Category: Industry in the Valley

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A Data Centre in the Valley?

An AI Data Centre is being proposed on the large triangle of land opposite Tesco near Harford Bridge. Data centres are already causing concern in other parts of the country because of their size, energy and water requirements, heat output, etc., etc, …..

The environmental impact of the Centre on the Yare Valley Green infrastructure Corridor could be huge!  

Respond now to the pre-planning application consultation which ends on July 12. You can find out more by attending an event at the Keswick Reading Rooms between 3pm and 7pm on July 7 when the plans can be discussed.  

Here is a link to what is being proposed: apex Norwich Data Centre . If the link does not work, try using another browser!

The clarity of the Apex site is less than adequate, and so do get along to the event on July 7 if you possibly can.

There are many questions to be asked, and some of the questions the YVS committee will be asking are in the latest Newsletter N128 July 2026.

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Industry in the Yare Valley

A new Danby Wood display board casts light on the woods industrial past.

Danby Wood Display Board

From the late eighteenth century to the early part of the twentieth century Danby Wood was an industrial site for chalk and flint extraction and had limekilns burning chalk to form quicklime. The chalk and flint was extracted via an extensive network of tunnels that still exists. The tunnels are not open to the public, but some accounts of past explorations of the network are available on the web e.g. EDP article.

Danby Wood is one of five Norwich Local Nature Reserves in the Yare Valley. Details of the other nature reserves are on our Yare Valley Walk page.