The little white windpump on the River Thurne is one of the Broads’ favourite subjects for a photograph, its painted brick tower bright above the moorings. Built around 1820 to drain Thurne Dyke by scoopwheel, it was rescued from dereliction in 1949 and is kept turning by volunteers, open to visitors on some days. Potter Heigham with its ancient hump-backed bridge is just upstream, and the Nelson Head at Horsey isn’t far.
