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Properties and events in Norfolk 2023
Properties and events in Norfolk 2023
Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries at www.heritageopendays.org.uk for last-minute changes.
Heritage Open Days 2023 will be 8-17 September.
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Attleborough Heritage Group and Town Archives
St Mary's Church and Church Hall, Church Street, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 2AH
Within our event we will be featuring the artistic qualities of Attleborough folk and will include a photography demonstration using a magic…
Live demonstrations and exhibits in St Mary's Church - Art Exhibition in the Church Hall - tours of the church - old maps on display
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1630
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1630
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Great Ellingham One-Place Study presents ‘Tales, Myths, Misdemeanours & More!’
The Crown, 30 Church Street, Great Ellingham, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1LE
An exhibition of over 40 stories from the 19th century. These touch on court cases (for example, drunkenness, debt recovery, criminal damage,…
A unique exhibition of stories around some of the inhabitants of the village of Great Ellingham during the 19th century. Also some 'tales' of long ago. Many with wonderful illustrations bringing the fascinating stories and the people 'to life'
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1100-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Blickling Estate ‘Now and Then’
Blickling Estate, Aylsham, Norfolk, NR11 6NF
Blickling Estate has been lovingly looked after for over four hundred years by many generations of owners, tenants and workers. To celebrate the…
Join us in the Farmyard to discover Blickling Estate in the 1920s.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1100-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre
RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre, Building 40, Main Guardroom, Scottow Enterprise Park, Badersfield, Norfolk, NR10 5FB
Run by the RAF Station Coltishall Heritage Trust, the RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre is a treasure trove of exhibits and information brought to…
A unique opportunity to visit the RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre and to take part in an escorted convoy tour of the former RAF station in your own car, stopping at many of the features of this famous Battle of Britain station.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1200, 1200-1400 & 1400-1600.
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1200, 1200-1400 & 1400-1600.
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1200, 1200-1400 & 1400-1600.
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Cromer Museum
Cromer Museum, East Cottages, Tucker Street, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9HB
Browse around the Geology Gallery and see an amazing collection of fossils - all found in Norfolk. Enjoy fascinating displays revealing why Cromer…
An exciting opportunity to explore Cromer Museum for free as part of Heritage Open Days.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1200-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1200-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Cromer Signal Box
Cromer Signal Box, Off Holt Road, between Argos and Cromer old cemetery , Holt Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9ST
At this Grade II listed signal box, the lever frame is complete as in the 1960s, and visitors can operate it. On the grounds are working signals…
A signal box where visitors can operate levers and see signals and points work. Railway artefacts as well.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1030-1530
- Saturday 9 September: 1030-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
From the Sacred to Seaside Splendour
Meet on pavement at Junction of Alfred Rd and Runton Rd., Cromer , Norfolk, NR27 9AS
Augustus Frederic Scott was a freethinking individualist who was active in Cromer as the town surveyor/architect during Cromer’s rapid…
Cromer surveyor/architect A. F. Scott (1854-1936) designed hotels, houses, shops, civic works & churches. Hear fascinating stories, explore his architectural styles on a walk with his great granddaughter, & an architectural photographer/researcher.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1030
- Sunday 17 September: 1030
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Walking tour of the old Newhaven Court estate in Cromer with author, Helen Murray
Newhaven Close, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0BD
Newhaven Court was once the grand summer residence of the colourful Locker-Lampson family. Visitors to the house included Lord Tennyson,…
Join Helen for a walking tour around the old Cromer Newhaven Court estate. Discover the remaining structures on the estate and listen to stories about the famous guests who once stayed in the house.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1100 & 1200-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
We are sorry but this event has been CANCELLED
A hidden gem - County School station
Mid Norfolk Railway, County School, North Elmham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5LE
Meet the volunteer Stationmaster, as tour guide, and explore areas of the station not normally open to the public. Hear stories of lives lived on…
A chance to explore this classic Great Eastern Railway junction station, and find out about how we plan to develop and improve this established attraction.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: 1130-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Bishop Bonner’s Cottages Museum
Bishop Bonner's Cottages Museum, St. Withburga Lane, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1ED
This year we have displays on living and working in Dereham in the first quarter of the 20th century: what a labourer and his family earned and…
A little gem of a museum housed in Dereham's oldest domestic building, a row of three thatched cottages that survived town fires in 1581 and 1679 and a Zeppelin raid in 1915.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1300
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1300
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Cowper Memorial Congregational Church
Cowper Congregational Church, 36 Market Place, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2AP
On entering the church you are met with a wonderful view and atmosphere which is breathtaking. The entrance to the church is via the two large…
The church is 150 years old this year and is built on the site of the house William Cowper the hymn writer and poet lived prior to his death.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000 - 1200 Open Door Coffee Morning - Tea and coffee provided
- Sunday 10 September: 1100 - 1200 Public Worship (Open to all – doors open 1030
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000 - 1200 Prayer Meeting in the side room – Tea and coffee provided
- Friday 15 September: 1000 - 1200 Open Door Coffee Morning – Tea and coffee provided.
- Sunday 17 September: 1100 - 1200 Public Worship (Open to all – doors open 1030)
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Dereham WIndmill
Dereham Windmill, Greenfields Road, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 3TE
Dereham Windmill is set in dog friendly grounds that are connected by a number of rural walks in and around the Dereham area. Built in 1835, the…
Dereham Windmill is a Grade II listed windmill set in extensive grounds with a picnic area.
On each of the five floors there are illustrated explanations on what happened in each area, when the mill was full of noise and floor dust.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1500
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1500
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Dereham’s Fiery Dragon - and other Railway Relics
The Railway Station, Station Road, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1DF
Watch our 'fiery dragon' as it arrives/departs on scheduled passenger services - and get a close look at the loco from the station platform. You…
Talks, tours, steam train action and more... something for everyone, including crafty kids!
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: Station open 0930-1600. First short talk - historical context - scheduled 0945-1005, all welcome but particularly timed for any travelling on 1030 departure. Other talks and tours... schedule tba
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse, Gressenhall, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4DR
Come and explore Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, a family friendly museum and farm set in the rural landscape of the Norfolk countryside. With…
Come and explore the fascinating site of Gressenhall and get a feel for what life was like in the workhouse. See the new temporary exhibition and take part in activities across the site.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Mid Norfolk Family History Society
Church House, Church Street, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1DN
Lots of help available for all those interested in all types of history and historical research. If your passion is Local History, we will have…
We can help you to research your family history both in Mid Norfolk and beyond. Drop in for tips and advice from our members, and explore the local records that we have collected and published about Mid Norfolk family history.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Sites of Dereham
Church House, Church Street, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1DN
A guided walk of about 4½ miles, taking about 2½ hours. The walk will include some of the town’s green spaces (water meadows, Neatherd Moor)…
A walk past places of interest in Dereham, including Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum, Scarning Water Meadows, the Railway Station, the Windmill, the Neatherd, the old cemetery and a chance to visit the Explosives Store (rarely open to the public).
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 0930-1200 approximately
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Sketch Club at St. Bartholomew’s, Brisley
St. Bartholomew's Church, Church Street, Brisley, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5AA
Join us to draw / paint / create in the company of other artists. All abilities are welcome! Bring your own materials and something to sit on.…
A morning of outdoor sketching in the grounds of St. Bartholomew's church in Brisley.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1230
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Nicholas’ Church, Dereham
St Nicholas Church, Church Street, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1DN
The church is open daily and the Cowper Exhibition will run throughout the Heritage Open Days. Dereham church is the burial place of the poet…
There has been a place of Christian worship on this site since 654 AD when Withburga established a Religious community here. The present Grade I building is the oldest in Dereham and is classified as a 'major church' due to its size.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1300
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Trinity Methodist Church, Dereham
Trinity Methodist Church, Theatre Street, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2ER
Although the church is open every Sunday, and the hall is used throughout the week, this is a great opportunity to take time to look carefully…
The Grade II listed church will be open from 1000-1300 on Saturday 9th September 2023. A display showing the history will be available in the hall, where you will find refreshments too! Listen to our organ as local organists play between 1030-1200.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Victoria Hall Hand Decorated Papers
Hill Farm House, London Street, Whissonsett, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5ST
As a child, Victoria was unknowingly introduced to marbled papers which adorned some of the old books in the family home. Just as historic books…
Visitors can see a display of original marbled and decorated papers spanning 250 years of history, in a working studio where marbled and other papers continue to be decorated individually by hand using largely traditional methods.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1400-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Behind the Scenes Corn Hall!
Diss Corn Hall, St. Nicholas Street, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4LB
Come along on a guided tour of our award-winning arts & heritage venue, learn about the history of the building and see the hidden parts not…
Join us at Corn Hall this Heritage Open Days on a guided tour and discover its hidden heritage.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: Tours: 1030 & 1200
- Thursday 14 September: Tours: 1030 & 1200
- Friday 15 September: Tours: 1030 & 1200
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
All Hallows Covent & Refectory Exhibition
Emmaus Norfolk & Waveney, Belsey Bridge Road, Ditchingham, Norfolk, NR35 2DT
The history of The Community of All Hallows starts with the House of Mercy which was in built in 1859 a home to care for and rehabilitate fallen…
All Hallows Convent, built in 1876, now the home of Emmaus Norfolk & Waveney a charity supporting people out of homelessness. Explore the rich heritage of this building, which was once the home of an order of Anglican nuns.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 10 - 4pm
- Sunday 17 September: 10 - 4pm
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Anna Sewell House
Anna Sewell House, 26 Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1NE
During Heritage Open Days 2023, visitors to Anna Sewell House in Great Yarmouth will be able to explore the building that Anna Sewell was born in…
Anna Sewell House in Great Yarmouth is the birthplace of the Black Beauty Author Anna Sewell.
Redwings Horse Sanctuary took on guardianship of this special building in 2022.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1400
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1400
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Elizabethan House
Elizabeth House Museum, 4 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2QH
An amazing 'hands on' museum to enthrall all ages. This 16th-century quayside building reflects the life and times of the families who lived here…
An exciting opportunity to explore Elizabethan House for free as part of Heritage Open Days.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1600
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Great Yarmouth Minster Bell Tower
Great Yarmouth Minster, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1NE
Great Yarmouth Minster is joining in with the Heritage Open Day week by hosting a display of ecclesiastical silverware not normally seen by the…
Great Yarmouth Minster is opening its bell tower to visitors and hosting a silverware display in September, on Friday 15th, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th. The event is free to all.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1400
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1400
- Sunday 17 September: 1200-1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Horsey Windpump
Horsey Windpump, Somerton Road, Horsey, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 4EE
Drainage mills are iconic architecture of the Norfolk Broads landscape and played an important part in keeping the land dry so farmers were able…
Celebrate Heritage Open Day and discover the rich history of the windpump with free admission into the iconic building.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 10am - 4pm, last admissions at 3.20pm.
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Lydia Eva YH89 Steam Drifter
South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2QH
Moored on Great Yarmouth’s Heritage South Quay, the Lydia Eva is the town’s last working steam drifter. Still capable of going to sea, she…
The Lydia Eva YH89 is Great Yarmouth’s last steam drifter. Built in 1930 she acts as a floating museum for the town’s herring fishing industry. Come aboard and discover how the fishermen worked and lived.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1530
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1530
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1530. The Rogue Shanty Buoys performance: 1100-1400.
