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The '''Broads''' is an area of interconnected lakes and waterways in the counties of [[Norfolk]] and [[Suffolk]] in [[England]]. These were formed by the flooding of abandoned peat-workings. The area is now popular with holidaymakers, for the collection of thatch, and eel-fisheries.
The '''Broads''', sometimes called the '''Norfolk Broads''', is an area of interconnected lakes and waterways in the counties of [[Norfolk]] and [[Suffolk]] in [[England]]. These were formed by the flooding of abandoned peat-workings. The area is now popular with holidaymakers, for the collection of thatch, and eel-fisheries.
==In popular culture==
[[David Bowie]]'s hit "Life on Mars" (1971) notably featured the line "see the mice in their million hordes; from [[Ibiza]] to the Norfolk Borads".
[[Category:England]]
[[Category:England]]