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Norfolk

Norfolk is a historic and picturesque county in East England, featuring a mix of charming seaside resorts, a rich cultural heritage centred on Norwich, scenic waterways known as the Broads, and diverse rural landscapes popular for tourism and outdoor activities.

Pleasurewood Hills

Pleasurewood Hills is a family theme park near Lowestoft, Suffolk, featuring a wide range of roller coasters, flat rides, water rides, children's attractions, and live shows, catering especially to families and children.

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Located in Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a coastal town in Suffolk, England, known for its historical fishing industry, seaside resort beaches, maritime heritage, and ongoing regeneration with a focus on renewable energy.

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Castle Rising Castle

Castle Rising is a 12th-century medieval castle ruin in Norfolk, England, featuring a renowned Norman keep, extensive earthworks, and a surrounding deer park. It combines historical military and residential functions and is open to the public as a heritage site.

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Baconsthorpe Castle

Baconsthorpe Castle is a Grade I listed ruined fortified manor house in Norfolk, featuring a moated inner court, medieval gatehouses, wool processing buildings, formal gardens, and a large deer park. Managed by English Heritage, it offers visitors a historic outdoor experience of England's medieval and Tudor heritage.

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Horsey Windpump

Horsey Windpump is a restored historic drainage windmill located in the village of Horsey, Norfolk, managed by the National Trust. Visitors can enjoy the outdoor experience of exploring the windpump and surrounding nature walks with views over Horsey Mere and access to the nearby beach.

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Castle Acre Castle and town walls

Castle Acre Castle in Norfolk is a Grade I listed medieval motte-and-bailey castle ruin managed by English Heritage. Visitors can explore extensive defensive earthworks, the remains of its stone keep, and a largely intact bailey gatehouse, alongside historic medieval town walls.

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Blakeney Guildhall

Blakeney Guildhall is a historic 14th-century building in Norfolk with an original brick-vaulted undercroft, once used by medieval fish merchants and now managed by English Heritage, showcasing medieval architecture and local history.

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Creake Abbey

Creake Abbey is a ruined historic abbey in Norfolk, England, featuring Grade I listed remains of its church walls and surviving medieval flint architecture. Managed by English Heritage, it offers an outdoor heritage experience with public access all year and a nearby café and farm shop for visitors.

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Weeting Castle

Weeting Castle is a ruined 12th-century medieval manor house in Norfolk, England, featuring the remains of a large high-status domestic dwelling with a moat, managed by English Heritage and open to visitors.

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Great Yarmouth Grey Friary

Great Yarmouth Grey Friary is the ruins of a historic Franciscan monastery in Norfolk, featuring remains of cloisters and church walls dating back to the 13th century.

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Located in Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth is a historic seaside town in Norfolk, England, known for its sandy beaches, piers, historic town walls, diverse museums, and vibrant entertainment scene.

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Peckover House and Garden

Peckover House & Garden is a National Trust property in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, featuring an elegant Georgian interior, a Victorian walled garden with rare trees and historic features, and a barn now serving as a restaurant and gift shop. It offers a blend of indoor historic charm and outdoor natural beauty for visitors.

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Located in Wisbech

Wisbech is a historic Georgian market town and inland port in Cambridgeshire, known for its fine architecture, riverside setting, cultural festivals, and rich history including connections to abolitionism and theatre.

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Thetford Priory

Thetford Priory is a historic Cluniac monastic house in Norfolk, England, featuring ruins including church walls, cloisters, and a 14th-century gatehouse. It offers visitors a glimpse into medieval monastic life and notable tombs and is managed as an English Heritage site.

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Located in Thetford

Thetford is a historic market town in Norfolk, England, known for its Iron Age origins, medieval ruins including Thetford Castle and Priory, cultural museums, and forested surroundings, offering rich history and outdoor activities.

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Pensthorpe Natural Park

Pensthorpe Natural Park is a 700-acre nature reserve in Norfolk known for its conservation work, wetland habitats, and bird species reintroductions. It features lakes, scrapes, and the River Wensum, offering visitors an immersive outdoor wildlife experience.

