This is the first cache on a revised Hanworth Hunt series that is now Circular. The route is described travelling northwards to Metton and back again on Weavers Way. It is roughly 3.5 miles long. Please be aware that footpaths and roads can be muddy, especially in the winter months, and does require you to be able to go up and down two small set of steps and navigate two stiles and a kissing gate. Parking is available at the hall. If you wish to do the trail, carry on northwards, taking a left at the 1st y junction, and right at the second y junction to the gate near where the 2nd cache is located.
Hanworth Memorial Hall serves as a World War 1 and World War 2 memorial for those who lost their lives in these wars. It also acts a community village hall for the small parish of Hanworth and Gunton. The Common itself is used for grazing purposes between March/April and October each year, and is reportedly the largest enclosed common of its type in the country. Hanworth Memorial Hall was built in the 1850's as the village school, funded by the third Baron Lord Suffield, and may have been built by Chapman's, a local builder based in the village, who also built the school at Matlaske and built church pews, which were exported all over the country. Coat hooks from the old school remain inside the building to date. The school closed sometime around 1912. The hall became a memorial after the first world war to those who lost their lives. A plaque records the roll of honour. A second plaque was added at the end of the second world war. Records indicate that the Hall was well used in the past, hosting village meetings, youth clubs, indoor bowls and darts. More recently it was hosted events including film nights, star gazing and the Hanworth Half marathon. Since this Cache was first published in 2017 the Hall has undergone an extensive renovation to restore it to its former Glory, in contrast to the picture on this cache page (website users).
The village of Hanworth and the Memorial hall lay on the Weavers' Way, a 61 mile long distance footpath, running from Cromer to Great Yarmouth, passing through a number of towns, including Aylsham, North Walsham and Stalham. From the hall Weavers Way tracks north towards Cromer through Sustead and the Felbrigg estate, or towards Aylsham through the nearby village of Aldborough. Make sure you check out the Village Hall Series Cache placed by Waves117, the coordinates for which are at this location.