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Take a moment to experience Norfolk’s famous Broads National Park through a new lens. Start with the Reedham vehicle ferry...
Norwich a city of art, culture, and history, from brittle flint to landscapes that inspired artists. To women who rejected...
Peer into Norfolk’s dark skies, the further you look the further back in time you travel. Norfolk, famous for its...
Hop onto the Boudicca Way Trail at one of its picturesque villages such as Shotesham, Saxlingham Nethergate and Pulham Market....
See part of North Norfolk in a new way by exploring activities and reflecting on Norfolk’s rich history. A new...
Inspired by the unique and varied landscape, the Norfolk Way Art Trail takes on an artistic and imaginative exploration of...
What’s the ultimate antidote to the stress of modern living? Slow you down! It’s a Norfolk saying and excellent mantra...
Snuggling at home on winter nights is even cosier after an invigorating hike. Pensthorpe, near Fakenham, is a magical place...
Walk the Nar Valley Path, with its rare chalk stream, rich wildlife and stories told in silver and shards of...
Most Roman roads cut straight across country, an efficient expression of conquering power. Many are vanished into the landscape but...
Want exactly the same holiday snaps as everyone else? Well, you’ve come to the wrong place. Because this is where...
Stressed out? Spending time with animals is one of the best mood lifters. If you don’t have the space for...
Love history? Explore some of the UK’s best museums – all in Norfolk! Spend a day in King’s Lynn, uncovering...
Star light, star bright…can’t sleep? Embrace the shadowlands where ghosts and phantoms pluck at the ragged hem of day. Things...
Take a break in Breckland! Peddars Way, Norfolk’s 49 mile route from ancient Thetford to the sandy beaches at Holme-next-the-Sea...
Rivers flow through time, brimming with stories. Listen. Upstream from Pentney, near Marham Fen, the River Nar is feral, twisting,...
Looking for unusual places to stay in Norfolk? Here’s our local pick of the quirkiest accommodation in the UK! We’re...
Who forgot the tent pegs? Who cares! Go glamping and you don’t even need to pack the tent. Relax from...
In a fast-paced age of mass production, slow down and focus on the moment. Bushcraft courses in Norfolk empower you...
For most of our time on earth, humans have been hunter gatherers, deeply connected to the land. Escape city life...
In his classic 1974 BBC documentary A Passion for Churches, John Betjeman’s poetic commentary asks: ‘What would you be, you...
Ever heard of church crawling? It’s visiting churches for the love of the buildings, the architecture, history and art, not...
Norfolk is so rich in ecclesiastical history, we’ve created 3 different location-based church tour itineraries to get you started. Greater...
For over 900 years Norwich has been a literary city. All Norfolk buzzes with revolutionary thought and faith in the...
Norwich – a rising star in Britain’s food scene. Gaining an international reputation as one of the world’s top gastronomic...
Trying new things brings incredible benefits, from improved mood and memory to boosting self-confidence and simply having fun! So we’ve...
Do Different. That’s what Norfolk’s all about! We’ll bet not many people spend the day making beautiful glass beads, then...
Fed up with lounging around? Kick off two days of action with an adrenaline hit at Norfolk Snowsports. No snow?...
Norfolk is rich in all kinds of weird and wonderful wildlife. But do you know which fascinating creatures are native...
Do you love detective dramas and Sherlock Holmes? Perhaps you can’t get enough of true crime podcasts or relish solving...
Norfolk’s not as flat as you think! Head to arty Cromer, home of heroes and legends – and a Banksy...
Sheringham is a great day out from Norwich, under an hour by train through lovely countryside. Check out our locals’...
Great Yarmouth is a must for anyone’s Top Ten greatest seaside towns in Britain. With shoals of history, this salty...
Fancy a winter weekend of ghost hunting? Then Norfolk is with you in spirit! Folklore is part of our vernacular...
Discover sacred spaces and significant structures on this two day exploration into Norfolk’s history. Church towers rise from the wide...
