Buses by the South Gate in King’s Lynn - 14 Jan 2022 (P1100450)

Friday 14 January 2022 (1010) – The First Eastern Counties garage in King’s Lynn, which stands to the right of the camera in an adjacent road, is home to most of the twenty or so Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400 City bodied Scania N250UDs which operate the Peterborough-King’s Lynn-Norwich Excel service. Driver changeovers take place on London Road near to the town’s ancient South Gate part of which is seen in the photograph. In the background is 36918 (YN69 XZY) on an Excel service C journey.


Passing by heading back to the town centre is Go to Town (WNCT) 3703 (SK68 TNE), a Wright StreetLite WF new in September 2018, which was working service 6 (Bus Station (0950)-Sainsburys (1000)-Tesco (1004)-Bus Station (1012)).

Go to Town is the trading name of WNCT Limited (West Norfolk Community Transport) one of the operators that has become more prominent in the King’s Lynn area operating a range of local bus services.

The South Gate is the only surviving gatehouse for the town of King’s Lynn and dates to the early 15th century. As well as being part of the town’s fortifications it was also used to control entry into the town and until 1741 a gatekeeper was employed to collect tolls.