra, Christmas parties and our own 'in house' activities. The latter has included a beetle drive which caused much hilarity and brought out the competitiveness in some of us!

A tea and chat afternoon is held on 2nd, 3rd & 4th  Wednesdays in the Youth and Community centre and is open to  members and non members. A small charge is made per person to cover costs. Although these afternoons are mainly chat, we do have book swaps and the occasional light-hearted quiz.

We are a small, friendly group and new members and visitors are always welcome. Contact Sue on 01603 783387 for more information.

Summer has been a busy time for our members. We began with the village fete where we served tea and cake to appreciative villagers. The weather was great, there were a lot of people and we were exhausted by the end of the afternoon. The milk and cake supplies just held out!

Our summer social meeting this year found us at the Museum of the Broads in Stalham, if you haven't been, it's well worth a visit. We arrived late morning for our pre-booked trip on the river. They have a system for getting less mobile people on board and we watched fascinated as one of our members was safely boarded without having to get out of her wheelchair. The commentary by one of the crew was interesting and informative, telling us about the history of the area and the wildlife on that part of the river. One of the highlights was seeing a kingfisher perched outside its nest hole in the bank of the river. The weather was kind, so on our return to dry land, we ate our sandwiches outside before spending time looking round the exhibits and displays. A relaxing and enjoyable day all round

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Our next major event is our birthday meeting in October when we invite our friends from local WIs to join us.

It will soon be Christmas!!