- Monday 11 September: 1000-1530
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1530
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1530
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1530
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1530
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1530
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Maud & Hathor - Two Wherries at How Hill
How Hill Trust, How Hill, Ludham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 5PG
Whether on board the wherries, viewing from the footpath or visiting Maud’s Pop-Up Museum, enthusiastic volunteers will greet you and talk to…
Two wherries built by Halls of Reedham will be on display at How Hill. Maud is a cargo-carrying wherry and Hathor is a pleasure wherry. Step on board the vessels and view their interiors and displays of photos. Visit Maud’s Pop Up Museum in a gazebo.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Pavilion Theatre - Guided Backstage Tours
Pavilion Theatre, Pier Gardens, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6PP
The guided backstage tour will last around 1 hour and as we walk around the building your tour guide will give you a brief history of the…
We'll be throwing open our doors to give guided backstage tours of our original Edwardian building, offering insights into how things work behind the scenes and showing you parts of the building that are not normally accessible to the public.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 11am, 1pm
- Sunday 10 September: TBC
- Monday 11 September: 10am, 1pm
- Tuesday 12 September: 10am, 1pm
- Wednesday 13 September: 10am, 1pm
- Thursday 14 September: 10am, 1pm
- Friday 15 September: 10am, 1pm
- Saturday 16 September: 10am, 1pm
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Picture of Yarmouth Talk
Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Town Hall, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2QF
In January 1820, John Preston published, “The Picture of Yarmouth”, an illustrated account of the public establishments in the town. This…
Hear about buildings mentioned in John Preston’s book, “The Picture of Yarmouth” – an illustrated account of public establishments in the town.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1400-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Pride at the Pavilion
Pavilion Theatre, Pier Gardens, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6PP
The day starts with live outdoor performances on our bandstand ahead of us throwing open the doors to our theatre for you to explore all of our…
‘Pride at the Pavilion’ is a free all day festival takeover celebrating 30 years of queer management. Enjoy outdoor bandstand performances, acoustic sessions in our theatre bar and free technical and dance workshops in our auditorium and studio.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1800
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
Quaker Meeting House
Quaker Meeting House, Friends Meeting House, Howard Street South, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1LN
This simple but imposing building, reconstructed c.1807, is typical of a Georgian nonconformist chapel or meeting house. Its history stretches…
An early 19th Century Quaker Meeting House, in a walled garden which was once the burial ground. Beneath the building are the remains of a 14th Century cell occupied by Augustinian Friars, connected to Gorleston Priory, until c.1536.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Royal Naval Hospital
The Great Court, Royal Naval Hospital, Queens Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3JU
Completed in 1811, it was commissioned by the Admiralty to care for the sick and wounded of the Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet in its battles with…
The Royal Naval Hospital at Great Yarmouth is a Grade II* listed building of historical and architectural importance.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1030-1530
- Sunday 10 September: 1030-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St. George’s Theatre
St. Georges Theatre, King Street, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2PG
An annual Pantomime is written and produced specifically for St. George's Theatre. The show incorporates all the areas of this heritage building,…
Come and visit St. George's Theatre, a beautiful Grade 1 listed building. The former Chapel built in 1715, has been transformed into a working Community Theatre, which celebrates and utilizes the unique features of the building.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 10am - 4pm
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Fishermen’s Hospital
No 8, Fishermen Cottage, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1ND
The historic Oval Plaques, on the right and left of the main gate are an interesting read on the rules for the beneficiaries as well as the…
Built in 1702, for 'decayed' fishermen, these splendid Almshouses are at the north end of the marketplace. Presentations will be given on the history of the building at 1100 and 1400 each day we are open. A cottage will also be open to view.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1600. Talks 1100 & 1400
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600. Talks 1100 & 1400
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600. Talks 1100 & 1400
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1600. Talks 1100 & 1400
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600. Talks 1100 & 1400
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1600. Talks 1100 & 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
The Ice House
Behind Matalan, Bridge Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1JU
A Grade II listed building of brick construction with a thatched roof the Great Yarmouth Ice House, once one of a pair, is now the only one of its…
Join us for guided tours, brand new information boards, creative and interactive experiences and a screening of our mini-documentary where we asked neighbours to have their say on the future of The Ice House.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1100-1500
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Time and Tide Museum
Time & Tide Museum, 16 Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3BX
Discover the rich history of Great Yarmouth from the Ice Age to the present day and take a closer look at its maritime and fishing heritage and…
An exciting opportunity to explore Time and Tide museum with free entry for Heritage Open Days.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1630
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1630
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Tolhouse Gaol
Tolhouse Gaol, Tolhouse Street, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2SH
Enjoy the displays and hands-on activities and find out about the history of this 12th Century medieval merchant’s house, which was transformed…
An exciting opportunity to explore the Tolhouse Gaol museum for free as part of Heritage Open Days.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1600
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Visit the Norfolk wherry Albion
Norfolk Wherry Trust, Horsefen Road, Ludham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 5QG
The Albion was constructed in 1898 and is one of only two black-sailed trading wherries still afloat. Experienced volunteers will guide you…
Take a guided tour of the wherry Albion with enthusiastic volunteers.
Visit the wherry work-shed/base.
Chat to volunteers.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1500
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Waterways and Holidays Guided Heritage Walk
North Drive, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 4EW
Learn about the origins of Great Yarmouth as a holiday town and the Victorian beginnings of North Drive when you join our fully trained guide on…
Join us on a guided heritage walk exploring Great Yarmouth’s Grade II listed gardens and canals, The Venetian Waterways.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1400-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
An Exhibition of unique historical photographs. In the 16th Century Swan Hotel Harleston
The Swan Hotel Ltd, 19 The Thoroughfare, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 9AS
This is the first opportunity for people to see newly discovered, and previously unseen, photographs from 100 years ago. The photographer…
SHANGHAI FIRE SERVICE -'we fight the flames'
An exhibition of unique photographs of international significance discovered in a local shop attic.
An extraordinary story of a Norfolk mans life whilst serving in the Shanghai Fire Brigade 100 years ago.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
All Saints Church, Hemblington
Church Lane , Hemblington, Norfolk, NR13 4EF
Come to our special HODs-themed talk on Saturday 16th September about the creativity of Icons - the story & process. Guided tours of the interior…
Celebrate the 2023 theme, 'Creativity Unwrapped' and discover more about Icons on Saturday 16th September the story & process along with the history of All Saints Church, Hemblington.
Informal tours of the church are available upon request.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1600
- Monday 11 September: 1000-1600
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1600
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1600
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1600
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
Guided walking tour of grounds and courtyard of Old Hunstanton Hall
Hunstanton Hall, Church Road, Old Hunstanton, Hunstanton, Norfolk, PE36 6JS
Discover the grounds of Old Hunstanton Hall and the beautiful Grade I listed church, which will be open for visitors. It may be possible to…
Tours will go through the grounds of the Hall across the moat and into the courtyard. Information will be given about the various features on the route.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 1100 & 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Visit and climb the tower of Hunstanton Lighthouse
The Lighthouse, Lighthouse Close, Hunstanton, Norfolk, PE36 6EL
Discover the history of the Lighthouses on the site as well as the importance of the adjacent Marconi listening station and its role in the 1916…
Visit the dungeon and then climb the stairs to the top of the tower and enjoy the fantastic view over the Wash and adjoining town.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1030, 1100, 1130, 1200, 1230, 1300, 1330 & 1400
- Friday 15 September: 1030, 1100, 1130, 1200, 1230, 1300, 1330 & 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
19 Tuesday Market Place
19, Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Converted into Hawkins Ryan solicitors office is a late 18th-century house of five bays and two storeys with a further two bays to the north…
Visit a fine town house.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
28-32 King Street
28-32, King Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1ET
One of the most interesting of all the town's houses. Two distinct parts seen from exterior. Mainly 14th century with a partly Norman interior.…
View this house with its Norman interior. The oldest secular house in King's Lynn.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
97 London Road
97 London Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5ES
A rare opportunity to see the interior of a beautiful brown brick Grade II listed house dating from 1825. Originally built as part of two houses,…
One of Lynn's famous brown brick buildings from 1825.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
A talk on Walter Dexter and Henry Baines by Dr Paul Richards
Hanse House, St. Margarets Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5GH
Well known local historian, Dr Paul Richards, gives a talk at 11am - ‘This is Lynn at a glance – a view at once arresting and exceptional’:…
A 45 minute talk by local history expert on Walter Dexter and Henry Baines, local artists.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
All Saints’ Church
Hillington Square, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5AD
The first church built in King's Lynn, but the actual foundation date is unknown although parts are Norman. It is closely surrounded by the…
Unique anchorhold. The oldest church in King's Lynn.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Baden Powell Fishing boat (LN138)
At the pontoons, South Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DT
See the BADEN POWELL, named after the hero of Mafeking and founder of the Boy Scouts. She is a double ended topsand cockler, a fishing vessel of…
The only survivor of King Lynn's cockling fleet
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Children’s Naval Charity
Marriotts Warehouse, South Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DT
The Naval Children’s Charity has been helping Naval Children since 1825. They are based in Portsmouth and help Naval families and children all…
A great cause.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Classic Car Rally
Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JJ
See over 200 vintage, veteran and classic cars displayed on the Tuesday Market Place.
Car lover's delight
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Clifton House and Tower
Clifton House, 17 Queen Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1HT
A grand early 18th-century merchant house with an entrance flanked by barley-sugar columns. It has a brick undercroft c.1350 and a five-storey…
Unique merchant house lovingly restored by its present owners.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1200-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Corn Exchange
Kings Lynn Corn Exchange, Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JW
This Victorian corn exchange has been converted into a fine theatre and concert hall about 15 years ago. Built in 1858 as a market hall for…
Tours and events - Go backstage, do a sound check and rig the lights!
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Custom House
Purfleet Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1HP
A merchants' exchange from 1683 by Henry Bell, then the Custom House from 1718. It is a fine Classical building of five by four bays with two…
Architectural masterpiece. King's Lynn Civic Society exhibition and an exhibition of the Greyfriars Art Club.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Evershed House
23-25 King Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1DU
This former merchant’s house dates from the late 17th century. In the early 17th century, there were malthouses, brew-houses, warehousing and…
Clever restoration with Hanseatic touches.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Fenland Falcons - The Walks
The Walks, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5EP
You will see several birds of prey close up and in flight. Mike is very knowledgeable and the different types of birds are explained to visitors. …
A fascinating display of birds of prey!
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Ferry Lane Social Club
Ferry Lane, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1HN
Great views from the over water terrace. Real ale. At the end of Ferry Lane is the headquarters of this private club. It was the Ouse Amateur…
Fantastic river views and real ale. A wonderful private club open for the day.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1030-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Friends Quaker Meeting House
Bridge Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5HZ
Bridge Street begins with Quaker Meeting Room also known as The Friends House. The building dates from 1736. When the front wall was renovated…
Truth, simplicity, equality and peace.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1200-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Gaywood Guided Tour
Meet outside King Edward Seventh School, Gaywood Road , Gaywood, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 2QB
Free Guided Walk by one of our qualified Town Guides - Gaywood New for 2023! 10.20 am Meet outside King Edward VII Academy This walk will last…
Free Guided Town Guide walk around Gaywood
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1020am - 1115am
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Greenland Fishery
Nelson Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5AB
The Greenland Fishery dates from 1605, originally the property of a wealthy trader and Mayor of Lynn, John Atkin. He had the house built for his…
Have a whale of a time.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Greyfriars Arts Space
Greyfriars Art Space, Custom House, Purfleet Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1HP
A group of artists will be having an exhibition of their work at Greyfriars Art Space in their new home in the iconic Custom House. Take this…
Quirky local art at Greyfriars Arts Space.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Groundworks Art Gallery
17 Purfleet Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1ER
This is an art gallery for art and the environment. GroundWork shows the work of contemporary artists who care about how we all experience the…
Discover Environmental Artistry!
