Earlham Road is a road in Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 linking the city centre to the area of Earlham to the west of the city and the Norwich southern bypass (A47

A47 road

The A47 is a trunk road in England originally linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth. Most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton is now classified as the B4114.-Route:...

) beyond.

Details

The road formerly marked the northern limit of the Golden Triangle

Golden Triangle (Norwich)

The Golden Triangle is an area covering several parishes in the city of Norwich, United Kingdom. It is roughly wedge-shaped, with the thin end at the city centre, spreading outwards between Newmarket Road and Earlham Road to the University of East Anglia, on the outskirts of the city.The Golden...

, a prime residential area of southwest Norwich that has since been expanded by local Estate Agents to include most of the southern region of the City within the outer ring-road.

At the City end of the road lies the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich

The Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England.The Cathedral, located on Earlham Road, was constructed between 1882 and 1910 to designs by George Gilbert Scott, Jr...

, a dominant Neo-Gothic building built as a church in 1882 and designed by brothers George Gilbert Scott Junior

George Gilbert Scott Junior

George Gilbert Scott, Jr. was an English architect. He was the son of Sir George Gilbert Scott, brother of John Oldrid Scott and father of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Adrian Gilbert Scott, all also architects....

 and John Oldrid Scott

John Oldrid Scott

John Oldrid Scott was an English architect.He was the son of Sir George Gilbert Scott and Caroline née Oldrid. His brother George Gilbert Scott Junior and nephew Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, were also prominent architects. He married Mary Ann Stevens in 1868, eldest daughter of the Reverend Thomas...

. Almost directly opposite lies the city's only Jewish Synagogue

Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...

 . Also a short walk along the road can be found St. Thomas's Parish Church, at the bottom of Edinburgh Road and Caernarvon Road.

The stretch of road between the city centre and the ring road

Ring road

A ring road, orbital motorway, beltway, circumferential highway, or loop highway is a road that encircles a town or city...

 has a number of pubs including the Black Horse, the Mitre, and the Workshop popular among the large student

Student

A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...

 population in the area. Shortly beyond the ring road lies City Academy Norwich

City Academy Norwich

City Academy Norwich opened in September 2009, replacing Earlham High School. It can be found near the University of East Anglia in Norwich. The Academy, an 11-16 school, is a local partnership, led by City College Norwich and working with University of East Anglia, Norfolk County Council and...

, a secondary school that has been oversubscribed since the closure of the failing Bowthorpe School nearby.

The main entrance to the University of East Anglia

University of East Anglia

The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...

 (UEA) is just beyond Earlham School, and is flanked on the other side by Earlham Park, comprising part of the former grounds of the historical Earlham Hall - a building now home to the UEA Law School.

Since the building of the new Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is a National Health Service academic teaching hospital located on the off the A11 road and the Watton Road on the southern outskirts of Norwich, England....

 on the B1108 on the eastern edge of the city, the Earlham Road has become the main artery out of the city for ambulances and has experienced a greater level of car traffic congestion.

Notable events

On 3 March 1988, Earlham Road was the scene of the bizarre sinking of a double-decker bus

Double-decker bus

A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or 'decks'. Global usage of this type of bus is more common in outer touring than in its intra-urban transportion role. Double-decker buses are also commonly found in certain parts of Europe, Asia, and former British colonies and protectorates...

. The cause of the event was found to be the collapse of a Medieval chalk

Chalk

Chalk is a soft, white, porous sedimentary rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. Calcite is calcium carbonate or CaCO3. It forms under reasonably deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of minute calcite plates shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores....

 mine

Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...

 discovered under the road. The source of the photograph of the actual incident is not known, but it has been circulated across the globe via various internet humour websites and email circulars.

The day after the bus incident, following the publication of photos in national newspapers, Cadbury

Cadbury Schweppes

Cadbury is a confectionery company owned by Kraft Foods and is the industry's second-largest globally after Mars, Incorporated. Headquartered in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom, the company operates in more than 50 countries worldwide....

's began using the photo with the catchline 'Nothing fills a hole like a Double Decker

Double Decker (chocolate bar)

Double Decker is a brand of chocolate bar currently manufactured by Cadbury. First introduced in 1976, its name derives from the double-decker bus....

', in reference to the company's chocolate bar. The advert won a series of awards and international recognition.