A new £30,000 pathway will help locals and visitors enjoy a town's stunning lake.

Breckland Council is donating the money to the Loch Neaton Management Committee from its market town funding scheme.

Loch Neaton was created after earth was excavated in 1875 to create a mile long embankment for the extension of the Thetford to Watton railway line.

The Victorians saw the potential of creating a leisure park in the area, with a lake for swimming, boating and fishing.

It was named Loch Neaton in honour of the railway labourers, who were mainly from Scotland.

Paul Claussen, the council's executive member for economic development and growth, said: “This new boardwalk pathway, which will complete a circular walk around the beautiful loch, will help increase accessibility and bring in new visitors to the loch, which is a wonderful, free community asset for everyone to enjoy.”

Phil Kibler, from Loch Neaton Management Committee said: “The trustees have long wanted to build this new boardwalk,  enabling visitors with poor mobility to be able to enjoy the views using the upper pathway, and without this funding we would never have been able to achieve our aim."