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Hampton Court Secret Garden - King’s Lynn
Hampton Court, Nelson Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DX
The 15th century riverside warehouse forms the western range of Hampton Court and is accessed from St Margaret's Lane. The river used to run where…
Hidden surprise.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Hanse House
Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5GN
Behind the 18th-century street façade is a building of great interest, the Hanseatic Warehouse (late 15th-century) running down to the river.…
Unique historic survival - history talk and music from the Breakaways and Pot of Gold Shanty Crew and a talk on Frederick Savage, a celebrated engineer.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600. Talk: 1100. The Breakaways performance: 1200 & 1400. Pot of Gold Shanty Crew performance: 1300 & 1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Hardwick Cemetery
Hardwick Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Hop on the bus to meander in peace and tranquillity. When the King’s Lynn churchyards were full, the Corporation laid out this fine Victorian…
Every gravestone tells a story.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Jewish Cemetery
Lincoln Tavern, 13 Millfleet, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5EG
In the Millfleet next to Hillington Square is a little brick compound with 16th-century brick in some walls. The original function is unknown.…
A quiet and spiritual space.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
King Edward VII Academy
King Edward VII Academy , Gaywood Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 2QB
From the grand oil paintings and the gold-leaf embellished clock, to the many Honours Boards and War Memorials which adorn the halls of King…
A Lynn Landmark!
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
King’s Lynn Archives
Town Hall, Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
King’s Lynn has one of the finest collections of borough archives in the country. They include royal charters from 1204, deeds and accounts from…
History documented.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
King’s Lynn Coastal Rowing Club
South Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DT
Building, rowing and racing of traditional coastal skiffs on the Great Ouse. Come down to the town’s pontoons and see our St Ayles skiffs. These…
A Great Ouse tradition
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
We are sorry but this event has been CANCELLED
King’s Lynn Minster
Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
A stately cruciform church founded in 1101 by bishop Herbert de Losinga and forming part of a Benedictine Priory. Built in limestone with the…
At the heart of our town
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1130-1600. Bell Tower Tours: Minster Tower Tours 1215, 1345 & 1515
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
King’s Lynn Public Library
Millfleet, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5EZ
King's Lynn Library will be open for an opportunity to see some of the books and archives not normally available for public viewing. Not only will…
A little Carnegie gem with usually unseen extras for Heritage Open Days.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
King’s Lynn Town Band in The Walks
The Walks, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1PE
The King's Lynn Town Band will be performing at the Bandstand on The Walks at 1400. Come and sit and listen to a lovely band playing favourites…
The Town Band plays some old favourites.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
King’s Lynn Under Siege - English Civil War re-enactors
The Walks, London Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1PE
In 1643, Marmaduke Rawdon was commissioned to raise a regiment in Oxford to fight for King Charles and in 1977 a group of history enthusiasts…
Experience life in the English Civil War
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
King’s Staithe Square - events and good causes
King's Staithe Square, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1RD
A mixture of charities explaining their work, local clubs and traditional entertainment in the historic setting. One of the old quays and docks in…
Traditional singing, music and dancing, a vintage bus and charity volunteers to find out more about their work.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600. Nelson’s Shantymen: 1115. Massed Morris Dancers: 1230 & 1530. The Kentwell Players: 1315
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
King’s Lynn Town Hall and Guildhall
King's Lynn Town Hall, Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
A striking group of buildings. This complex comprises the Trinity Guildhall, the 1624 porch and Victorian council chamber. The Guildhall was built…
Seat of power and an historic setting for music dance and refreshments
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600. Performances: 1130, 1330, 1430 and 1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Lath Mansion, Nelson Street
Nelson Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DY
No 15 is a fine mid-18th century house rebuilt in 1788. Six bays in two-and-a-half storeys. Brown brick with quoins and a big pedimented doorway…
How the rich lived.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Lavender Lace Makers
St. Nicholas Chapel, St. Ann's Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1LT
Watch these ladies as they make lace using traditional skills. All day at the historic St Nicholas Chapel, he largest chapel in England.
A forgotten skill demonstrated.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Live and Let Live Public House, Windsor Road
Windsor Road, off London Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5PL
Traditional ‘back street boozer’ with traditional pub games. These pubs were common in every town and city until 30 years ago. They have a…
Lovely traditional pub with traditional pub games.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
London Road Methodist Chapel
London Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk
There is a service at 1030 which everyone is welcome to join. 1858–9 Gault brick façade, round-arched windows on three bays, centre bay…
Surprise Victorian interior with music.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1200-1600. Nelson’s Shantymen: 1300. Lavender Hill Mob Theatre Company: 1430.
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Lynn Museum
Old Market Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1NL
Built as a Union Baptist Chapel in 1859. It has been a museum since 1904. Two galleries. The first has Sea Henge a timber circle from the bronze…
Home of Sea Henge. Wonderful local artefacts. Experience the Astounding Inventions Museum Trail and see the JMW Turner Exhibition.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Lynn Museum
Kings Lynn Museums, Old Market Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1NL
Explore the galleries for free at Lynn Museum, including our current headline exhibition 'Hoards: Archaeological Treasures from West Norfolk'. A…
Lynn Museum will be offering free admission for all visitors, plus a fun family trail, to celebrate Heritage Open Day on Sunday 10th September, from 1000 to 1600.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600.
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
Majestic Cinema
Tower Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1EJ
Open morning only 1000-1300. Note early opening and closing. Tours every 30 minutes. This fine original cinema was built in 1928 with great…
Unusual cinema survival.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Marriotts Warehouse
The South Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DT
An impressive three storey Tudor warehouse mostly of brick which is administered by registered charity Marriott's Warehouse Trust. The Trust,…
A survival from Lynn's Tudor economy
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Massed Morris Dancers at Saturday Market Place
Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
King’s Morris Dancers and their guest dancers will dance to pipes, fiddle and melodeon. The Morris Dancing team of King’s Lynn, the King’s…
Morris Dancing, a fine tradition
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1130
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Massed Morris Dancers at King’s Staithe Square
King's Staithe Square, King's Lynn, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JE
King’s Morris Dancers and their guest dancers will dance to pipes, fiddle and melodeon. The Morris Dancing team of King’s Lynn, the King’s…
Morris Dancing, a fine tradition.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1230 &1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Massed Morris Dancers at The South Quay
South Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DB
King’s Morris Dancers and their guest dancers will dance to pipes, fiddle and melodeon. The Morris Dancing team of King’s Lynn, the King’s…
Morris Dancing, a fine tradition
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1430
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Miniature Railway in The Walks
The Walks, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1PE
The King's Lynn Model Engineers Society kindly bring this portable railway to Heritage Open Day. Family fun.
Take a ride
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Mr Gosk’s Dance Academy
The Town Hall, Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
Elegant dancing from the time of Jane Austen in the Assembly Rooms at the Town Hall.
Regency Elegance
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Narborough Bone Mill
Belgrave House, Main Road, Narborough, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1TE
The Narborough bone mill is situated on the banks of the River Nar about a mile from the village. Access to the site is via a beautiful 15 to 20…
View a restored 16' waterwheel and original brick floors from the remains of Victorian mill buildings, see finds uncovered during excavations, have a guided tour of the site and see our visitor centre which is a mini replica of the original building.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1100-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Our Lady of the Annunciation Roman Catholic Church
London Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5HQ
All are welcome at the 1130 Mass or the 1600 Vespers and Benediction Built in 1897 to a design by W. Lunn and replacing an earlier church of 1845…
Unique Replica Holy House inside.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Pot of Gold Shanty Crew
various venues, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Now firmly established on the local music scene and performing regularly in Shanty Festivals, Pot of Gold have gained an enviable reputation for…
Authentic historic music
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1100 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Purfleet Quay - East Norfolk Militia
Purfleet Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1HP
A small group of militia are sent to Lynn in response to the Napoleonic threat of invasion from the Wash. Listen to their stories of army life and…
See and hear Norfolk's response to Napoleon.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Red Mount Chapel
The Walks, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5ER
A beautiful unique wayside chapel from 1485. Grade I listed. Fine ceiling and unusual staircase in the wall. Octagonal, red brick. The upper…
This late 15th-century Red Mount Chapel was a wayside chapel for pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
River Tours
Marriotts Warehouse, South Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DT
Join a tour of the riverfront to see King's Lynn from a unique perspective. Join Richard Stannard for a 30-minute trip up the river. On the hour…
See the Town from the river
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Saturday Market Place - performances and market
Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
Norfolk Heritage Market from 1000 - 1600 Norfolk food, drink and crafts *** 1130 Massed Morris Dancing The Morris Dancing team of King’s…
The historic Saturday Market in front of The Minster. There will be Norfolk Heritage Market, highlighting the flavours of Norfolk with food, drink, bees, crafts and traditional songs and dances.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
South Gate
South Gate Roundabout, London Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5SX
Take the bus. Visit the South Gate for interactive elements, displays of replica furniture, and food inspired by archaeological food remains…
An historic Gateway.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Faith’s Church, Gaywood
St. Faith's Church,, Gayton Road,, Gaywood,, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4DZ
St. Faith's Church lies in the heart of Gaywood, which was not part of King's Lynn until 1937. The tower is a fine local example of early…
A lovely medieval church.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1115-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St John The Evangelist Church
Blackfriars Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1NT
Open from 1200. In 1843 John Motteux, then the owner of Sandringham, was forbidden to sit in a pew at St Nicholas’ Chapel because he had not…
The Church in The Walks.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1200-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St John’s House (King’s Lynn Winter Night Shelter)
St. Johns Vicarage, Blackfriars Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1NT
Tours, an exhibition about our work, and cream teas in the garden (indoors if wet) St John's House was built in 1871 as the vicarage for the…
A safe refuge for the homeless of King's Lynn.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Peter’s Church, West Lynn
108 St Peter's Road, West Lynn, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 3JT
The church was rebuilt further inland c.1271 after its predecessor was washed away. It is a cross-shaped building with a short lead-covered spire.…
The beautiful church across the river.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St. Nicholas Chapel - Shanty men and Camera Club
St Nicholas Chapel, St. Ann's Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1LT
This light-filled building is the largest parochial chapel in England – but bigger than some cathedrals – and was built as a chapel-of-ease…
Lace Making, shanty men and Camera Club in this historic chapel, the biggest in England.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Stories of Lynn
Town Hall, Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
Explore and find out more at Stories of Lynn following our creative sensory trail. The Lynn town treasure, including the King John cup, maces and…
See The King John Cup.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Bank House
Bank House Hotel, Bank House, Kings Staithe Square, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1RD
A very fine Grade II* listed late 17th century town house with the original banking house attached with three arched windows and Ionic pillars…
Explore the large wine vault.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Guildhall of St George
King Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1HA
The site was given to the already existing Guild of St George by Royal Charter in 1406 with a second Royal Charter confirming this in 1461. The…
Unique historic theatre.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Kentwell Players at King’s Staithe Square
King's Staithe Square, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30
A group of travelling musicians named for the hall in Suffolk that brought them together. They are often found portraying the lives of…
Travelling musicians and entertainers and unusual instruments.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1315
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Kentwell Players at The Lattice House
The Lattice House, Chapel Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1EG
A group of travelling musicians named for the hall in Suffolk that brought them together. They are often found portraying the lives of…
Travelling musicians and entertainers and unusual instruments
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1130 & 1430
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Knights of Skirbeck in The Walks
The Walks, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1PE
Knights of Skirbeck are here to bring you a spectacular day of medieval military life. 10 am Call to arms. Time to enlist locals to the town…
Medieval Knights encampment has been set up in the Walks
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Lattice House
The Lattice House, 37-39 Chapel Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1EG
Open from 0900 1130 & 1430 The Kentwell Players. Serving traditional drinks like mead A late 15th-century timber-framed house with various…
History through every door of this 15th-century timber frame house which has been a pub since 1714.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 0900-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Pilot Office
Common Staithe Square, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1LL
It was built in 1864 in red brick, with a little three-bay loggia to the ground floor and a tower, square below, octagonal above. The first…
Home of the King's Lynn Conservancy Board, who are responsible for the shipping in the river and the Wash approaches.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Pink House Bridge Street
The Pink House, Bridge Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5AB
Step back in time as you explore this charming mid-16th century Grade II listed building. Originally two cottages, boasting period details…
Contemporary art in a historic building.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Walks - Tree Trail
The Walks, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1PE
Pick up a ‘Walks Tree Trail’ from the Tourist Information Office in Stories of Lynn at any time and get tree spotting. A historic urban park…
A spot of tree spotting
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Thoresby College
Queen Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
A quadrangular complex was founded in 1500 for 13 chantry priests attached to the Trinity Guildhall. It has a courtyard, Great Hall and…
15th century building - look for the line of the old quay.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Tour Guide Walks: King’s Lynn’s Historic Town
Town Hall, Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
A free walk with a Red Badge Town Guide around the historic town of Lynn. Listen to facts and stories about our early town. Walks at: 1100,…
History tales from our streets
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: Walks at: 1100, 1200, 1300 & 1400.
