text: Parish church The church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is one of only a few churches that have angels carved in wood instead of stone around the top of the walls. The current building, dating from 1454, is built on the foundation of the original church. A wood carving of the "Pedlar of Swaffham" is also in the church.
  Transport
  The nearest railway stations to Swaffham are at  and , on the Fen line. There are regular services to ,  and , operated by Great Northern.
  Until 1968, the town was served by Swaffham railway station on the Great Eastern Railway line from King's Lynn. Just after Swaffham, the line split into two: one branch headed south to  and the other east towards . The lines were all closed as part of the Beeching cuts, though the possibility of rebuilding a direct rail link from Norwich to King's Lynn, via Swaffham, is raised occasionally.
  The east–west A47 Birmingham to Great Yarmouth road now bypasses the town, using a northerly bypass opened in 1981. The A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road still passes through the centre of the town on its north–south route, intersecting with the A47 at a grade separated junction north of the town.
  First Eastern Counties' Excel bus routes provide a regular public transport link through Swaffham between Dereham and King's Lynn. Most services continue east to Norwich and west to Peterborough.