on 08/10/2008 by uksammy (544 reviews)
Diss lies in the valley of the River Waveney and around a mere (lake). So there is some beautiful scenery here.
Diss has a large number of historic buildings, including the early 14th century parish church. It is also home to a museum. Diss railway station lies on the Great Eastern Main Line route from London to Norwich.
The town centre comprises some excellent examples of Georgian and Edwardian buildings, as well as a public park and a number of thriving shopping streets and the market place. The Market operates every Friday and coincides with a local antiques and collectables auction which is held at Gazes Saleroom. Speciality markets, flea markets and farmers markets are also held regularly. There has been a market in the centre of Diss, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border for well over 500 years.
Attractions in the area include the town''s award winning museum located to the north of the Market Place, the wonderful Steam Museum and Gardens at Bressingham and the zoo at Banham.
on 22/09/2008 by suga1982 (54 reviews)
Diss in Norfolk is a very beautiful pretty town. It''s a small town with lots of to offer. There are a small selection of shops so it''s very really busy, it''s not a place where you could easily spend a whole day shopping.
You have to drive through Diss to get to many places so it''s always busy driving through there and it''s train station is used as one of the main communtining places to London so that too can be very busy.
Diss has a small selection of pubs and there are always plenty of places to eat.
There are a few supermarkets in Diss and thats one of the main reason i normally go over to there.
Diss also offers plenty of jobs for it;''s locals
on 20/09/2008 by sparklebunny (62 reviews)
The market town of Diss is very picturesq. It runs a market every Friday on the high street which offers a dozen or so stalls and an excellent fresh fish van as well as a tasty chip van. The town is really expanding as more people from the London area appear to be settling in Diss because of the convenience of commuting due to the Norwich to Liverpool Street line. The river Mere comes up to the town centre and on a sunny day it is a lovely place to go and feed the many ducks and fish which both come to the very edge of the water. Diss railway station is also an excellent vantage point to see the steam train that twice a year travels from Liverpool Street to Norwich, return for those real enthusiasts. Diss offers some traditional shops from sweetshops to clothing. It also offers your highstreet favourites like Woolworths and offcourse many major supermarkets on the outskirts. All in all Diss offers a little bit of everthing, from the historic walks to the modern housing developments that now surround a lovely town.