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum
The North End Trust, Trues Yard, St. Anns Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1LT
A Community Museum that celebrates the story of the North End fisherfolk. Two Georgian cottages are set out as in the 19th-century with a museum,…
A Unique Community Museum.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Tuesday Market Place - World War II Air Raid Shelters
Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1EX
Visit the underground air raid shelters from WWII. This should be a very realistic visit to a unique site. These shelters were re-discovered…
World War II shelters.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Vintage Bus Tour
The Bus Station - Bay H Buses 38 and 39), King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1EX
Take the vintage bus for a tour of the town or a trip out to Gaywood to visit King Edward the Seventh School and St.Faith's. Go in the other…
Preserved and restored buses.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000 - 1635
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Wenns Chop House
Wenns Chop House, 9-10 Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
Two attractive but contrasting buildings make up the complex formerly known as Wenns. No. 9 is brick, rendered later, an early 18th-century…
Beautifully renovated buildings.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1300-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
West Lynn Ferry
West Lynn Ferry , end of Ferry Lane, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1HN
Take part in living history. There has been a ferry across the Great Ouse since at least 1285, which was vital as the nearest bridge was at…
Ancient river crossing
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000 - 1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
West Norfolk Music Centre Kids
Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
Local children from the West Norfolk Music Centre perform in a delightful group of buildings.
Talented local youngsters perform.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
West Norfolk Sub-Aqua Club stall
King's Staithe Square, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JE
This is an active and friendly BSAC branch based in Norfolk. They have 2 RIB's and regularly dive off the coast near Gt Yarmouth through the…
Find out about a great hobby.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
WhataHoot Gin Distillery
7a King Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1ET
New for 2023 and open from 0900. The WhataHoot Distillery is a 16th-century warehouse, packed full of original features including beams and…
Tours of a gin distillery in the heart of Lynn.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 0900-1600 - Tours running throughout the day.
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Edwardian Pleasure Wherry Hathor at How Hill House, Ludham
How Hill Trust, How Hill House, How Hill Road, Ludham, Norfolk, NR29 5PG
HATHOR, is the magnificent Edwardian Pleasure Wherry built in 1905 for Ethel and Helen Colman, two of the daughters of the founder of the Colman…
Step aboard a famous Norfolk Pleasure Wherry, built in 1905, learn about her Egyptian themed interior and experience the plush surroundings enjoyed by a wealthy Edwardian family sailing on the Broads at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
- Monday 11 September: 1000-1600
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1600
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1600
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Benet’s Abbey - Fish & Chippings
St Benet's Abbey, St Benet's Road, Ludham, Norfolk, NR29 5NU
Our experienced Tour Guides will share the hidden secrets of St Benet's Abbey and its iconic windmill. The tour will focus on the creative…
This Guided Tour will demonstrate the creativity of the architecture and stone workers at the Abbey Gateway and unwrap the importance of Fish Ponds at medieval monasteries.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1400
- Wednesday 13 September: 1400
- Saturday 16 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norfolk St John Ambulance Museum
Norfolk St John Ambulance Museum, Preference Place, Bacton Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 9DR
This summer, the Norfolk St John Ambulance Museum in North Walsham will open its doors to the public once again. The museum, located next to the…
The Norfolk St John Ambulance Museum will be open to the public as part of Heritage Open Days on 9 and 10 September.
Join us for family activities, First Aid demonstrations and discover the story of over a century of lifesaving work in Norfolk.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1100-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
“Back to Bach”
St. Peter Mancroft Church, Hay Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QQ
Julian Haggett (Organist of St Peter Mancroft, Organ Tutor, Lecturer and Organ Concert Artist) guides us through the illustrious history of music…
With pipes longer than a mini bus, others others smaller than a pencil, and even its own set of miniature bells this will be a great introduction to the world of music making at St Peter Mancroft.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
“It is very large, of uncommon height, and sides are almost all window” - A guided Tour of St Peter
St. Peter Mancroft Church, Hay Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QQ
During our tour we shall take a relaxed look at this magnificent building, and we shall hear of its history in glass, metal, textiles, and…
St Peter Mancroft is the Civic Parish Church of Norwich.
It is the largest of the city's surviving medieval churches and one of the finest perpendicular parish churches in Norfolk.
The tour is designed to be both informal and informative.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
10 years on - time to celebrate
Ladybelt Country Park, Hethersett Road, East Carleton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 8HX
Ketteringham Hall Ice House at Ladybelt Country Park is a grade 2 listed building and was on the buildings- at- risk Register. Built in 1842 in a…
Come along and view the restored Ketteringham Hall ice house. An exhibition of the extensive restoration completed in 2013; now in its 10th year anniversary. Join us in celebration with refreshments and cake in the ice house courtyard.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 11am to 4pm
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
100 Years of Mile Cross Lantern Procession
Mile Cross Phoenix Childrens Project, 132A Mile Cross Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 2LD
In the weeks prior to the festival, we will be making lanterns together and rehearsing originally created songs with the school and community in…
Lantern Procession and Performance celebrating the centenary of the country's first large scale social housing estate.
Made with school, community and company.
We are the Common Lot ...
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1800-1930 (Procession Starts at 1830)
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
153 years of The Victoria Bowling Club
Victoria Bowling Club, 30 Trafford Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2QW
Visit what is normally a private bowls club where play has gone on uninterrupted for 153 years. Through two world wars, the depression and the…
Visit one of Norwich’s hidden gems - a private members bowls club hidden just a few minutes walk from the city centre, which this year is celebrating its 153rd year of existence - and the club is now open to all adults, no longer just gentlemen!
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
1923 and All That - Talk
The Forum Trust Ltd, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
In this talk, take a virtual route around Norwich which also covers many of the other successful campaigns to protect Norwich’s heritage, (as…
The decision to demolish Bishop Bridge was the catalyst that brought The Norwich Society into being in 1923. Speaker Jonathan Hooton tells the story of how they managed to save this part of our Heritage.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
1923 and All That - Walk
Bishop Bridge, Bishopgate, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4AA
The proposed destruction of Bishop Bridge was the catalyst that brought the Norwich Society into being in 1923. This is the story of how they…
A walking tour through Norwich focusing on the role played by the Norwich Society in protecting and enhancing the city’s heritage.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
A Church for Every Sunday, a Pub for Every Day
The Forum , Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
Where could you view a rattlesnake, a crocodile or an elephant? What’s the link between Norwich pubs and a notorious parliamentary election? And…
We all know the old saying, but is it true? We will explore a selection of the city’s churches and pubs on this walking tour.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1400
- Sunday 17 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Adat Yeshua Messianic Synagogue
Adat Yeshua Messianic Synagogue, Essex Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 2BL
We offer a guided tour of the Synagogue and talk about the history of the building and how it is used today as a Jewish community in Norwich.…
Come and tour the Synagogue and learn about the history of the building. There will also be plenty of Jewish artefacts to view and hear about their history and use in the synagogue. There will be free refreshments available.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Archive Ambulation: Art in the Archives then and now
The Archive Centre, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2DQ
See what the gated city looked like in the 1700s, consider how different City Hall may have looked by looking at the 1930s proposals, and discover…
Join us for a relaxed walk through Norwich, looking at our archives to see how the city has changed over the past 300 years. Using copies of our documents we will bring the past to life through original artwork and photographs.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1400-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Around the City Walls: Assembly House to Black Tower
The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1RQ
Starting outside the Assembly House, the tour soon joins the City Walls. We will view murals depicting two of the now demolished gates and hear…
Learn about the impact and the legacy of the City Walls on this guided walk along some of the remaining stretches of them.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Art, Health and Biodiversity Workshop
The Norwich Historic Churches Trust Ltd, St. Martin At Palace Church, 15 St. Martin At Palace Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1RW
Investigate the Edible East art installations and create artwork, and chat with a local research scientist about the study of plants and some of…
Join Edible East for some plant-inspired creativity with artists Tara Sampy and Jennie Pedley. Visit the botanist's memorial garden and find inspiration to create a unique botanical print to add to the Hopes for Health microbe alcove.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 11:30 - 13:00
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Assembly House Stories
The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1RQ
Come to the Assembly House to envelope yourself in fragments of stories from long ago and not so long ago. To celebrate this year's theme of…
*CHANGE FROM ORIGINAL LISTING* Join us for a story-filled tour of the assembly house and stay to add your own. Discover 900 yrs of history with art historian Roxanne Matthews, then gather for a drink with Roxanne in the Noverre Ballroom.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1700-18:30 tour & 18:30-19:15 stories and drinks
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
We are sorry but this event has been CANCELLED
Attics and Cellars tours - Felbrigg Hall
National Trust, Felbrigg Hall, Felbrigg, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 8PR
These on demand tours take in our closed to the public attics and cellars. Our knowledgeable guides will lead you down into the cellars before…
Due to high interest this event is now sold out.
Follow our amazing guides as they take you down to our Tudor cellar and up to our Jacobean and Restoration Period Attics. Go behind the scenes and see some of the collection that we have in storage.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 1000, 1200, 1400
- Friday 15 September: 1000, 1200, 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
BEFORE MILE CROSS: A talk by Margaret Todd
The Common Lot, 185 Drayton Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 2PG
A fascinating talk about the domestic, social and political conditions that led to Norwich Corporation building England's first large-scale social…
What was the world like before Mile Cross.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 7 to 830 pm
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
Beguines to Butterflies; capturing community spirit
St George's Church, Tombland, 19 Princes Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AF
Beguine communities were popular across Europe, but much less so in England. Norwich is home to the only Beguine community in England for which we…
Discover how the Beguines of Norwich helped the sick, the poor and the dying during the 15th Century. Join us for storytelling, interactive activities and meet the Beguine's modern counterparts, including our Butterfly volunteers.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1100-1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Behind the Scenes at The Forum
The Forum Trust Ltd, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
Built on the site of the old Norwich Central Library which was devastated by fire in 1994, destroying many books and precious documents and…
A wonderful opportunity to see behind the scenes of this Millennium building, including the Millennium Library Stacks Room. The tour will provide an insight to the building's operations and history.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1030-1200 & 1400-1530
- Thursday 14 September: 1030-1200 & 1400-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Bishop’s House Garden
Bishop of Norwich, Bishops House, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1SB
The garden is run organically and includes a boxed herb garden, long shade border and rose walk, a large wild grass labyrinth and fruit orchard,…
Visit and discover this historic private four-acre garden.
A formal city centre garden which has belonged to the Bishops of Norwich for over 900 years.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1600
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Bound to Impress: Creativity and the Book at NHC
Norfolk Heritage Centre, Millennium Library, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AW
In the digital era, it is easy to take the creative elements to be found within the humble book for granted. Join us to view a selection from our…
View a selection of books from the Norfolk Heritage Centre special collections, discover more about the creative elements to be found within their covers, and trace the development of the book from the Renaissance era onwards.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1030-1230
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Canvas of War: Art and the Americans in WWII East Anglia
American Library, Millennium Library, The Forum, Norwich, Norfolk, NR21AW
Using the 2nd Air Division Digital Archive we will look at wall art, greeting cards, watercolours and more which help us to understand the…
An illustrated talk exploring the artwork created and often left behind by the personnel of the US Army Air Forces during WWII.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1730-1830
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Chapel Field Road Methodist Church, Chapel Field Road, Norwich
Chapel Field Road Methodist Church, Chapel Field Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1SD
In the late 1970's the pulpit was lowered and access to the body of the church was created for the preacher and the choir. The vestibule at the…
This church designed by Edward Boardman, the well known Norwich architect, was opened in 1881 to accommodate nearly 1000 worshippers. The church retains its Victorian character, has a fine Norman Beard organ and is a listed building.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Church of St Edmund
St Edmund, The Street, Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk, NR8 5DG
The Creativity Unwrapped theme of HODs day for St Edmund this year will draw its inspiration from the construction of the building and the…
This medieval church, dating from 1304, will follow the theme of Creativity Unwrapped with activities for children and adults - with tours of the historic building also on offer (including climbing to the belfry to see the newly restored bells).