It’s said photography is painting with light. The ever-changing quality of light in Norfolk is profoundly beautiful, so how can...
Visionary poet William Blake wrote ‘A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub...
Did you know the CEO of Vietnam Airlines, Duong Tri Thanh, said Norwich is as ‘serene; and ‘irresistible’ a tourist...
People who rush through West Norfolk on the way to tourist hotspots are missing one of the prettiest corners of...
From Irish fairy paths to China’s feng shui and Britain’s ley lines, world cultures connect the landscape to ancient energies,...
OK, so Bear Grylls might have got Barack Obama, Kate Winslet, Ranveer Singh and other celebrities Running Wild, reached the...
The lonely sound of a train whistle blowing signalled the end of the pre-industrial era, yet today many of those...
The Norfolk Broads are good for you! Experts believe blue spaces, like rivers and lakes, are even more beneficial for...
In 1913 50,000 suffragists and supporters marched from all over England. They converged at Hyde Park on 26th July demanding...
Once Norfolk was covered by heathland, close cropped by thousands of grazing sheep. Pubs with names like The Woolpack reflect...
Like stars in the morning, canny crooks can hide in plain sight! And with a rich history of contraband and...
Uncover Britain Road Trips provide a road trip route plan and maps for this immersive road trip around Norfolk Broads....
Love good food? Make like Jay Rayner and ‘Go to Norwich’. The Fine City has a 900 year old market...
Immerse your senses in the mysterious scenery of the Brecks. This is a landscape both lost and found, abandoned and...
The spirit of Norfolk invokes ambition and vision. Explore ritual landscapes where our ancestors summoned the powers of earth and...
Enjoy a luxury safari at an award-winning Norfolk nature reserve, then get cosy in the warm welcome of a community...
In the 18th century, the crown was constantly raising taxes to fund foreign wars. At one point levies on tea...
The Norfolk Broads is a watery maze. Uniquely beautiful…and full of secrets. Before the days of pleasure boats, criminal gangs...
From Poldark to Han Solo, smugglers are dashing scoundrels, masters of their own destiny, wild and unpredictable as the landscapes...
On dark nights of foul weather sturdy little luggers snaked silently through the marshes and creeks. For over 300 years,...
When 8th March rolls around, celebrate International Woman’s Day by investigating the stories of Norfolk’s phenomenal women through time. Discover...
Summer 1913. From Cromer to Norwich and on to London, women marched. Their demand: Votes for Women! ‘The Pilgrimage’ saw...
Fancy a day at the seaside?! In 1871 the Bank Holidays Act granted workers four new public holidays and rail...
The sun is rising over the north Norfolk mudflats. Tens of thousands of pink-footed geese leave their nighttime roosts and...
Few things are more evocative of a bygone age than a station platform, billowing steam and a melancholy train whistle,...
Follow Upper Sheringham’s siren call to seek a tragic mermaid in an ancient church. Her song forever silenced, she’s carved...
The young Nelson knew a landscape of gently sloping hills facing the North Sea’s wild expanse. It hasn’t changed much...
Across millennia of conflict, war and struggle, castles and fortifications have been built, defended and destroyed. Some are lost in...
Follow the sun’s arc and bookend your day watching it rise and set. Begin on the east coast as the...
The Norfolk Broads are unfailingly beautiful yet crowded in summer. For real Nor-folk, they come into their own when glowing...
When it comes to history, it’s hard to separate truth and legend. Whose voice is celebrated, whose suppressed, and why?...
Carl Jung said humans are myth-makers. The mythic world carries the imagination of our ancestors and helps us make sense...
Clear your mind and soothe your soul in the company of Norfolk’s magnificent trees. Or should that be in the...
Of all the gin joints in all the world…we’d wager Norfolk has some of the finest. But you probably know...
Cromer is an artsy North Norfolk seaside town with an independent spirit and proud seafaring heritage. It’s famous for cracking...
There are 90 miles of magnificent coastline in Norfolk. On this eastern edge of England the sea keeps time, connecting...
