Diss is built around the Mere, right in the middle of town. The town is still a proper market town at heart, with the traditional Friday market in the Market Place and a farmers’ market on the second Saturday of the month.
The area round the Market Place, St Mary’s Church and the Corn Hall is known as the Heritage Triangle. It’s full of independent shops, cafés and old buildings with overhanging upper floors, especially along St Nicholas Street. The Corn Hall, built in 1854, is now our arts centre for music, comedy, theatre and film, and Diss Museum is in the Shambles on the Market Place.