Attractions in Norfolk and the Broads

Anglican 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

Barton House Railway

Miniature railway in a Wroxham garden, open on set days in the season; check its website before you go.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

Beacon Hill

The highest point in Norfolk at 105 metres, also known as Roman Camp, with National Trust woodland.

• Cromer & Sheringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Beeston Priory

Ruins of an Augustinian priory, the Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, in Beeston Regis.

• Cromer & Sheringham, Norfolk and the Broads

BeWILDerwood

Woodland adventure park at Horning with treehouses, rope bridges, slides, zip wires and areas for under-fives.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

Binham Priory

Ruined Benedictine priory in the village of Binham, south of Blakeney.

• Wells, Holkham & Blakeney, Norfolk and the Broads

Blakeney Guildhall

Medieval undercroft in an alley off Blakeney quay, an English Heritage scheduled monument.

• Wells, Holkham & Blakeney, Norfolk and the Broads

Blakeney Point

National Trust reserve on a shingle and dune spit about 6.4 km long, with a colony of harbour and grey seals.

• Wells, Holkham & Blakeney, Norfolk and the Broads

Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve

Reserve created in 1958 covering about 450 hectares of wetland in the floodplain of the River Bure.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

Bure Valley Railway

Narrow-gauge steam railway from Wroxham to Aylsham, laid on a former standard-gauge trackbed beside a footpath.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

Castle Rising Castle

Ruined castle and keep built soon after 1138 by William d'Aubigny, with earthworks and a former deer park.

• King's Lynn & Sandringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Cathedral of St John the Baptist

Roman Catholic cathedral at the west end of the city centre, seat of the Bishop of East Anglia.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Chapelfield Gardens

Triangular Grade II listed park with a bandstand, the city's earliest surviving ornamental public open space.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

City Hall

Art Deco city hall completed in 1938, Grade II* listed, overlooking the market.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Cley Marshes

Norfolk Wildlife Trust reed beds and pools outside Cley, a nature reserve since 1926.

• Wells, Holkham & Blakeney, Norfolk and the Broads

Cley Windmill

Grade II* listed tower mill beside the Cley marshes, now converted to guest accommodation.

• Wells, Holkham & Blakeney, Norfolk and the Broads

Clifton House

Grade I listed merchant house on Queen Street with a 1708 facade and a 14th-century undercroft.

• King's Lynn & Sandringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Cockshoot Broad

Small Norfolk Wildlife Trust reserve near Woodbastwick, part of the Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

Cow Tower

Brick artillery tower built in 1398-99 beside the River Wensum to guard the north-eastern approach to the city.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Cromer Lighthouse

Lighthouse in the coastal town of Cromer, a landmark on the north Norfolk coast.

• Cromer & Sheringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Cromer Pier

Grade II listed pier that is home to the Cromer lifeboat station and the Pavilion Theatre.

• Cromer & Sheringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Dragon Hall

Grade I listed medieval merchant's trading hall on King Street, home to the National Centre for Writing since 2018.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Elm Hill

Cobbled lane with many buildings from the Tudor period, including the Britons Arms.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Felbrigg Hall

National Trust house of the 17th century with Jacobean architecture, Georgian interiors, a walled garden and an orangery.

• Cromer & Sheringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Greyfriars Tower

Grade I listed tower of a Franciscan friary, one of only three such towers surviving in England.

• King's Lynn & Sandringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Guildhall of St George

Built 1410-1420, the largest surviving guildhall in England and in use as a theatre since 1445.

• King's Lynn & Sandringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Holkham Hall

Neo-Palladian house built for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, to designs by William Kent.

• Wells, Holkham & Blakeney, Norfolk and the Broads

Holkham National Nature Reserve

One of the largest national nature reserves in England: grazing marsh, pine woods, salt marsh, dunes and foreshore.

• Wells, Holkham & Blakeney, Norfolk and the Broads

Hoveton Great Broad

Broad on the River Bure between Wroxham Broad and Salhouse Broad, within the Bure Marshes reserve.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

Hoveton Hall

Regency-style country house built in 1809-1812 in the parish of Hoveton, with gardens.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

King's Lynn Minster (St Margaret's)

• King's Lynn & Sandringham, Norfolk and the Broads

King's Lynn Town Hall and Stories of Lynn

• King's Lynn & Sandringham, Norfolk and the Broads

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.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

North Norfolk Railway

Heritage steam railway, the 'Poppy Line', running about five miles between Sheringham and Holt.

• Cromer & Sheringham, Norfolk and the Broads

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.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Norwich Cathedral

Grade I listed Norman cathedral begun in 1096, the seat of the Bishop of Norwich, with daily Church of England services.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Norwich Guildhall

Grade I listed medieval municipal building on Gaol Hill, at the top of the market.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Norwich Market

Outdoor market of around 200 stalls, trading on this site for over 900 years since its Norman foundation.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Octagon Chapel

Eight-sided Unitarian chapel on Colegate, north of the river.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Plantation Garden

Restored Victorian town garden laid out in a disused lime quarry off Earlham Road.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Pulls Ferry

Flint former ferry house and 15th-century watergate on the Wensum, where stone for the cathedral was landed.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

RAF Air Defence Radar Museum

Museum on the site of the former radar and control base RAF Neatishead, near Horning.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

Ranworth Broad

Nature reserve of 136 hectares run by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, part of the Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

River Bure

Chalk river that flows through Wroxham and Horning; Coltishall Bridge is now the head of navigation.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

RSPB Snettisham

RSPB reserve on The Wash where big autumn and winter tides push huge flocks of wading birds onto the shore.

• King's Lynn & Sandringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Salhouse Broad

Broad on the River Bure downstream of Wroxham, on the edge of Salhouse parish.

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

Sandringham House

Country house of the royal family set in a 20,000-acre estate; check the estate website for opening dates.

• King's Lynn & Sandringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Sheringham Museum (The Mo)

Museum opened in 2010 with old lifeboats, local displays and a viewing tower over the seafront.

• Cromer & Sheringham, Norfolk and the Broads

Sheringham Park

Park around Sheringham Hall, designed with Humphry Repton and his son; the National Trust looks after the plantations, which are open to visitors.

• Cromer & Sheringham, Norfolk and the Broads

St Andrew's and Blackfriars' Halls

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

St Ethelbert's Gate

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

St Helen's Church, Ranworth

• Wroxham, Hoveton & the northern Broads, Norfolk and the Broads

St Margaret's Church, Cley

• Wells, Holkham & Blakeney, Norfolk and the Broads

St Margaret's Church, Felbrigg

• Cromer & Sheringham, Norfolk and the Broads

St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham

Parish church beside Sandringham House, attended by the royal family when they are in residence.

• King's Lynn & Sandringham, Norfolk and the Broads

St Nicholas' Church, Blakeney

Parish church founded in the 13th century and largely rebuilt in the 15th, when Blakeney was a busy seaport.

• Wells, Holkham & Blakeney, Norfolk and the Broads

St Peter Mancroft

The largest parish church in Norwich, a Grade I listed Perpendicular Gothic building raised above the market.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Strangers' Hall

Grade I listed house with a 700-year history, home to several Mayors of Norwich and now a museum of domestic life.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Surrey House

Grade I listed headquarters building of the insurer Aviva, its historic home in Norwich.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

The Forum

Public building by Hopkins Architects, opened in 2001 on the site of the central library that burned down in 1994.

• Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads