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AFRICAN VIOLET
CENTRE
Specialist knowledge available for those interested in
growing and caring for violets. King's
Lynn ( see main King'
Lynn page) (where
to stay in King's
Lynn)
ANCIENT
HOUSE MUSEUM
Exhibition on Thetford and Breckland life. Thetford (where to stay in Thetford)
BACONSTHORPE
CASTLE
Remains of the gatehouses of a large 15c fortified
manor house. Baconsthorpe
BANHAM
ZOO
Rare and endangered animals.
Banham
BERNEY ARMS
WINDMILL
A marsh mill, one of the best and largest remaining
in Norfolk. Burgh Castle
BINHAM
PRIORY
Extensive remains of a benedictine priory. Binham-on-Wells
BINHAM
WAYSIDE CROSS
Medieval cross marking the site of an annual fair
held from the reign of Henry I until the 1950s. Binham-on-Wells
BIRCHAM
Contemporary Arts
Exciting changing programme + exhibits of over 100
artists. Holt -Norfolk
coast
BIRCHAM
WINDMILL
One of Norfolk's last remaining windmills. Great Bircham
BLAKENEY
GUILDHALL
The surviving basement, most likely used for storage,
of a large 14c building, probably a merchant's house. Blakeney
BLAKENEY
POINT
A 3.5m long sand and shingle spit, summer home for
over eleven species of seabird.
Holt
BLICKLING
HALL
17c hall, gardens & parkland. Blickling
BRANCASTER
810ha of beach with 4 miles of tidal foreshore, sand
dunes, and saltmarsh, including the site of the Roman Fort
of Branodunum. King's Lynn
BRESSINGHAM
STEAM MUSEUM AND GARDENS
Rides on three narrow gauge railways and a set of
Victorian Steam Gallopers.
Bressingham
BRIDEWELL
MUSEUM
Late 14c merchant house once used as a prison. Norwich
BURGH
CASTLE
Impressive walls, with projecting bastions, of a 3c Roman fort. Burgh Castle
CAISTER ROMAN
SITE
The remains of a Roman site. Caister-on-Sea
CASTLE ACRE:
BAILEY GATE
The north gateway to the medieval planned town of Acre with flint towers. Castle
Acre
CASTLE
ACRE CASTLE
The remains of a Norman manor house, which became a castle with earthworks, set by the side of the village. Castle Acre
CASTLE
ACRE PRIORY
Priory built for Clunaic order monks. Remanis include
chapel and 15c gatehouse. Castle
Acre
CASTLE
RISING CASTLE
A fine mid 12c domestic keep, set in the centre of
massive defensive earthworks. Castle
Rising
CHURCH OF THE
HOLY SEPULCHRE
The ruined nave of a priory church of the Canons of
the Holy Sepulchre.
Thetford
CITY OF
NORWICH AVIATION MUSEUM
Aircraft on display, some of which the public can
enter. Horsham St Faith
COWTOWER
A circular brick tower, which once formed part of the
14c city defences. Norwich
CREAKE
ABBEY
The ruins of an Augustinian abbey. North Creake
CROMER
MUSEUM
Museum featuring exhibits of Victorian Cromer and
collections of local natural history, archaeology, social
history and geology. Cromer
ELIZABETHAN MUSEUM
HOUSE
A 16c building with panelled rooms and 19c frontage. Great Yarmouth
FAIRHAVEN
TRUST
Woodland and water gardens with a combination of
cultivated and wild flowers. South
Walsham
FELBRIGG
HALL
One of the finest 17c houses in Norfolk. Felbrigg
GRESSENHALL
NORFOLK RURAL LIFE MUSEUM AND UNION FARM
History of Norfolk over past 200 years. Gressenhall
GRIMES
GRAVES
Remarkable Neolithic flint mines, unique in England, comprising of over 300 pits and shafts. Grimes Graves
GUILDHALL
Council Chamber on view to public. Norwich
HOLKHAM HALL
AND BYGONES MUSEUM
18c Palladian style mansion. Holkham
HORSEY
WINDPUMP
A drainage windmill which was working until 1943, now
restored by NT. Horsey
ICENI VILLAGE AND
MUSEUM
Reconstruction of village of Iceni tribe as it is believed
to have been 2000 years ago. Cockley
Cley
LIFEBOAT
MUSEUM
Local lifeboat history and RNLI in general. Cromer
LYNN
MUSEUM
Geology, archaeology and natural history of the area. King's Lynn
MANNINGTON
GARDENS AND COUNTRYSIDE
A 15c moated manor house.