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600. Further details on timings coming soon!
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Cinema City / Norwich In The 50s Archive Film Screening
Norfolk & Norwich Film Theatre Ltd, Cinema City, St. Andrews Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4AD
Norwich, 1950: there are bombsites, rationing, shops on every corner, red telephone boxes and Austin Sevens. The cattle market is still held at…
Take a journey back in time and discover the story of the decade that changed Norwich forever.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1030-1200
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
City of Norwich School
City of Norwich School, Eaton Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 6PP
The City of Norwich School, an Ormiston Academy, was established in 1910 and has over 110 years of heritage in Norfolk. The original building is…
Take a look at our large collection of archive material on display, enjoy a tour of the school with our student guides, and learn more about the history of the building.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
We are sorry but this event has been CANCELLED
City Station to Hellesdon Station along the Marriott’s Way with the Friends of Norwich City Station.
Marriotts Way, Barn Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4TQ
The Friends of Norwich City Station will lead you on a historical walk, starting in the city centre at the remains of the original long-lost…
This walking tour takes us along the former Midland and Great Northern Railway, from City Station to Hellesdon Station on the footpath named after the railway's chief engineer and locomotive superintendent, William Marriott.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Creative artwork at our historic ruin.
Bowthorpe Church, Bowthorpe Hall Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 9AA
The trustees of St.Michael and All Angels Ruin Preservation Trust would like to invite artists and photographers to provide drawings, paintings…
Drawings, paintings and photographs of our historic ruin will be on display.
You can add to them by creating your own artwork on the day, if bringing your own materials.
Enjoy the archaeology, history and a unique quiz.
History Walk 10.30am
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Creative Communities 2023
St. Stephens Church, Rampant Horse Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QP
The 3rd annual Community Festival held at St Stephen's Church. This year’s theme is exploring 'Creative Communities'. We welcome back artists…
Art exhibition by local artists exploring the theme 'Creative Communities'.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1000-1500
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1500
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1500
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1500
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Creative Explorations at The Garage
The Garage, 14 Chapel Field North, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1NY
Explore our venue and your creativity through these interactive creative heritage tours. The Garage is a performing arts hub in Norwich city…
Ever wondered why The Garage is called The Garage? Come and find out more about the history of our performing arts venue and take part in creative activities, by joining our creative heritage tours and workshops.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000, 1020, 1040, 1100, 1120, 1140, 1200, 1220 & 1240
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
Creativity Unmapped
The Forum Trust Ltd, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
The Norfolk Record Office holds over 13,000 maps, many of which are practical; showing land ownership, rights of way, and how to get from A to B.…
Join this talk by the Norfolk Record Office to find out about the history of maps, what they tell us, why they were created and how much creative input went into them.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Curat House
Fat Face, 3-4 Haymarket, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QD
This 15th-century merchant's house, now the shop Fat Face in Norwich, is perhaps most fondly remembered as Backs Wine Merchants and Bar. A behind…
Tour of 15th Century Merchant's House in Norwich.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000 & 1400
- Friday 15 September: 1000 & 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
CWGC Tours 2023 - Norwich Cemetery (Earlham Road)
Norwich City Cemetery, Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3RG
Nearly half of the 1914-1918 burials are to be found in two military plots; one in the North-Eastern part and the other in the Western part of the…
Join us for a tour of Norwich City Cemetery (Earlham Road).
The cemetery was laid out in 1856 and casualties of the South African War were buried in the oldest part.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 10.30
- Wednesday 13 September: 17.00
- Saturday 16 September: 10.30
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Dragon Hall Tours
Dragon Hall, 115-123 King Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1QE
Dragon Hall has had a fascinating and colourful history – starting life as a medieval trading hall, then a crowded residential building for 500…
Explore historic Dragon Hall, now home to the National Centre for Writing, and take a full guided tour of this fascinating building. Learn more about the architectural and social history of this 15th Century building.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1000, 1200, 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Earlham Hall
U E A, Norwich Research Park, Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ
Step back in time with a short guided tour of Earlham Hall, a stunning Grade II listed 16th-century country house. This architectural gem is…
Discover Earlham Hall on a guided tour.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000, 1130 & 1400
- Sunday 17 September: 1000, 1130 & 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
East Anglian Air Ambulance HQ - Helimed House
East Anglian Air Ambulance, Helimed House, Hangar 14, Gambling Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR6 6EG
Funded through generous gifts in Wills, East Anglian Air Ambulance's HQ, Helimed House enables crews to have the training, rest and welfare…
Secure your visit to East Anglian Air Ambulance's Norwich operating base and learn about this life-saving charity! Enjoy a guided tour and learn CPR for FREE!
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1130, 1200-1330, 1400-1530, 1600-1730
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Eaton Park: Re-imagined for a changing World
Eaton Park, South Park Avenue , Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7AZ
Eaton Park is one of Norwich's most beautiful parks and is the largest in the area at 80 acres. This tour is organised by The Friends of Eaton…
We meet in 'The Friend's Room', in the Pavilion by the bandstand, for a short presentation and visual display of old photographs.
Afterwards, a walk by the Lily Pond to the boating lake (with rooftop views of the park) and finally a train ride.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1430-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Evelyn Suffield House - The home of the Norfolk Federation of WIs: Over 100 years of WI History
Norfolk Federation of Womens Institutes, Evelyn Suffield House, 45 All Saints Green, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3LY
The Norfolk Federation was formed in 1919 and September 2022 was the Platinum Jubilee of the WI's ownership of Evelyn Suffield House (our event…
Built in 1788 the House was bought by the WI in 1952. There will be tours of the House, an archive exhibition, WI crafted flower display in the garden, walking treasure hunt of Norwich and WI refreshments.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Exhibition Talk with the Curator: Vernacular Furniture, Stories from North-West India
The South Asia Collection Museum, 34-36 Bethel Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1NR
The South Asia Collection Museum supports and carries out research projects in the UK and India, aiming to record, preserve and celebrate South…
Our new exhibition showcases the everyday furniture of Northwest India. It is the result of a first-of-its-kind collaborative research project. Join the Curator to discover more about these often-overlooked crafts.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1100-1130
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Felbrigg Hall and Gardens Open Day
National Trust, Felbrigg Hall, Felbrigg, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 8PR
One of the most elegant country houses in East Anglia, Felbrigg Hall is a place of surprises and delights. It is a mixture of opulence and…
Explore inside the Hall and imagine what it might have been like to have lived or worked there. Visit the walled garden to see fruits and vegetables growing – and keep a look out for our hens!
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1200 - 1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Film Screening : A Century of 16mm Filmmaking and Self-Expression
The Archive Centre, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2DQ
To mark the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the 16mm motion picture film format, and to highlight its cultural impact and influence on…
Join the East Anglian Film Archive (EAFA) to celebrate those amateur and artist filmmakers using the 16mm film medium and technology as a means of creative expression, in the centenary year of the format’s introduction.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1200-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Floral Fancies Workshop
The Norwich Historic Churches Trust Ltd, St. Martin At Palace Centre, 15 St. Martin At Palace Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1RW
The workshop will take place in the Town Close room, where the Stepping Stones wall hanging is on permanent display. The wall hanging project came…
Join students and staff from Stepping Stones in a floral themed workshop, making colourful, layered 3-D paper flowers - like the ones you may find in a Norwich Historic Churches Trust churchyard.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Forncett Industrial Steam Museum
Kingsmuir, Low Road, Forncett St. Mary, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 1JJ
Discover the extensive collection of steam stationary engines at the Forncett Industrial Steam Museum tracing the development of the Industrial…
Discover the heritage of Steam Stationary engines this Heritage Open Days at the Forncett Industrial Steam Museum.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1100 - 1500 - Static display
- Wednesday 13 September: 1100 - 1600 - Nine Engines' in steam' including the one that used to open Tower Bridge in London
- Sunday 17 September: 1100 - 1500 - Static display
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Friends of Waterloo Park
Angel Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 3HX
See our extensive exhibition of the history of the park which was designed by Capt. Sandys-Winsch after WWI used the labour of the many unemployed…
Visit this stunning park with panoramic views from the balcony of the Grade II listed Pavilion and an exhibition of the history of the park. See the results of our experiments with our own dye plants to reflect the history of dyeing in the area.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
From Police Cell to Soft Cell
Future Radio, The Box, 14 Woodcock Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 3TX
This is an opportunity to find out how a local radio station works and how the building that began life as a local police station has been…
Come and visit the studios of Future Radio and discover the history of this small building on the edge of Mile Cross.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 1330-1415
- Friday 15 September: 1830-1915
- Saturday 16 September: 1130-1215
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
From St Andrew’s Plain to Charing Cross
The Halls, St Andrew's Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AU
Ranging from the earliest development of Norwich to the electric age; echoing the life of Norwich’s elite and the workhouse poor.
This stretch of road has some of the most important sites reflecting Norwich’s history and its creative heritage.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1400
- Friday 15 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Girlguiding Norfolk County Archive Resource Centre’s: Cotton Reels, camps and curating
Girlguiding Norfolk Archive Resource Centre , Patteson Lodge Estate, 14 Gt. Hautbois Road, Coltishall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 7JN
Come and visit us to experience camp skills, learn what Brownies did with cotton reels in the 1940s and how leaders were trained to help displaced…
Creative curating: unwrapped at the ARC.
Girlguiding Norfolk's Archive Resource Centre is unique in the UK; the only purpose-built Girlguiding Archive/Museum where we love to bring the guiding history of the past 110 years alive for all ages.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Guided walk of the former Norfolk County Asylum
St Andrews Park, Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk
Much of the former Norfolk County Asylum at Thorpe St Andrew has been converted to housing but retains many of its original features. It was built…
A guided walk that will focus on the period from 1861 when Dr Hills was appointed as the Superintendent of the Thorpe Asylum through to the Great War when the Asylum was turned into a War Hospital. We will be visiting the North and South sides
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1045
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Harvest Flower Festival in St Mary’s Church, South Walsham
The Street, South Walsham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 6DQ
A beautiful church in which to see the flower arrangements and displays. Interesting and important stained glass windows, poppy head pews…
Beautiful, interesting and unusual arrangements and displays depicting Harvest in flowers and other forms in St Mary's Church.
An art exhibition in St Lawrence's - the restored church in the same churchyard.
Refreshments available.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1800
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1800
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Hungate
Hungate Medieval Art, St. Peters Hungate Church, Princes Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AE
Hungate will be open for additional hours during HODs to give you the best chance of visiting the exhibition, seeing the building and the…
Visit our current exhibition, WATER, enjoy the beautiful church and garden, and take part in our free volunteer conservation workshop 'Archaeology Unwrapped'.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 0900-1700
- Sunday 10 September: 0900-1700
- Saturday 16 September: 0900-1700
- Sunday 17 September: 0900-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Inanna’s Festival
2 St. Andrews Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AD
A triple crossroads leads to the medieval thoroughfare of St Andrews Hill. You are invited to join a talk on the history and architecture of the…
Join this talk to discover the history of this 17th century weaver's flint-walled house with timbered beams. The talk includes a chapter on the life of the weavers and their place in the history of Norwich.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1800
- Saturday 16 September: 1800
- Sunday 17 September: 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Japanese performers in 19th century Norwich
Sainsbury Institute, 64 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
Possibly the first person of Japanese heritage to be born in Norfolk was the child of one of the Japanese performers who came to the UK in the…
Find out more about the history of some of the first Japanese performers who came to Norwich and Norfolk and the process of cross-cultural exchange that followed.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 14:00-15:00
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Jarrold History Tour
Jarrolds, 1-11 London Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1JF
Explore the often-unseen history of the Jarrold Department Store in heart of Norwich. The tour takes you through the changes and additions to this…
Explore the often-unseen history of the Jarrold Department Store in Norwich. The tour takes you through the changes and additions to this iconic building which was opened in 1823.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 1000 & 1130
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
John Innes Centre/ Plants and gardens as medicine in Chaucer’s England
John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Colney, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UH
Gardens and their plants were essential sources of health, healing and medicine in the age of Chaucer. Fourteenth-century England was beset by…
An illustrated talk by historian Dr Joy Hawkins and tour of the John Innes Centre's rare botanical books. Learn about Chaucer's interest in plants and gardens. Discover how plants were used for health and healing in Chaucer's England.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: Talk/ Tour starts at 10.00.
