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Royal residence
Sandringham House
Country house of the royal family set in a 20,000-acre estate; check the estate website for opening dates.
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King's Lynn & Sandringham: things to do
Places worth your time in King's Lynn & Sandringham
Top places
Things to do in King's Lynn & Sandringham
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Church
St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham
Parish church beside Sandringham House, attended by the royal family when they are in residence.
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Castle
Castle Rising Castle
Ruined castle and keep built soon after 1138 by William d'Aubigny, with earthworks and a former deer park.
Church
King's Lynn Minster (St Margaret's)
Grade I listed church built from the 12th to 15th centuries, renamed King's Lynn Minster in 2011.
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Museum
True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum
Volunteer-run museum telling the story of King's Lynn's old North End fishing quarter.
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Historic building and museum
King's Lynn Town Hall and Stories of Lynn
Grade I listed Trinity Guildhall on Saturday Market Place; the Stories of Lynn museum is in its undercroft.
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Theatre and historic building
Guildhall of St George
Built 1410-1420, the largest surviving guildhall in England and in use as a theatre since 1445.
Park
The Walks
King's Lynn's town park, an 18th-century town walk that includes the 15th-century Red Mount chapel.
Tower
Greyfriars Tower
Grade I listed tower of a Franciscan friary, one of only three such towers surviving in England.
Historic building
Thoresby College
Grade I listed 16th-century residence for chantry priests on Queen Street, opposite the Guildhall.
Venue
Corn Exchange
Grade II listed former corn exchange on Tuesday Market Place, now used as an events venue.
Nature reserve
RSPB Snettisham
RSPB reserve on The Wash where big autumn and winter tides push huge flocks of wading birds onto the shore.
Historic building
Clifton House
Grade I listed merchant house on Queen Street with a 1708 facade and a 14th-century undercroft.
Norfolk and the Broads
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Cromer & Sheringham
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- King's Lynn & Sandringham (area photo): Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sandringham House: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0, source
- Castle Rising Castle: Antony McCallum: Who is the uploader, photographer, full copyright owner and proprietor of WyrdLight.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- King's Lynn Minster (St Margaret's): Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum: Alienturnedhuman (talk), Public domain, source
- King's Lynn Town Hall and Stories of Lynn: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Guildhall of St George: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Greyfriars Tower: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, source
- Thoresby College: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Corn Exchange: Alienturnedhuman (talk), Public domain, source
- RSPB Snettisham: Ben Dickson / Alienturnedhuman at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Clifton House: Greenpenwriter, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Norwich: Sumit Surai, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cromer & Sheringham: Scribwik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wells, Holkham & Blakeney: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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