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St Olave's Priory

St Olave's Priory is the ruins of a historic 13th century Augustinian priory located near the River Waveney. Visitors can explore the remains of the undercroft, chapel aisles, and refectory, surrounded by scenic outdoor grounds, managed by English Heritage.

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Castle Acre Priory

Castle Acre Priory is a historic Benedictine Cluniac priory ruin in Norfolk, England, featuring impressive remains such as the great west front and prior's lodging, set within the castle grounds. It offers a glimpse into medieval monastic life and has been a location for films and TV shows.

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Africa Alive

Africa Alive Zoological Reserve is an African-themed zoo in Suffolk offering a variety of animal exhibits including primates, mammals, birds, and reptiles, operated as a charity under the Zoological Society of East Anglia.

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Blakeney Point

Blakeney Point is a prominent national nature reserve on the north Norfolk coast, featuring a 6.4 km shingle spit with sand dunes, salt marshes, and tidal mudflats. Managed by the National Trust, it is notable for its wildlife, especially breeding seabirds and a mixed harbor and grey seal population, as well as its historical remnants and coastal walking opportunities. Visitors can enjoy seal-watching boat trips and explore the natural and archaeological heritage in this protected coastal environment.

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Binham

Binham is a historic village in Norfolk featuring the remains of the Grade I listed Binham Priory, a medieval market cross, and traditional 17th-century buildings including a public house. Visitors can explore the outdoor village environment and enjoy local amenities.

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Felbrigg Hall

Felbrigg Hall is a 17th-century English country house in Norfolk, renowned for its Jacobean and Georgian architecture with extensive gardens including a walled garden and orangery. It is a National Trust property featuring historic interiors and outdoor parkland with walking and cycling routes.

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Berney Arms Windmill

Berney Arms Windmill is a tall, historic drainage windmill located in an isolated spot in Norfolk's Broads, accessible by boat, foot, or train, managed by English Heritage and recognized as a scheduled monument.

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Oxburgh Hall

Oxburgh Hall is a moated Tudor country house in Norfolk featuring historic architecture, Victorian additions, notable religious concealments, needlework by Mary, Queen of Scots, and extensive gardens with woodland walks.

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Sheringham Park

Sheringham Park is a landscaped garden and woodland park in Norfolk featuring a wide variety of rhododendrons, azaleas, and mature trees with scenic overlook towers and a visitor centre showcasing the park's natural history and Humphry Repton's landscape architecture. It offers outdoor walking experiences and amenities including a café.

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Blickling Hall

Blickling Hall is a Jacobean stately home in Norfolk with a significant historic library and extensive gardens, managed by the National Trust with on-site exhibitions including a WWII RAF museum.

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Caister Roman Site

Caister Roman Site is a partially excavated Roman Saxon Shore fort in Norfolk, England, featuring defensive walls, building remains including a hypocaust system, and Anglo-Saxon archaeological remains. It offers visitors an outdoor historical experience free to the public.

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Denton Castle

Denton Castle features the earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle built after 1088. Visitors can explore the historic castle earthworks set within the scenic Darrow Wood pasture owned by the National Trust.

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Burgh Castle Roman Fort

Burgh Castle Roman Site is a historic Roman Saxon Shore fort in Norfolk with largely intact walls and bastions, open to the public free of charge. Visitors can explore the outdoor ruins and the scenic estuary surroundings, with accessible grounds maintained by the Norfolk Archaeological Trust and English Heritage.

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Grime's Graves

Grime's Graves is a Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England, featuring over 433 chalk shafts and a public shaft open for exploration, managed by English Heritage with an exhibition area onsite.

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Banham Zoo

Banham Zoological Gardens is a 50-acre zoo in Norfolk, England, housing over 2,000 animals including birds, primates, and large mammals, with specialty exhibits like the Snow Cat Province and a Giraffe House.

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  • norfolk.gov.uk
Last update: 6 August 2026
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