However, due to its geographical location Lenwade became the centre of the sand and gravel extraction and the manufacturing of concrete products in the Wensum valley during the middle to late 20th century.

Dinosaur Adventure theme park and the Lenwade country house hotel features in its grounds the only licensed zoological garden in the UK.

[4] Located on the busy A1067 Fakenham Road, the building started life as a Victorian mission church originally dedicated to All Saints.

The present building, dating from the late 19th century, has been converted to homes[9] Lenwade railway station was built in 1882 with direct trains to Norwich and King's Lynn.

Passenger traffic ceased in 1959, but due to Lenwade's important Anglian cement and concrete works the freight line was kept open to 1985.