on the River Yare which is part of the Norfolk Broads network of navigable rivers. Thorpe Green is on the main Yarmouth Road and gives access to the river with the opposite bank being an island after the creation of the new cut which allowed vessels to make their way to and from the city of Norwich without traversing the town via two low bridges that carry the railway to Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Cromer and Sheringham. Once the location of thriving boat yards, Thorpe Island now offers mooring for mainly liveaboard vessels. The only operating boat yards in Thorpe are now towards the east of the town where there are two hire boat operators as well as private facilities and boat building operations. A commemorative World War One plaque stands at the River Green war memorial site. It was unveiled on 4 August 2014 by two local schoolchildren, Harry and Aimee Fuller who attended Hillside Avenue Primary School. Roads Thorpe St Andrew is bisected by two major roads running from East to West: the A1042 and A1242. The A1242 or Yarmouth Road is part of the old Norwich to Great Yarmouth road. Notable people Sir George Henry Morse (1857–1931), mountaineer and Lord Mayor of Norwich. Peter Trudgill, one of the pioneers of sociolinguistics in Britain, was born and brought up in the area. Notes External links Thorpe St Andrew Town Council Thorpe Players, Roxley Hall, Norwich Thorpe St Andrew Parish Church, Norwich Towns in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk Broadland Areas of Norwich