Berney Arms
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Berney Arms is a village on the River Yare close to Breydon Water in Norfolk, England, within The Broads National Park.
It takes its name from a local landowner, Thomas Trench Berney -- see below.
Berney Arms Reach is the name for the part of the Yare as it enters Breydon Water, and the small village of Berney Arms is situated on the north bank.
This small community can be reached either by rail or by water. Berney Arms railway station, which serves the village, is a request stop on the Norwich-Great Yarmouth via Reedham line. There is no road connection, except by walking for 3½ miles from Halvergate.
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The mill is 21m tall, and the span of the sails is about the same size. It has seven floors. It was built around 1870 by the millwright firm of Stolworthy.
At first, it was used to grind cement clinker. Later it was used as a windpump to drain the marshland. The large scoop wheel is evidence of that use. The pump was in use until 1951 and has since become a major tourist attraction, bringing life and prosperity to this remotest of Broadland locations.
Berney Marshes is a nature reserve in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and part of the Halvergate Marshes.
There is the Berney Arms public house; it serves Woodforde's Real Ale, brewed in Woodbastwick.
External link
Berney Arms web site (http://www.berneyarms.co.uk/)