Chairperson: Liz Powell 

WELCOME  BIENVENUE

The aim of our WHB Twinning Association is to forge social and cultural links between Wroxham, Hoveton, Belaugh and nearby villages in Norfolk UK, with two wonderful towns  on the Loire, near Angers: Montjean-sur-Loire and La Pommeraye. Members of WHB Twinning Association go to France biennially to stay with French families, with a reciprocal visit by the French the following year. 

The association was formed in 1994, when the French first visited us, arising from an exchange programme between Broadland School in Hoveton and the secondary school in la Pommeraye. In 2013 we celebrated our 20th visit in France, when we presented our friends there with a typical Norfolk signpost, showing the distance between our two bridges. The following year, in England, we were given a plaque to show the geography of our French and English villages; this can be found on Granary Staithe. For our tenth anniversary we received a willow tree which is in the Riverside Gardens in Hoveton.

2024 was our 30th anniversary, celebrated here in Wroxham. Many of the photos on this website are from our 2023 visit to France and the French visit to Wroxham in 2024.

Visits to France are arranged for the whole group so no-one need feel isolated. The trips are varied but could include a local château, museums, vineyards, boat trips and picnics on the banks of the Loire.

The French are fantastic hosts and make us feel very welcome, as we do them on their return visit. Hosts and visitors are matched to interests and preferences where possible and many of our members have made friends for life and visit each other often. 

As well as Wroxham, Hoveton and Belaugh, we attract members from many surrounding villages, including Neatishead, Irstead,  Coltishall, Ashmanhaugh, Aylsham, Tunstead, South Walsham, Stalham, Horning, Sutton and Salhouse. We also have members from Bristol and even Edinburgh!  The association is run by a chairperson and committee of up to 12 members, elected every second year at the AGM. Currently the main office bearers are:

Chairperson: Liz Powell 01692 536467 / 07484 897754 : powellea@btinternet.com 

Secretary: Joan Dickie 07796617704: joandickie1@gmail.com 

Treasurer: Russell Reeve 01603 527643: russell.j.reeve@gmail.com