Cathedral or churchAnglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Church of England shrine church built in 1938 during the revival of pilgrimage to Walsingham.
- Wells, Holkham & Blakeney, Norfolk and the Broads
70 places from our Norfolk and the Broads guide, from Cromer & Sheringham to Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.
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Cathedral or churchChurch of England shrine church built in 1938 during the revival of pilgrimage to Walsingham.
Heritage railwayMiniature railway in a Wroxham garden, open on set days in the season; check its website before you go.
The highest point in Norfolk at 105 metres, also known as Roman Camp, with National Trust woodland.
Cathedral or churchRuins of an Augustinian priory, the Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, in Beeston Regis.
Other sightWoodland adventure park at Horning with treehouses, rope bridges, slides, zip wires and areas for under-fives.
Cathedral or churchRuined Benedictine priory in the village of Binham, south of Blakeney.
Other sightMedieval undercroft in an alley off Blakeney quay, an English Heritage scheduled monument.
Park or natureNational Trust reserve on a shingle and dune spit about 6.4 km long, with a colony of harbour and grey seals.
Park or natureReserve created in 1958 covering about 450 hectares of wetland in the floodplain of the River Bure.
Heritage railwayNarrow-gauge steam railway from Wroxham to Aylsham, laid on a former standard-gauge trackbed beside a footpath.
CastleRuined castle and keep built soon after 1138 by William d'Aubigny, with earthworks and a former deer park.
Cathedral or churchRoman Catholic cathedral at the west end of the city centre, seat of the Bishop of East Anglia.
Park or natureTriangular Grade II listed park with a bandstand, the city's earliest surviving ornamental public open space.
Other sightArt Deco city hall completed in 1938, Grade II* listed, overlooking the market.
Park or natureNorfolk Wildlife Trust reed beds and pools outside Cley, a nature reserve since 1926.
Other sightGrade II* listed tower mill beside the Cley marshes, now converted to guest accommodation.
Other sightGrade I listed merchant house on Queen Street with a 1708 facade and a 14th-century undercroft.
Park or natureSmall Norfolk Wildlife Trust reserve near Woodbastwick, part of the Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve.
Other sightBrick artillery tower built in 1398-99 beside the River Wensum to guard the north-eastern approach to the city.
Other sightLighthouse in the coastal town of Cromer, a landmark on the north Norfolk coast.
Other sightGrade II listed pier that is home to the Cromer lifeboat station and the Pavilion Theatre.
Other sightGrade I listed medieval merchant's trading hall on King Street, home to the National Centre for Writing since 2018.
Other sightCobbled lane with many buildings from the Tudor period, including the Britons Arms.
Historic houseNational Trust house of the 17th century with Jacobean architecture, Georgian interiors, a walled garden and an orangery.
Other sightGrade I listed tower of a Franciscan friary, one of only three such towers surviving in England.
Other sightBuilt 1410-1420, the largest surviving guildhall in England and in use as a theatre since 1445.
Historic houseNeo-Palladian house built for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, to designs by William Kent.
Park or natureOne of the largest national nature reserves in England: grazing marsh, pine woods, salt marsh, dunes and foreshore.
Other sightBroad on the River Bure between Wroxham Broad and Salhouse Broad, within the Bure Marshes reserve.
Historic houseRegency-style country house built in 1809-1812 in the parish of Hoveton, with gardens.
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Museum14th-century merchant house, later a prison and a factory, now a museum of the social history of Norwich.
Heritage railwayHeritage steam railway, the 'Poppy Line', running about five miles between Sheringham and Holt.
CastleRoyal castle ordered by William the Conqueror, used as a gaol until 1887 and home to the city museum and art gallery since 1894.
Cathedral or churchGrade I listed Norman cathedral begun in 1096, the seat of the Bishop of Norwich, with daily Church of England services.
Other sightGrade I listed medieval municipal building on Gaol Hill, at the top of the market.
Other sightOutdoor market of around 200 stalls, trading on this site for over 900 years since its Norman foundation.
Cathedral or churchEight-sided Unitarian chapel on Colegate, north of the river.
GardenRestored Victorian town garden laid out in a disused lime quarry off Earlham Road.
Other sightFlint former ferry house and 15th-century watergate on the Wensum, where stone for the cathedral was landed.
MuseumMuseum on the site of the former radar and control base RAF Neatishead, near Horning.
Park or natureNature reserve of 136 hectares run by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, part of the Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve.
Other sightChalk river that flows through Wroxham and Horning; Coltishall Bridge is now the head of navigation.
Park or natureRSPB reserve on The Wash where big autumn and winter tides push huge flocks of wading birds onto the shore.
Other sightBroad on the River Bure downstream of Wroxham, on the edge of Salhouse parish.
Other sightCountry house of the royal family set in a 20,000-acre estate; check the estate website for opening dates.
MuseumMuseum opened in 2010 with old lifeboats, local displays and a viewing tower over the seafront.
GardenPark around Sheringham Hall, designed with Humphry Repton and his son; the National Trust looks after the plantations, which are open to visitors.
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Cathedral or churchParish church beside Sandringham House, attended by the royal family when they are in residence.
Cathedral or churchParish church founded in the 13th century and largely rebuilt in the 15th, when Blakeney was a busy seaport.
Cathedral or churchThe largest parish church in Norwich, a Grade I listed Perpendicular Gothic building raised above the market.
MuseumGrade I listed house with a 700-year history, home to several Mayors of Norwich and now a museum of domestic life.
Other sightGrade I listed headquarters building of the insurer Aviva, its historic home in Norwich.
Other sightPublic building by Hopkins Architects, opened in 2001 on the site of the central library that burned down in 1994.
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