Saxthorpe
MARITIME
MUSEUM FOR EAST ANGLIA
The history of the sea and fishing industry in East
Anglia. Great Yarmouth
MERRIVALE
MODEL VILLAGE
Miniature village on scale of 1:12 set in a landscaped garden. Great
Yarmouth
MUCKLEBURGH
COLLECTION
Collections of tanks, armoured cars, trucks and WWII
artillery, plus weapons from the Falklands and Gulf
Wars. Weybourne
MUSEUM
EXHIBITION GALLERIES
Regularly changing series of travelling
exhibits. Great Yarmouth
NORFOLK
LAVENDER
Originally a water mill, Caley Mill is set in gardens of
lavender, roses and herbs.
Heacham
NORFOLK SHIRE
HORSE CENTRE
Draught horses and mountain and moorland ponies can
be seen. West Runton
NORFOLK
WILDLIFE CENTRE AND COUNTRY PARK
Wildlife park with collection of British and European
wildlife, plus a narrow gauge railway and a rare breed farm.
Great Witchingham
NORTH ELMHAM
CHAPEL
Remains of a Norman chapel.
East Dereham
NORTH
NORFOLK RAILWAY MUSEUM
A steam railway, trains operate most days between March and October.
Sheringham
NORWICH
CASTLE MUSEUM
Norman Castle Keep built in 12c. Norwich
NORWICH
CATHEDRAL
Originally a Benedictine foundation, this Norman
building has the largest monastic cloisters in England.
Norwich
OLD GAOL HOUSE
OLD MERCHANT'S
HOUSE
Two 17th-century Row Houses. Great
Yarmouth
OXBURGH
HALL
This moated house was built in 1482 by the Bedingfeld family, who still live here.
Oxburgh
PARK
FARM
A working farm, where lambing can be seen in spring
and deer calving in summer.
Snettisham
PENSTHORPE
WATERFOWL PARK AND NATURE RESERVE
Home to collection of waterfowl and waders set in 200
acres of Norfolk countryside.
Fakenham
PETTITS
ANIMAL ADVENTURE PARK
Home for farmyard animals and more exotic
animals. Reedham
RIPLEY'S
BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
Museum specialising in collection of the odd and
bizarre. Great Yarmouth
ROYAL
NORFOLK REGIMENT MUSEUM
Social and military history of the country regiment
is displayed from 1685.
Norwich
RSPB NATURE
RESERVE
In summer avocets can be seen, in winter waders and
wildfowl. Titchwell
SANDRINGHAM HOUSE, GROUNDS, MUSEUM & COUNTRY PARK
Private country retreat of Her Majesty The Queen. Sandringham
SAINSBURY
CENTRE FOR VISUAL ARTS
Displays include European art of 19th and 20th
centuries and ethnographical art including African tribal
sculpture and Oceanic works.
Norwich
SHERINGHAM
PARK
This 311ha property includes a landscaped park, plus
views of coast and countryside from viewing towers. Upper Sheringham
SHIREHALL
MUSEUM
Original Georgian courtroom including a prisoner's lock-up. Little Walsingham
ST
GEORGE'S GUILDHALL
The largest surviving English medieval guildhall, now in use as an Arts Centre. King's
Lynn
ST OLAVES
PRIORY
Remains of an Augustinian priory. St Olaves
ST PETER
HUNGATE CHURCH MUSEUM
Museum of church art and brass rubbing centre. Norwich
THETFORD
PRIORY
The 14c gatehouse is the best preserved part of this Cluniac
priory built in 1103. Thetford
THETFORD
WARREN LODGE
The ruins of a small, two-storeyed medieval house,
set in pleasant woods.
Thetford
THRIGBY
HALL
Animals and birds from Asia are the main inhabitants of the 250-year park. Features include an underwater viewing
area where large crocodiles can be seen. Filby
THURSFORD
COLLECTION
Collection of organs - barrel, street, fairground and a Wurlitzer cinema organ. Thursford
Green
TOLHOUSE
MUSEUM
Once the town's court house and gaol and dungeons,
this 13c building is now open for visitors. Great Yarmouth
TOWNHOUSE
MUSEUM OF LYNN LIFE
Museum depicting the life of the merchants, tradesmen and families who made King's Lynn a prosperous place. King's Lynn
VILLAGE (THE)
Village with working sawmill, vintage vehicles, and
steam-hauled trailer ride. Fleggburgh
WALSINGHAM
ABBEY GROUNDS
Ruins of 12c Augustinian priory, in the grounds of
the Abbey. Little
Walsingham
WEETING
CASTLE
The ruins of an early medieval manor house within a
shallow rectangular moat.
Brandon
WELLS &
WALSINGHAM LIGHT RAILWAY
Longest ten and a quarter inch gauge track in the
world. Wells-next-the-Sea
WOLFERTON
STATION MUSEUM
Exhibits of Royal memorabilia.
Sandringham
WWT
WELNEY
Wetland site of international importance. Welney
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