- Friday 15 September: Talk/Tour starts at 10.00.
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
John Lewis & Partners Norwich: History of the shop and Georgian Cottage Tour
John Lewis, All Saints Green, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3LX
Discover our Georgian cottages still situated within the store with an in-depth presentation from one of our Partners. Learn about the history of…
Discover the history of the shop within the original Georgian cottages. Explore architectural features and learn from our Partners how the original Bonds shop became the John Lewis & Partners of today, with stories about our original founders.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: Tour 0930 &1600
- Saturday 9 September: Tour 0930 &1600
- Monday 11 September: Tour 0930 &1600
- Tuesday 12 September: Tour 0930 &1600
- Wednesday 13 September: Tour 0930 &1600
- Thursday 14 September: Tour 0930 &1600
- Friday 15 September: Tour 0930 &1600
- Saturday 16 September: Tour 0930 &1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Julian of Norwich - Mother of English prose
St. Peter Mancroft Church, Hay Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QQ
For many of us today, some aspects of the life of Julian of Norwich can seem strange – her enclosed life as an anchoress, and her visions and…
We travel back in time to learn about Julian of Norwich, the first woman we know of to write a book in English.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Julian’s Medieval Norwich guided tour
St Julian's Church, St Julian's Alley, Rouen Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1QT
Julian of Norwich (1343-1416) is Britain's best known female mystic. 2023 is the 650th anniversary of her 'shewings' or visions, which revealed to…
This tour celebrates Julian of Norwich, the 14th and early 15th century mystic and the medieval city in which she lived.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1200
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Julian, writer of Norwich
The Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, Chapter Office, 65 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
We will look at the literary and cultural context in which she was working and the very nature of writing a book in the late middle ages. Starting…
In this 650th anniversary year of Julian of Norwich's showings, this talk and tour will explore Julian's status as "the mother of English prose" and what it was like to be a woman writing in English in her era.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1430
- Saturday 16 September: 1030
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Lazar House
The Assist Trust, Lazar House, 219 Sprowston Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 4HX
Lazar House was built in 1101 by Bishop Herbert de Losinga and was originally called Magdalen Hospital. It was designed to provide a simple level…
Lazar House was originally was built in 1101 by Bishop Herbert de Losinga, as a hospital for male lepers and the sick poor. It has since had many purposes and has a rich and interesting history.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1500. Guided tour 1100.
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Maddermarket Theatre Tours
Maddermarket Theatre, St. Johns Alley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1DR
The Maddermarket Theatre is one of the most unique places to visit in Norwich and is tucked away down the side streets of St John’s Alley. But…
The Maddermarket Theatre hasn’t always been a theatre. From a medieval market to an 18th-century chapel, to an Elizabethan-style playhouse, you will learn more about the Maddermarket Theatre with an 'access all areas tour' from a knowledgeable guide!
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600. Tea/coffee and a licensed bar. Tours 1000-1600.
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600. Tea/coffee and a licensed bar. Tours 1000-1600.
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600. Tea/coffee and a licensed bar. Tours 1000-1600.
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Maids Head Hotel Tour
Maids Head Hotel, 20 Tombland, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1LB
Join us for a special tour with the Norwich Tour Guide, Paul Dickson. Discover the Maids Head 800 year old past, A one and a half hour tour…
Join us for a special tour with the Norwich Tour Guide, Paul Dickson. Discover the Maids Head 800 year old past,
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1500-1630
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Maud - Restored Norfolk Trading Wherry and Pop-Up Wherry Museum
Museum of the Broards, Poors Staithe, The Staithe, Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 9DA
Whether on board or in the Pop-Up Museum, enthusiastic volunteers will greet you and talk to you about their personal experience of working with…
There really is something for all to enjoy on a visit to this cargo-carrying wherry. Look at Maud's Timeline display of photos. Visit the Pop-Up Museum in a gazebo and see more photos. Watch videos and learn more. Take a unique family photo.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: 1030-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Medieval Norwich Castle Prisoner Stories
The Forum Trust Ltd, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
In this talk local historian, Colin Howey, will be focusing on individual prisoners who were incarcerated within Norwich Castle Gaol during the…
Local historian, Colin Howey, focuses on individual prisoners who were incarcerated within Norwich Castle Gaol during the early decades of the fourteenth century.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Mile Cross Story Finders
185 Drayton Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 2PG
Join our story-finders every Thursday to December as we work together to create a heritage publication, build a website and conduct oral history…
Reconvening to complete our Mile Cross 100 Project
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 7 to 9 pm
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Mile Cross with The Mile Cross Man
Suckling Avenue, Aylsham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 2SS
The tour, led by local historian, "The Mile Cross Man" starts at the earliest part of the estate, up near the city's Boundary (at Suckling Avenue)…
This walking tour takes us through one of the city's earliest and largest, council-built housing estates, exactly 100 years after the first residents began to move in to their spacious, new homes.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Mindful Monday
The Archive Centre, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2DQ
This is a really informal session, and you are welcome to drop in and out as you please. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available.
Join us for this special Mindful Monday for Heritage Open Days. Look at documents in the Glass Cube, before having a chat and relaxing morning colouring in a range of line drawings from the archives.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1000-1130
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Mindful Monday - Online!
Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2DQ
All drawings will be sent to you before the session. You just need to print them, grab your colour pencils and a cuppa and join in.
Join us online for this special Mindful Monday for Heritage Open Days. Staff will show you some documents as inspiration, before having a chat and relaxing afternoon colouring in a range of line drawings from the archives.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1400-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Morris Dancing in Norwich
Multiple site across Norwich city centre, Norwich, Norfolk
Morris dancing performances will be taking place at many locations in Norwich city centre including The Forum and Chantry Square. This is a great…
Colourful Morris Dancers will be taking to the streets of Norwich on Saturday 16 September. Performers from all over the East of England will be demonstrating traditional dances including Morris dancing with sticks and hankies, clog dancing and more!
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1100-1645
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Mousehold Heath Geology and Landscape Walk
Zaks Restaurant, The Pavilion, Gurney Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4HW
Join Geologist Tim Holt-Wilson and a Mousehold Heath warden to explore the Earth Heritage Trail. Experience how past glacial activity and land use…
A guided tour of the Mousehold Earth Heritage Trail, exploring past glacial activity, land use and biodiversity.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1030-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Mousehold Heath History Walk
Zaks Restaurant, The Pavilion, Gurney Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4HW
A guided walk across the heath by local historians, visiting the earthwork remains of St William's Chapel and the historic city views from St…
Mousehold Heath history walk focusing on the story of St William and Kett's Rebellion.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1400-1630
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell
Museum of Norwich At the Bridewell, Bridewell Alley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AQ
The Museum has been a merchant’s house, a house of correction, a tobacco warehouse and a shoe factory. Now, across ten galleries and two floors,…
The Museum of Norwich tells the stories of the city from Medieval to modern day, through the eyes of some of the people who worked in the trades and industries which put the city on the map.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1630
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1630
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1630
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1630
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Museum of the Broads
Museum of the Broards, Poors Staithe, The Staithe, Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 9DA
Discover how people have lived and worked in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads. Our stories take you from Roman times, peat diggers, marsh workers…
Welcome to the Museum of the Broads! Families, cyclists and dogs all welcome. Come aboard the Wherry Maud and meet her volunteers too.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
NHCT 50th Anniversary Celebration Open Day
The Norwich Historic Churches Trust Ltd, St. Martin At Palace Church, 15 St. Martin At Palace Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1RW
Timetable for the day: 1100 - Palace Players Performance (St Martin at Palace Church - Garden) 1200 - Music with Pollywiggle (St Martin at Palace…
Norwich Historic Churches Trust is celebrating 50 years of rescuing and preserving former churches. Join the party to see the Palace Players performance, learn about our churches, enjoy live music and participate in the Hopes for Health activity.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600. 1100 - Palace Players Performance: 1100 & 1400 Music with Pollywiggle: 1200. Tour with architectural historian Stephen Heywood FSA: 1430
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norfolk Family History Society
Norfolk Family History Society, 70 St. Giles Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1LS
Due to popular demand, our Library is now open four days a week (1000-1600 Tuesday - Thursday) and Saturday mornings from 1000-1300.…
On Heritage Open Days, we will welcome visitors to the Library and assist them with their family history research.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1600
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1600
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich - Tudor City of Refuge
St. Stephens Church, Rampant Horse Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QP
Edward Everett is a notable historian. He completed an MPhil in Early Modern History at the University of Cambridge, and became increasingly…
Edward Everett gives a fascinating talk on Norwich as a Tudor city of refuge.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1900-2100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich 100: Caring for the past and future
The Forum Trust Ltd, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
The threat to Bishop Bridge in 1923 prompted the founding of The Norwich Society to help protect Norwich’s historic environment and encourage…
Visit this photographic exhibition in The Forum, which will showcase 100 places in Norwich, to celebrate the centenary of The Norwich Society. Each place will represent our activities and campaigning over the decades.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000 - 1600
- Saturday 9 September: 1000 - 1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1000 - 1600
- Monday 11 September: 1000 - 1600
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000 - 1600
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000 - 1600
- Thursday 14 September: 1000 - 1600
- Friday 15 September: 1000 - 1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1000 - 1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich Arts Centre
Norwich Art Centre, 51 St. Benedicts Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4PG
Norwich Arts Centre, an independently run venue and arts organisation, sits within a 14th century church and mission hall. In 2020 and 2021…
A chance to look around the contemporary arts venue and former St Swithins Church, built in 1349. At 2pm, a representative from Norwich Historic Churches Trust will give a talk on the venue’s history and the recent refurbishments.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1400-1600, Talk at 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3JU
Norwich Castle is one of the city's most famous landmarks; the medieval Keep is currently closed to visitors as it undergoes a major…
Explore our outstanding collections of fine and decorative arts, archaeology and natural history.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1630
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich Cathedral Broderers Guild
The Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, Chapter Office, 65 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
The Broderers’ Guild supports the work on textiles within the Cathedral as well as serving the wider needs of the Diocese itself and further…
Take a "behind the scenes" tour of the Broderers' Guild and find out about how we care for and repair ecclesiastical textiles, as well as design and make new frontals and vestments.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1030 & 1130
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Cathedral Cloister
The Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, Chapter Office, 65 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
This tour will outline the role of the cloister in the main aspects of monastic life and how this changed during the Middle Ages. We will also…
Norwich has one of the finest cathedral cloisters in Europe.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1430
- Thursday 14 September: 1430
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Cathedral Cloister Bosses
The Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, Chapter Office, 65 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
In this tour we will focus on the bosses in the cloister, a chance to encounter green men, saints and the Apocalypse.
