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Cathedral
Norwich Cathedral
Grade I listed Norman cathedral begun in 1096, the seat of the Bishop of Norwich, with daily Church of England services.
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Norwich: things to do
Places worth your time in Norwich
Top places
Things to do in Norwich
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Castle and museum
Norwich Castle
Royal castle ordered by William the Conqueror, used as a gaol until 1887 and home to the city museum and art gallery since 1894.
Cathedral
Cathedral of St John the Baptist
Roman Catholic cathedral at the west end of the city centre, seat of the Bishop of East Anglia.
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Museum
Strangers' Hall
Grade I listed house with a 700-year history, home to several Mayors of Norwich and now a museum of domestic life.
Museum
Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell
14th-century merchant house, later a prison and a factory, now a museum of the social history of Norwich.
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Historic building
Dragon Hall
Grade I listed medieval merchant's trading hall on King Street, home to the National Centre for Writing since 2018.
Market
Norwich Market
Outdoor market of around 200 stalls, trading on this site for over 900 years since its Norman foundation.
Historic building
Norwich Guildhall
Grade I listed medieval municipal building on Gaol Hill, at the top of the market.
Church
St Peter Mancroft
The largest parish church in Norwich, a Grade I listed Perpendicular Gothic building raised above the market.
Public building
The Forum
Public building by Hopkins Architects, opened in 2001 on the site of the central library that burned down in 1994.
Historic building
City Hall
Art Deco city hall completed in 1938, Grade II* listed, overlooking the market.
Historic street
Elm Hill
Cobbled lane with many buildings from the Tudor period, including the Britons Arms.
Shopping arcade
Royal Arcade
Grade II* listed shopping arcade of 1899 linking the market with Back of the Inns.
Chapel
Octagon Chapel
Eight-sided Unitarian chapel on Colegate, north of the river.
Historic building
Surrey House
Grade I listed headquarters building of the insurer Aviva, its historic home in Norwich.
Gatehouse
St Ethelbert's Gate
Grade I listed 14th-century gatehouse into the cathedral precinct, built around 1316 after a riot destroyed the earlier gate.
Park
Chapelfield Gardens
Triangular Grade II listed park with a bandstand, the city's earliest surviving ornamental public open space.
Historic building
Pulls Ferry
Flint former ferry house and 15th-century watergate on the Wensum, where stone for the cathedral was landed.
Tower
Cow Tower
Brick artillery tower built in 1398-99 beside the River Wensum to guard the north-eastern approach to the city.
Garden
Plantation Garden
Restored Victorian town garden laid out in a disused lime quarry off Earlham Road.
Historic building
St Andrew's and Blackfriars' Halls
Former Dominican friary church and convent, the most complete surviving set of friary buildings in England.
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Norfolk and the Broads
More areas to explore
13 sights · 11 places to eat
Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads
Boatyards, river trips and broads on the River Bure, a train ride from Norwich
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12 sights · 20 places to eat
Cromer & Sheringham
Victorian seaside towns with a pier, crab boats, heritage steam trains and the highest hill in Norfolk
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15 sights · 19 places to eat
Wells, Holkham & Blakeney
Salt marsh, dunes and seals between a harbour town, a Palladian house and flint villages
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- Norwich (area photo): Sumit Surai, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Norwich Castle: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Strangers' Hall: Northmetpit, CC0, source
- Dragon Hall: No machine-readable author provided. Mn~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Norwich Market: Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Norwich Guildhall: Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Forum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Elm Hill: TourNorfolk at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Octagon Chapel: C1self at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Surrey House: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0, source
- St Ethelbert's Gate: Gareth Williams, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chapelfield Gardens: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cow Tower: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Plantation Garden: Amitchell125, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Andrew's and Blackfriars' Halls: Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- King's Lynn & Sandringham: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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