Meet six disobedient women of Norfolk – is there any other kind?! Side-lined by history, it’s time to share her-story....
A Celtic warrior queen, a Norman castle, a Tudor museum donated by an Indian prince, a classic British TV comedy,...
See the Norfolk Broads like a local. Which means you don’t necessarily need a boat. Check out our itinerary for...
Ever wanted to live off the land? Check our beginners’ guide to foraging in Norfolk. Add to it as you...
Walk Norfolk’s Deep History Coast and follow the path of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, whose feet made clear prints in the...
Those whose livelihoods depend on the coast have always lived in two worlds. North Norfolk is just such a crossing...
West Norfolk is one of the UK’s best winter holiday spots; you can grab bargain accommodation, perhaps in a quirky...
One of the finest ways to experience Norfolk’s ancient landscape, historic architecture and rolling countryside is to explore on foot....
Sheringham and Cromer. Two seaside towns linked by a historic railway, shared maritime heritage and indomitable spirit. Their picturesque winding...
Before modern roads Norfolk was relatively inaccessible from the rest of England. But a long, marshy coastline has always put...
With five market towns and numerous pretty villages, Breckland is one of England’s largest, most peaceful rural districts. There are...
One the most famous sons of Norfolk is, of course, Admiral Lord Nelson who learned to sail on the coastal...
Norfolk has a way of surprising you. Sites of global conflict are now peaceful centres of learning, such as the...
Deep in the cold earth, springtime is stirring. Green shoots unfurl towards the light, bursting into drifts of radiant snowdrops...
Norfolk winter begins when the first skeins of pink-footed geese cry high in cloudy skies. In the darkness just before...
Escape the obvious and visit Holkham and Wells when the summer crowds have gone. The beaches are still golden, stretching...
Take a short winter break on the North Norfolk coast. Cycle the trails of ancient ancestors, who walked here when...
Evidence of a proud maritime heritage is everywhere in King’s Lynn, ideal destination for a winter weekend away. One of...
Once a small Anglo-Saxon settlement on the River Wensum, by the Middle Ages Norwich’s importance was second only to London....
Ancient woodland, chalk streams, sandy heathland, forests, saltmarsh, wetlands, pebble beaches, shimmering stretches of shingle and mudflats, farmland, fens, rivers,...
There are plenty of ways to pick up the pace in Norfolk and every day can bring a new way...
The Norwich food scene is booming. So how do you experience the best of this convivial city? Get insider insights...
Chase away winter blues with a day in the open air, walking the paths of history. Discover the story of...
Enjoy a right royal weekend exploring the weird and wonderful stories of Sandringham. From rural backwater to Royal Estate, this...
Rise with the pink-footed geese on a dark January morning to witness a magnificently memorable dawn awakening. Haunting cries spear...
Spark creative inspiration from the sights and sounds of Norfolk’s coast between King’s Lynn and Salthouse. Head out with your...
Food and drink is an expression of culture, history and landscape, nowhere more so than in Norfolk where fertile farms,...
Guarded by a magnificent candy-striped lighthouse, Happisburgh’s capricious coastline is a place where the past resurfaces without warning. Mammoths, lions...
Everyone’s needs are different and getting outside brings us together. This itinerary lists some of Norfolk’s most accessible spots to...
What could be cosier than settling in on a chilly afternoon and getting creative with a new hobby? Learn how...
Escape to another world for an unforgettable day out, full of natural wonders you won’t see anywhere but Norfolk. At...
Like swirling mist, stories seep from the Fenland mud. This land of shifting light is a crossing place between worlds....
Glassmaking is one of the most important human discoveries – just imagine our homes without windows! Decorative coloured glass is...
In the days when you could walk from Norfolk to Africa, a group of nomadic hunter-gatherers crossed a rolling ridge...
Fancy a pint? That warm, spicy brewery smell is so tempting on a winter’s day! Find out how the glorious...
Norfolk’s unique coastal location means that for thousands of years it has served as a landing stage for settlers to...
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