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Following Lower Street to the east, leads to the school, marina, leisure centre, church and the old riverbank.

North of Horning are the broads of Barton, Alderfen and Burntfen, and village of Neatishead.

West is the popular area of Hoveton & Wroxham.

East lies the quaint village of Ludham.

To the south, across the river via the ferry, are Bure Marshes and village of Woodbastwick.

Adjacent to the ferry, The Ferry Inn reopened in 2010 after a period of closure.

The Ferry Inn was largely destroyed in a Second World War bombing raid by the German Luftwaffe on 26 April 1941, during which 15 bombs are believed to have been dropped on Horning and the surrounding area by a single aircraft.

Most landed in the local marshes but one hit the ferry and one hit the Inn, where 21 of the 24 people in the pub at the time were killed.

The Ferry Inn was open for business with a makeshift bar only three weeks later.

Rebuilt in the 1950s, the pub was damaged again by fire in 1965.