Norfolk Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Norfolk? Check out our Norfolk Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Norfolk.
Top Places to visit in Norfolk:
Norwich Cathedral, Hickling Broad, Happisburgh Lighthouse, Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Castle Acre Priory, Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Wymondham Abbey, Sheringham Museum at the Mo, Strangers' Hall Museum, Cromer Pier, Blickling Estate, Holkham Hall, Cromer Parish Church, Thursford
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Heritage & History - Visit Norfolk, England
Norfolk is a treasure house of stately homes, legacies of the wool trade and agricultural revolution when Norfolk was the wealthiest county in the country and Norwich second in importance only to London. Beginning with prehistory and ancient history, you'll find Roman forts, more Saxon round-towered churches than anywhere else, castles and a towering cathedral made by the Norman Conquerors, and the Royal Family's country home. Norwich is the best preserved medieval city in northern Europe and you'll not tire of wandering the wonderful cobbled streets and alleys.
Breckland market towns, Norfolk, UK
Spread across the unique Breckland landscape... characterful market towns with great independent shopping... riverside Thetford - Viking capital of England, home of Dad's Army, Swaffham - Norfolk's harvest town, set-in-aspic Attleborough, Dereham - the heart of Norfolk
Is this the best beach in England? - Wells Next The Sea, Norfolk
We decided to go to Wells Next The sea in Norfolk in the May bank holiday weekend.
We have been here a few times and love the place, has a few lovely walks alongside the sea coast and surrounding forest.
If you've never been here you should seriously check it out.
I also think this is one of the biggest and best beaches in England, what do you think?
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North Norfolk Naturally: Explore North Norfolk's Towns & Villages
Exploring the coastal and rural traditional market towns in north Norfolk is a true delight. Full of natural charm, each village and town offer something different. Spend time in pretty Burnham Market, a shopper's paradise with its clothing boutiques and delis and head to Holt with its Georgian architecture, antique shops, galleries and cafes. Take a trip to historical Aylsham on the River Bure for artisan food shops, church and an impressive stately home. Meander around medieval villages like Walsingham and discover the Abbey with a history dating back to the 11th century. Or simply sit back at a local café and watch the world go by.
See for yourself how north Norfolk is the natural choice for a holiday. #NorthNorfolkNaturally.
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The best birdwatching in the UK, Norfolk, UK
We think Norfolk has the best birdwatching in the UK, with stunning locations to choose from, including the Brecks and Thetford Forest, the Norfolk Broads National Park, Ouse Washes and Fens, and the Norfolk coast, with a host of accessible national nature reserves. Enjoy birdwatching year-round, but it's best in the winter with the annual migration of geese, swans and more.
Overstrand, Norfolk, UK
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A walk in the village of Overstrand on the north coast of Norfolk, 3km east of Cromer. Starting off on the Royal Cromer Golf Course, I follow a path at the top of the cliff along the sea front before walking through the village.
As can be seen in this film, coastal erosion is a major problem. The soft boulder clay cliffs slump because of the water running through the clay, and the resulting material on the beach is removed by the succeeding high tides. And so the process continues over the years. In the neighbouring village of Sidestrand, the whole church was moved back from the cliff edge in the 19th century, though the tower of the church was left standing on the cliff top.
Out to sea there used to be another town but was unfortunately victim to the seas erosion on East Anglia, this town has been nicknamed Understrand.
The London journalist and travel writer Clement Scott came to Overstrand in 1883, christened the area ''Poppyland'', and wrote about the church tower on the cliff edge and its Garden of Sleep. While in Overstrand he stayed at the Mill House with miller Alfred Jermy and his daughter Louie. Louie became the Maid of the Mill in his articles about ''Poppyland''.
Scott had many London contacts in the theatrical world, and his writings led a number of them and others from London society to come to Overstrand. Some bought land in the village and had houses built there, and for a while the village was the place to visit. A large hotel was built on the cliff edge, though this slid into the sea in the 1950s.
Whilst the large houses of the gentry have largely passed from private ownership to other uses, the visitor to Overstrand can still appreciate the development that took place at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
The Overstrand biplane bomber was named after the village; being made at the nearby Boulton & Paul aircraft factory in the early 1930s
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How Hill Nature Reserve in Norfolk England
How Hill Nature Reserve is a great place to explore the Norfolk Broads. We took the Electric Eel boat tour on the Broads and then did the How Hill Nature Walk stopping at the How Hill Secret Gardens along the way. I enjoyed seeing the wildlife, especially some of the rare Norfolk Broads birds. It was a nice way to spend an afternoon on the Broads.
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Places to see in ( Grantham - UK )
Places to see in ( Grantham - UK )
Grantham is a market town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Grantham straddles the London to Edinburgh East Coast Main Line railway and the River Witham and is bounded to the west by the A1 main north–south trunk road. Grantham lies about 23 miles (37 km) south of the city and county town of Lincoln, and about 22 miles (35 km) east of the city of Nottingham.
Grantham is notable for being the birthplace of the former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher, for having educated Isaac Newton at its King's School, for having the first female police officers in the United Kingdom (Edith Smith in 1914), and for producing the first running diesel engine in 1892 and the UK's first tractor in 1896.
Grantham boundary crosses the A1 to the west at the Dysart Road bridge. North of there it lies to the east of the A1. Grantham crosses the B1174 at Gonerby Hill. All of the Manthorpe estate is a part of the town, but the (smaller) Manthorpe village and the church are part of Belton and Manthorpe civil parish.
The conference and hospitality industry are well represented in the Grantham area, with the Olde Barn Hotel in Marston, the De Vere Belton Woods Hotel, the Ramada hotel (former Marriott) and various golf clubs. Stoke Rochford Hall won the Les Routiers Wedding Venue of the Year in 2011. The Griffin Inn at Irnham won the 2012 Les Routiers B&B of the Year Award.
The Grantham Parade and the Grantham Festival take place every year. There was an annual pig drive through the centre of the town until 1962. Grantham and its surrounding area is home to the peregrine falcons, which roost in the bell tower of St Wulfram's Church, and the Grantham Gobbler, a heron. Both of these birds are voracious predators.
Grantham railway station is served by the London-Edinburgh East Coast Main Line (between the stops for Peterborough and Newark Northgate), and the Nottingham to Skegness Line (Poacher Line). Grantham was once linked to Nottingham by the Grantham Canal. It is possible to walk and cycle along the canal starting from Grantham near the A1/A607 intersection (opposite The Farrier).
Grantham House is to the east of the church, and a National Trust property. Grantham has the country's only 'living' public house sign: a beehive of South African bees situated outside since 1830. Edith Smith Way is a road next to the Guildhall Arts Centre, on St Peter's Hill; it is named after England's first policewoman.
Sandon Road is named after Viscount Sandon, also the Earl of Harrowby. The Blue Pig, one of many Blue pubs, is situated on Vine Street, near the Church of St Wulfram. The nearby George Hotel (known as St Peter's Place, now the George Shopping Centre) was mentioned in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby.
Nearby are many historic houses including 17th-century Belton House (the Brownlows), early 19th-century Harlaxton Manor (the Gregorys), Stoke Rochford Hall (owned by the Turnors, and since 1978 is now the training centre of the NUT), and the 11th-century Belvoir Castle (the Manners), in Leicestershire.
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What to do in Norfolk with Kids
A quick look at some of the fun we got up to during our weekend in Norfolk County, Ontario. Full post at