Be amazed by the number, variety and intricacy of Norwich Cathedral's cloister bosses.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1030
- Sunday 17 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Cathedral Library and Family Learning
The Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, Chapter Office, 65 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
Drop in any time from 1530 to 1700 on Friday 15 September. Have a go at paper marbling, designing a stained glass window and lots more. The event…
Explore the cathedral creatively through hands-on activities in the library.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1530-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich Cathedral Library: Bound to impress
The Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, Chapter Office, 65 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
In the digital era, it is easy to take the creative elements to be found within the humble book for granted. Join us to view a selection from our…
Creativity and the Book!
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1430-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich Cathedral Treasury
The Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, Chapter Office, 65 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
This tour will reveal the definitive historic account of the imposing bridge and its adjacent structures. Stunning ancient images of national…
The history of the Treasury and its 13th-century archway.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: Tour: 1030 & 1430
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Cathedral: the creation of a cathedral
The Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, Chapter Office, 65 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
Norwich Cathedral was founded in the 11th century. Learn more about its foundation, its architecture, its use, and rebuilding into the 21st century.
Discover the history of Norwich Cathedral.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1430
- Thursday 14 September: 1030
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Cathedral: the Despenser Reredos
The Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, Chapter Office, 65 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
The intriguing story of the creation, loss and rediscovery of one of the finest and most interesting examples of English medieval art and its…
Creative beauty out of strife - the story behind a medieval panel painting
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1400
- Friday 15 September: 1430
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Cathedral: through the glass, the colour of light
The Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, Chapter Office, 65 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
We all see colour in varying ways. Come and discover the radiant beauty of our Cathedral's stained glass. Learn how the craftsmen and women used…
The creativity of stained glass styles from medieval to modern.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1030
- Monday 11 September: 1030
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich City of Culture
The Forum , Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
Norwich was on the shortlist for UK City of Culture 2013. Many know that it punches above its weight for culture and entertainment, but they may…
Ten years ago, Norwich had been shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2013. This guided walk reveals that the city’s dynamic performing arts and music scene is firmly rooted in its history.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1430
- Friday 15 September: 1000
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Displayed: An Exhibition of the Printed Plans of the City of Norwich
The City Bookshop , 10 Davey Place , Norwich , Norfolk, NR2 1PQ
On display will be published plans and prospects of the city within its walls. The plans will date from the early years of the 18th century when…
An exhibition of plans of the city showing Norwich through the early years of the 18th century to post second world war.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1030-1600
- Monday 11 September: 1000-1600
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1600
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1600
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1600
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1030-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich Dissenters Walk
The Forum , Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
A guided walk tracing the turbulent history of religious dissent in Norwich, stopping by some churches, chapels and meeting houses taking part in…
Step back in time and discover the tumultuous tales of Norwich's religious history, the dissent that gripped the city and the fascinating locations where it all took place. A guided tour creating an insight into a whole other side of our fine city.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000
- Saturday 16 September: 1000
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Guildhall Tour
The Guildhall, Gaol Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1JS
England's largest and most elaborate provincial medieval city hall. Norwich Guildhall was the centre of city government from the early 15th…
Centred in the city for over 600 years, Norwich Guildhall is the largest surviving medieval civic building in the country outside London. Visit the 14th-century undercroft, the police cells and the Victorian courtroom.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1100 & 1400
- Saturday 16 September: 1100 & 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich High School for Girls
Norwich High School For Girls, 95 Newmarket Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 2HU
Set within 14 acres of grounds near the centre of the city, Norwich High School for Girls has been situated on Newmarket Road since 1933, having…
Discover Norwich High School for Girls, which has been situated on Newmarket Road since 1933. A fine example of a suburban Regency Villa, the buildings retain many original features including stunning architrave.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: Tours at: 1000 & 1200 followed by refreshments
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Over the Water
Maddermarket Theatre, St Peters St, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1NH
Settlement in Norwich Over the Water predates the Norman Conquest of 1066. There was a centre of Anglo-Scandinavian activity here, surrounded by a…
The area north of the River Wensum is one of the longest settled parts of the city. This walking tour looks at the interesting history and stories associated with the area.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1400
- Sunday 17 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich Puppet Theatre
Norwich Puppet Theatre, St. James, Whitefriars, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1TN
Take a peek behind the scenes of the Puppet Theatre and delve into the history of both the theatre and the medieval church that it is housed in.…
Explore the unique mix of architecture, heritage and theatre as you explore the nooks and crannies of the former St James Church and now Norwich Puppet Theatre.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich Quaker Meeting House
Quakers Religious Society, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1EW
Quakers first met on this site on Upper Goat Lane in the 1670s. In 1700 there were probably 500 Quakers in Norwich. Norwich has always been an…
This Grade II listed neoclassical building built in 1826 has connections with the notable Gurney family and was designed by architect John Patience. It is still used by more than 80 community groups and for Quaker worship, every Sunday and Wednesday.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000 - 1600. Talk- 1400 - 1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich School Air Raid Shelter
70 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DD
Located next to Norwich Cathedral and under the school playground, this shelter was in frequent use during World War II, then lay covered until a…
A unique opportunity to descend into the historic air raid shelter in the city centre.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1430-1445; 1445-1500
- Wednesday 13 September: 1530-1545; 1545-1600
- Friday 15 September: 1500-1515; 1515-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich School Chapel
70 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
Norwich School Chapel is used on a daily basis to enhance daily school life. As a consecrated space it is still used for religious ceremonies but…
Explore at your leisure Norwich School's medieval chapel, packed full of heritage. A guide will be available on the day.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1100-1200
- Monday 11 September: 1500-1600
- Wednesday 13 September: 1600-1700
- Friday 15 September: 1400-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich Synagogue
Norwich Synagogue, 3A Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3RA
The Synagogue will be open and talks will be held at 1100, 1200 and 1400 about the visible artefacts in the synagogue, the different divisions…
Visit our beautiful synagogue, with its magnificent windows, the home of the Norwich Hebrew Congregation. The recently refurbished Nick Simons hall will have a display about the history of the Jewish people from Medieval times to the present.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600. Talks: 1100, 1200 & 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Norwich’s Eighteenth Century Pattern Books: Their Purposes, Past and Present
Norfolk Heritage Centre, Millennium Library, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AW
Join Dr Michael Nix, author of 'Norwich Textiles, a Global Story 1750-1840', as he explores how pattern books and cards, containing thousands of…
In this talk, Dr Michael Nix will examine Norwich's history as a leading centre of textile production in the eighteenth century.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1300-1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich: Strangers and Huguenots Walking Tour
Museum of Norwich At the Bridewell, Bridewell Alley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AQ
This 1.5-hour tour looks at the cultural and industrial impact of the 16th century Strangers, religious refugees from the Spanish Netherlands and…
Discover the story of the Strangers and Huguenots in Norwich – religious refugees in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1130
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Norwich’s French Boroughs - A Virtual Tour
St. Peter Mancroft Church, Hay Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QQ
We shall learn about the major changes brought about by the Normans namely moving the market place to a new site beside St Peter Mancroft and…
Learn more about the time of the Norman Conquest when Anglo-Saxon Norwich only reached as far west as the Great Cockey, near to Gentlemen’s Walk.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Octagon Unitarian Chapel
Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1BN
Opened in 1756 (the year of Mozart's birth), the Octagon replaced an older meeting-house dating from 1689, and gives a good idea of how socially…
A chance to see inside this unique Georgian chapel, and find out more about it - and about Unitarianism, if you wish.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1400
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1200-1600 (service at 1100)
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1400
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1200-1600 (service at 1100)
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
One More Thyme: a gardening fest
St. Margarets Church, 2 St. Margarets Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4TU
Event for adults and accompanied children, all ages. ____ Heavenly Gardens aspires to revitalise the medieval churchyards of Norwich to create an…
Come and plant some marigolds, lavender and thyme, meet our Heavenly Gardeners volunteers, learn about creative uses for medieval plants and the church repairs.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 10:00 - 16:00
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Oulton Chapel
Oulton Chapel, Hall Road, Oulton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6NU
Hidden away in the quiet lanes of the north Norfolk countryside, Oulton Chapel remains relatively unknown. This Grade II* listed chapel, owned by…
Come and visit this beautiful site and enjoy tours, tea and cakes from the Friends of Oulton Chapel.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Oulton Chapel: history and architecture
Oulton Chapel, Hall Road, Oulton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6NU
An Independent congregation was established at Oulton almost three hundred years ago and although the Chapel no longer witnesses regular services,…
A talk by architectural historian Richard Halsey outlining the history of Oulton Chapel and explaining the main changes that have been made over the years, including the Historic Norfolk restoration completed in 1991.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1130-1230
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Oxburgh Estate
Oxburgh Estate, Oxborough, Near Swaffham, Norwich, Norfolk, PE33 9PS
This year Oxburgh is pleased to be taking part in Heritage Open Day on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September. This means free entry to Oxburgh…
This year Oxburgh is pleased to be taking part in Heritage Open Day on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September. This means free entry to Oxburgh Estate for everyone.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: Estate open 9.30am to 5pm.
- Sunday 17 September: Estate open 9.30am to 5pm.
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Picture this! art and photography competition
Royal Arcade, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1NQ
The theme of this year's Heritage Open Days is ‘Creativity Unwrapped’ so we are running a competition to win a £50 voucher to spend in the…
On Monday 11 September we invite photographers and artists to come to the Royal Arcade Norwich to capture a creative interpretation of its heritage. A £50 voucher to spend in the Arcade is up for grabs for the judges' favourite.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 0800-1900
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Plantation Garden
Plantation Garden, 4 Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3DB
A chance to visit Plantation Garden free of charge throughout the day, from 0900-1800. with music from local musicians and afternoon tea…
A restored Victorian garden with a gothic fountain and Italianate terrace, formal planting and woodland walks.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 0900-1800
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Pubs of the Cathedral Quarter
Adam and Eve pub, 17 Bishopgate, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1RZ
Starting at possibly the oldest pub in Norwich, the Adam and Eve in Bishopgate and finishing at the oldest inn, the Maid’s Head on Tombland, we…
On this walking tour, learn about the pubs in this ancient area of Norwich starting at its oldest pub, the Adam and Eve, and ending at its oldest inn, the Maids Head.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Pull’s Ferry Watergate Room
Pull's Ferry, The Watergate Room, Ferry Lane, The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DZ
The 15th century Watergate Room, which is part of Pull's Ferry, is situated over the archway which leads from the Cathedral Close to the west bank…
Pull's Ferry is a well known, picturesque landmark on the banks of the River Wensum in Norwich. Come and visit the late medieval Watergate room and enjoy views of the Cathedral Close and the river Wensum.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1100-1600
- Saturday 9 September: 1100-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1600
- Friday 15 September: 1100-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1100-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Raveningham Hall
Raveningham Hall, Raveningham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6NS
A short tour of the public rooms at Raveningham Hall, given by the owner Sir Nicholas Bacon, This will include some of the Art…
We sincerely apologise for any disappointment, but all tours are now full.
Join us for a behind the scenes tour of Raveningham Hall.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: FULL
- Saturday 9 September: FULL
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Richard of Caister Medieval Pilgrimage
St. Stephens Church, Rampant Horse Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QP
Unknown to many people, Norwich was a centre of pilgrimage in the late medieval period. The medieval path starts at St Stephen's Church and takes…
Guided Medieval Pilgrimage walk around the city.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Rosary Cemetery
Rosary Cemetery, Rosary Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1RT
Set in Grade II* listed grounds, the cemetery encapsulates the history of Victorian Norwich. Internationally known members of the Colman, Jarrold…
A guided tour of the first non-denominational burial ground in the UK and the history of those non-conformists who helped create the Norwich we know today.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: Two tours at 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, at the University of East Anglia, Norwich
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Art Museum at the University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park, Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ
The Sainsbury Centre was the first public building designed by Norman Foster and was built in 1978. Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury donated their…
A tour of the Sainsbury Centre East End, Living Area and Crescent Wing with Head of Technical Services Roger Bishop.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1400 & 1500
- Friday 15 September: 1400 & 1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
Sainsbury Institute, 64 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures was founded in 1999 through the generosity of Sir Robert and Lisa Sainsbury.…
Learn more about the Sainsbury Institute, a research institute specialising in the arts and cultures of Japan in the heart of Cathedral Close.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 10:00-14:00; 15:00-16:00
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Set in Your Ways: Creativity Unwrapped!
