[2] The parish, one of Norfolk's largest, includes rural areas to the north and south, with hamlets of Suton, Silfield, Spooner Row and Wattlefield.

[7] Dual carriageways for the A11[8] and the development of rapid rail links to Norwich and Cambridge means Wymondham is now a commuter town.

[9] Major local employers include the headquarters of Norfolk Constabulary and the Lotus Cars factory at nearby Hethel.

[10] The ancient centre, much damaged in a fire of 1615, contains landmarks and listed buildings that include the twin-towered Wymondham Abbey.

The current local-authority action plan envisages building 2,200 new homes by 2026, while promoting it as "a forward-looking market town which embraces sustainable growth to enhance its unique identity and sense of community.

[3] Evidence of the Bronze Age appears in a number of ring ditches, enclosures and linear crop marks.

Large numbers of coins and pottery sherds have been found, as have personal items such as brooches, cosmetic tools and a duck figurine.

[3][15] By 1086, Wymondham had 376 households (giving an estimated total population of 1,880), which put it among the top 20 per cent of settlements recorded in Domesday.

[22] The register of St Andrew's Church in Norwich records that John Flodder and others were executed for arson on 2 December 1615.

[30] Wymondham has a town council responsible for local matters laid down by law, including a role in urban planning.

After May 2023 local elections, the Town Council consisted of seven Liberal Democrats, four Labour, two Green and a solitary Conservative councillor.

However, Wymondham will revert to South Norfolk again after another boundary review, a long drawn out process which was only formalised in late 2023.

The largely rural parishes around it include Hethersett, Hethel, Ashwellthorpe, Bunwell, Wicklewood, Crownthorpe and Wramplingham.

[41] Wymondham's topography is marked by its river meadow and flat, low-lying agricultural landscape, much like the rest of East Anglia.

[42] The River Tiffey, flowing north, forms a boundary between the built-up town centre and the rural southern part of the parish.

The 2011 census reported as the commonest employment sectors the wholesale and retail trade (15.4%), health and social work (13.6%) and education (11.3%).

Traditionally, Wymondham was a centre of woodturning and brush-making; a spigot and spoon feature on the town sign to mark this.

Some elements of the original Norman architecture are visible externally, while internally a 15th-century hammerbeam roof and a reredos by Ninian Comper can be seen.

[63][64] Beckett's Chapel is thought to have been founded in the late 12th century by the son of William d'Aubigny and founder of Wymondham Abbey.

[80][81][82] Almost derelict by 1988, the site was transformed by the local businessman and railway enthusiast David Turner, who restored the buildings and ran a Brief Encounter-themed restaurant on Platform 1 before retiring in 2011.

[85][86] The Lizard is a conservation area and wildlife site managed locally as a "piece of informal, natural countryside for the general benefit and enjoyment of the people of Wymondham".

[89] Three stopping trains a day are provided by East Midlands Railway; these run either to/from Liverpool Lime Street, Nottingham or Sheffield.

The Mid-Norfolk Railway operates a station at Wymondham Abbey for heritage services to Dereham, along a section of the branch to Wells.

[101] The senior men's team plays in the London 2 North East league, winning the Norfolk Plate in 2015–16.

[111][112] Wymondham College, one of 36 state boarding schools in England and the largest of its type, stands just outside the parish in Morley.

Locally produced inert waste for disposal is processed into fuel for use in combined heat and power facilities in Europe.

[129] Wymondham Arts Centre, in Beckett's Chapel, runs a summer programme of free exhibitions by local and regional artists.

Wymondham Music Festival, begun in 1996,[134] ran mostly free summer events at several venues[135] with a Midsummer Jazz Picnic at Becketswell every June.

[155][156] The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, built in 1952, contains a memorial to World War II prisoners and internees of the Japanese who did not survive their imprisonment.

The now-closed Brief Encounter-themed restaurant at Wymondham railway station featured in Mark Greenstreet's 1996 comedy film Caught in the Act, starring Sara Crowe, Annette Badland and Nadia Sawalha.