Fairstead, Norfolk

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The Fairstead Estate is a suburb of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

[edit] Location and brief history

The Fairstead Estate is located about three kilometres to the South-East of King's Lynn's town-centre. The area is known locally as The Fairstead or just Fairstead. It is a late 20th Century development, the result of an overspill agreement that the borough council had with the Greater London Council in 1962; it commenced Lynn’s second industrial revolution (light engineering, chemicals, clothing, food processing).^{[citation needed]} Fairstead was once a large farm of the same name; it is believed that the farmhouse is still standing, but has been converted into a pub.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Facilities

Fairstead has 2 schools, Fairstead County Primary School - a very large primary school - and Ethel-Tipple School - a special school.

Fairstead has its own minor shopping zone, called Centre Point in which there is a doctor's surgery, a chemist and about 4-6 other shops. It also includes a community hall that has a variety of uses. At the other end of the estate is a convenience store and a boarded up pub.

Fairstead has a small wooded area extending from the front of the school area and also a map of the area on the road side further towards to one entrance.

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Scam in which 18 Chinese people where smuggled into a house that burnt out for evidence of poverty.

Centrepoint has a chemist, an indian takeaway, a McColls convenience store, a second hand shop and a fish and chip shop. The pub at the other end of the estate has been demolished now but the store remains.