The gasworks, which is a scheduled ancient monument, produced town gas from 1825 until 1965, and is now the only remaining town gas works of its kind in England and Wales. In the 1970s the Department of the Environment decided to take on the care of the site, but dropped the idea in 1982.
The Trust stepped in and negotiated a 125-year lease with British Gas in 1983. In 1986 the Trust initiated repairs which were completed two years later.
The Gasworks before repair
In 1989 the Gasworks were opened as a museum and operated by the Fakenham Town Gasworks Museum Trust. The Museum is open to the public on a limited basis.
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