Editing Sheringham (section)

==The town today==
[[File:Sheringham 24th Jan 2008 (1).JPG|thumb|Town centre]]
Sheringham town centre is centred on a traditional [[high street]] with a wide range of privately owned shops. On Saturdays throughout the year there is a popular market in the car park next to the railway station which attracts large crowds even out of the holiday season. The town also has a good selection of specialist shops such as second-hand books, [[antiques]] and [[bric-a-brac]], [[fishing tackle]] and bait, a computer shop, a model shop, and arts and craft shops. The [[Sheringham Little Theatre]] has a wide range of productions on throughout the year including a well-established summer [[repertory]] season running from July to September, and a popular [[pantomime]] at [[Christmas]]; in the [[foyer]] is a coffee shop with display of art by local artists. There is a selection of food outlets, [[pubs]], [[restaurants]] and a [[youth hostel]].

On 15 October 2010, [[Tesco]] won a 14-year battle to open a store in the town. In a split vote [[North Norfolk District Council]] development committee chairman Simon Partridge used his casting vote in favour of the scheme.<ref>[http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/tesco_succeed_in_sheringham_store_battle_1_682332 Eastern Daily Press article] Retrieved 18 October 2010</ref> The store finally opened on 24 October 2013.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-24653342 Sheringham Tesco opens after 17-year feud] Retrieved 24 October 2013</ref>

An annual Cromer and Sheringham Crab/Lobster festival is held in May,<ref>[http://www.crabandlobsterfestival.co.uk/ Crab Festival]</ref> and the town's Carnival is held at the beginning of August.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sheringham Carnival official website|url=http://www.sheringhamcarnival.com/|publisher=sheringhamcarnival.com|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref>

Otterndorf Green is a small green space between the town's railway stations. It commemorates Sheringham's [[twin towns and sister cities|twinning]] with the German town of [[Otterndorf]].<ref>[http://sheringhaminbloom.org.uk/displays/page7.html Otterndorf Green] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827041851/http://sheringhaminbloom.org.uk/displays/page7.html |date=27 August 2011 }} Retrieved 3 February 2011</ref>

The [[Church of England]] Parish Church of St Peter was consecrated in 1897.<ref>[http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/sheringhamcofe/sheringhamcofe.htm Norfolk churches] Retrieved 26 February 2015</ref>