text: Climate As with the rest of the British Isles and East Anglia, Swaffham experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. The nearest Met Office weather station to provide local climate data is RAF Marham, about  west of the town centre. Temperature extremes in the Swaffham-Marham area range from   in August 1990, down to  during February 1956. The highest and lowest temperatures reported in the past decade are  during August 2003, and  during January 2010.
  Kingdom (TV series)
  In the summer of 2006, location filming was done in the town for the ITV1 series Kingdom, starring Stephen Fry. In Kingdom the town is called Market Shipborough. The pub the Startled Duck in the TV series is better known as the Greyhound Inn, in which the Earl of Orford created the first coursing club open to the public, in 1776. Peter Kingdom's office is Oakleigh House, near the town square (formerly the house of the Head Master of Hamond's Grammar School), with the coastal scenes filmed at Wells-next-the-Sea on the north Norfolk coast.
  Notable people
  Dominic Byrne, newsreader on The Chris Moyles Show
  Michael Carroll, lottery winner
  Howard Carter, archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun
  Christopher Dawes, author of Rat Scabies and The Holy Grail
  Stephen Fry, actor and writer
  W. E. Johns, author of the "Biggles" books
  William Methwold (1590–1653), born South Pickenham, East India Company merchant
  John Dugmore of Swaffham (1793–1871), draughtsman and grand-tourist
  Hilda Plowright (1890-1973), actress
  Phyllis Broughton (1860–1926) actress, spent her childhood here.
  Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, (1842–1921), First Sea Lord