Places to visit in Norfolk
As we state on our Home page, Norfolk is a county rich in history.
Those who come to our county from other places can discover this but need to know where to look.
Some places of interest are listed below. There are many others:
- Norwich castle -
- Strangers Hall, Norwich -
- Norfolk Heritage Centre
- Norfolk Record Office
- Bygones Museum at Holkham
- Cromer Museum
- Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History
- The Glandford Shell Museum
- Henry Ramey Upcher Lifeboat Museum
- The Muckleburgh Collection
- Mundesley Maritime Museum
- Museum of the Broads
- Norfolk's Golden Fleece Heritage Museum
- Norfolk Motorcycle Museum
- North Norfolk (M&GN) Railway Museum
- Norfolk shire Horse Centre
- RAF Air Defence Radar Museum
- RNLI Henry Blogg Museum
- Sheringham Museum
- Stalham Fire House Museum
- The Straw Museum & Crafts
- Sutton Windmill & Broads Museum
- Toad Hole Cottage
- Walsingham Shirehall Museum
- Dragon Hall (A magnificent Medieval Merchant's Hall) Norwich
- The Viking Norwich Trail (Shirehall, Market Avenue,Norwich
- The Poppy Line - sheringham-Weybourne-Holt, Living Steam Living History
- 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum - Dickleburgh, Nr Diss
- 969 Churches in Norfolk
- All Saints Centre Westlegate Norwich
- Origins at the Forum
- Second Air Division USAAF Memorial Library - The Forum Norwich
- The Norfolk Shire Horse Centre
- Houghton Hall, Stately Home Park and Gardens
- Gressenhall - described as the magical museum at the heart of Norfolk
- City of Norwich Aviation Museum
- Great Yarmouth's Historic South Quay
- Norfolk's Longest Narrow Gauge Heritage Railway
- Tales of the Old Gaol House, Saturday Market Place, Kings Lynn
- Antiques Fair Norfolk Showground (01702 549 623 for times throughout the year)
- Oxburgh Hall
- Grimes Graves
- East AngliaTransport Museum
- Ancient House Museum, Thetford
- Swaffham Museum
- Bishop Bonner's Cottages Museum, Dereham
- Thetford Priory
- The Plantation Garden , Norwich
- Baconsthorpe
- Castle Rising
- Wymondham,
Norfolk - places to visit
There are more than 800 towns in this county. Click on this link and see if your town is there. If some information is available then there will be a link to this - just click! We have included old photographs, many which can be printed off at a reasonable resolution - also some present-day photos for your information. There are also anecdotes from contributors which are worth a look. This is a developing feature and will become more valuable with time.
If there is no information then please contribute by completing the submission form. This is your county and your information will be of interest to both Norfolk people and beyond:
Find your town by using the drop-down list then click on the name.