The Courtyard Barn, Blickling Hall, Blickling, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6NF
Norwich Printing Museum is the largest dedicated printing museum still working in this country. Visitors do not participate usually but this year…
See Letterpress and Printing Methods in a working environment and take part.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1100-1500
- Saturday 9 September: 1100-1500
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1500
- Friday 15 September: 1100-1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1100-1500
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Shining a new light on St Mark’s Church Lakenham, Norwich
Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3HL
Throughout the festival we will be posting pictures and/or short videos of both the interior and the churchyard on Facebook. St Mark’s (1844)…
A virtual tour daily on Facebook of St Mark’s (1844), a Victorian church with a spectacular interior and its surrounding churchyard which is a haven for wildlife in a busy city suburb.
Event Times
- Available anytime
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Skills with Quills
The Archive Centre, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2DQ
Find out how illuminated manuscripts were created by looking at a range of materials used, including pickers, ink recipes, and parchment, and take…
Get creative with a range of inks and our quill pens to have a go at creating your very own Illuminated bookmark.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1200
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Slipstream ‘24
American Library, Millennium Library, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AW
Tibbenham, Norfolk was home to the 445th Bomb Group of the 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force, USAAF, from November 1943 until July 1945. Amongst…
A photographic reflection on World War II Operation Argument, “Big Week”, which ended on 25th February 1944.
The Royal Photographic Society East Anglia Documentary Group is presenting images of the Friendly Invasion then and now.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1700
- Saturday 9 September: 0900-1700
- Monday 11 September: 1000-1700
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1700
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1700
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1700
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1700
- Saturday 16 September: 0900-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Soundes of ye Undergrounde
The Shoebox Community Hub, 21-23 Castle Meadow, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3DH
The Shoebox Experiences will be joined by a talented local acoustic performer to bring our street alive with music from the past. Head underground…
The Shoebox Experiences brings you a unique event that's sure to be music to your ears. Quite literally! In the remains of the medieval hidden street beneath Castle Meadow, discover more about the history of music in Norwich through the ages.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 10am, 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm
- Tuesday 12 September: 10am, 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
St Andrew’s Church Norwich
St Andrew's Church, St Andrew's Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AQ
View the Dance of Death window (believed to be the only one in the UK), the panels remembering the Reformation and the elaborate Jacobean tomb of…
Visit this fine late medieval church building with memorials reflecting the history of church and nation.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1630
- Tuesday 12 September: 1430-1630, Tour 1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1430, Tour 1130
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Andrew’s Church, Eaton
St. Andrews Church, 41 Church Lane, Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 6NW
13th-century thatched church with a 15th-century perpendicular styled tower. There are medieval paintings (c.1370) in the re-ordered church. An…
Come and discover St Andrew's Church.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 10.00 - 16.00
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1300-1600
- Monday 11 September: 1000-1600
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1600
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1600
- Thursday 14 September: 1200-1600
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1300-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Augustine’s Church
St Augustine's , St Augustine' Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 3BY
The rare and distinctive seventeenth-century brick tower of St Augustine's is the only one of its kind in Norwich. This medieval city church, the…
The only seventeenth-century brick-towered church in Norwich.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 0900-1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Catherine’s Church
298 Aylsham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 2RJ
Grade II* listed building consecrated November 1936, with carved stone reredos, elaborately carved communion table and six bells - the oldest made…
Open day at this Grade II listed church, described as an architectural fusion of Romanesque and modern styles.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 0900-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Etheldreda’s Church
St. Etheldreda's Artists Studios, King Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1QH
The building is a beautiful, round-towered medieval church on its own grounds, situated opposite Wensum Lodge on King Street. It is managed by the…
St Etheldreda's Church on King Street found a new life in 1981 when it opened as an artists' studios complex. Restored in the Victorian period it still has medieval features. You are welcome to explore the building and meet the artists.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1700
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St John Maddermarket Norwich
St John Maddermarket Church, Pottergate , Norwich , Norfolk, NR2 1DS
Under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, this church is squeezed ingeniously into a cramped site. St John's is rather oddly…
St John Maddermarket Church in the heart of Norwich Lanes is a 500-year old city church with explosive history!
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1100-1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Mark’s Church, Lakenham, Norwich
St Mark's Church, Hall Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3HL
St Mark’s Church (1844) is a Victorian church altered at the beginning of the 20th Century and extensively restored in 2010 after receiving…
St Mark’s is a Victorian church with a spectacular interior, containing a gallery with a striking rood screen by Temple Moore, a war-memorial chapel with a Temple Moore reredos and some finely sculpted stations of the cross.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 0900-1700
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1300
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Martins Hall
The Wharf, St. Martins Hall Church, Oak Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 3AQ
The main hall of our beautiful music academy will be open to viewing to the public for the first time this year.
Access to view our main hall.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1030-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Mary Coslany Church, Norwich
St. Marys Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 3AF
St Mary Coslany has a claim to be one of the oldest of Norwich's medieval churches, as evidenced by its round tower, constructed in the late…
A chance to see inside one of the oldest of Norwich's medieval churches, now being developed as artist's studios and workshops and as a public arts gallery.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1100-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1100-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Pauls Hellesdon: Exploring Hellesdon’s Buildings
St. Pauls Church, Hawthorne Avenue, Norwich, Norfolk, NR6 6LD
St Paul is a most unusual church. It sits in the heart of the maze of residential streets in the centre of Hellesdon. The frontage is an elegant…
Learn about Hellesdon’s History. Set in a beautiful and unique Church, enjoy displays of photographs, maps, census information and artwork; with activities for all ages. Come and share your memories of Hellesdon’s icon buildings and amenities.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1200-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Peter Mancroft Bell Ringing Demonstration and Tower Tour
The Church of St. Peter Mancroft, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QZ
The MRDC celebrates the glory of St Peter Mancroft's bells which have sounded out across the city since they were cast in 1775. The tower and…
Visit the Mancroft Ringing Discovery Centre, enjoy a tower tour and watch a bellringing demonstration too.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1100
- Thursday 14 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
St Peter Parmentergate Church
Community East C I C, St. Peter Parmentergate Church, 76 King Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1PG
St Peter Parmentergate is one of 18 repurposed, medieval churches cared for by the Norwich Historic Churches Trust. With origins in the Saxon…
Visit the medieval, former church of St Peter Parmentergate, home to the 1623 Berney-Hobart monument. You will be able to view the 15th century font, which will be uncovered for the day.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Stephen’s Church
St. Stephens Church, Rampant Horse Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QP
St Stephen's church has stood on this site for nearly 900 years, however inside it is far from old and dusty! It houses a vibrant cafe, is staffed…
St Stephen's is a live and bustling medieval church in the centre of the city. It houses a popular and friendly cafe, as well as an active and dedicated Christian worshipping community.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1500
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1500
- Monday 11 September: 1000-1500
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1500
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1500
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1500
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St. James in Pockthorpe, Norwich - ‘In Four Lives’ Talk
Norwich Puppet Theatre, St. James, Whitefriars, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1TN
St. James' Church in Pockthorpe - In Four Lives Learn about the Church of St. James and the surrounding area through the lives of - Sir John…
Learn about the fascinating history of St. James' Church and the surrounding area of Pockthorpe in Norwich. Your guide will give a history of the area through the lives of four prominent people who lived there.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1130 & 1300
- Sunday 10 September: 1130 & 1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St. Michael’s Church, Langley
St. Michael's Church, The Avenues, Langley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6BJ
St. Michael's Church, Langley is a beautiful Grade I listed medieval church hidden in a wooded glade accessed across a field from the road. Once…
Langley Church is a Grade I listed medieval church dating from the 14C having its origins in Saxon times. It has many unique features including; magnificent stained glass, medieval wall paintings and monuments to the Beauchamp Proctor family
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1400-1630
- Sunday 17 September: 1400-1630
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Step into Dragon Hall
Dragon Hall, 115-123 King Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1QE
There will be lots to see and do! Enjoy short heritage talks, hands on arts activity, community projects and exploration of Dragon Hall. There…
Step into Dragon Hall to experience our shared heritage. Once a place of medieval commercial exchange, it is now home to stories told through the lens of community. Join us to explore and add pages to the next chapter of Dragon Hall's story.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: 1400-1800
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
Strangers & Tapestries - A Church Tour
St Peter Mancroft Church, Hay Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QQ
St Peter Mancroft contains a little known treasure hidden from everyday view! A large, elaborate tapestry dating back to the time of Queen…
During this tour you will learn more about and see this little known treasure - a large, elaborate tapestry dating back to the time of Elizabeth I.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1400
- Saturday 16 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Strangers’ Hall Museum
Strangers' Hall Museum, 4 Charing Cross, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4AL
Strangers' Hall is a historic house museum located in one of the city's most beguiling old buildings. Journey around this home of former wealthy…
Explore this beautiful historic house in the centre of Norwich.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1300-1630
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1300-1630
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Surrey House (Marble Hall Aviva)
Aviva plc, Surrey Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3GG
Members of the public will be able to enter the Surrey House (Marble Hall) to view the building and rooms at their leisure. These guided tours…
An opportunity to see the ground and first floor of Marble Hall, which will be open to the public to see.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: Tours: 0930, 1100, 1300 & 1430
- Friday 15 September: Tours: 0930, 1100, 1300 & 1430
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Tales of Cavaliers: Roundheads, Witchfinders and Pilgrim fathers
St. Peter Mancroft Church, Hay Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QQ
Dr Adrian Marsden goes beyond the city of Norwich and across the county of Norfolk to tell us some of these tales behind the tokens. There will be…
Seventeenth-century tokens were struck to supplement a shortage of small change in the 1650s and 1660s and are fascinating survivors of the men and women who had them made and their stories.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 11.00
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Textile Conservation Studio
Malthouse Barn, The Street, Oulton Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6AF
From costume to tapestries, state beds to ornate curtains, the team at the National Trust Textile Conservation Studio care and treat the most…
A rare opportunity to see important and unique historic textiles up close and personal and learn how they are cared for. The National Trust Textile Conservation Studio is offering four free tours to see conservation work in progress.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: Tours 1000, 1130, 1400 & 1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
The Bodies Down the Well
The Forum Trust Ltd, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
In this talk learn more about what has been learnt from the discovery of these skeletons about the mediaeval history of Norwich. DNA evidence…
Norwich Synagogue members, Peter Prinsley, MD, FRCS and Marian Prinsley, DL tell the story of the 17 skeletons of adults and children found in a dry well during the construction of the Chapelfield shopping centre in 2002
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
The Britons Arms
Britons Arms Coffee House, 9 Elm Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1HN
This remarkable and beautiful building was said originally to be a Beguinage (small religious community of women). It is one of the last thatched…
Guided tours of 14th Century a thatched, religious building of international importance. Situated in historic Elm Hill. Access to one of the largest used roof spaces in the city. The building recently re-opened as a coffee house.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1030 & 1400-1430
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1030 & 1400-1430
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1030
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1030 & 1400-1430
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1030 & 1400-1430
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1030 & 1400-1430
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
The Chapel
The Chapel, Wessex Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 2TJ
The Chapel was consecrated in 1879 to serve the needs of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital which was originally on this site from 1771. The Chapel…
The Chapel dates back to 1879 and was part of the original Norwich and Norfolk hospital. It remains largely the same, with its glorious Victorian stain glass windows. The Chapel is now operated as a community venue by St Stephen's Church.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1300-1500
- Sunday 17 September: 1300-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The City Club
The City Club, Bacon House, 33 Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1BN
Private gentlemens' club was founded in 1897. The building dates from around 1560 and has wonderful old beams and panels. The club is situated on…
The property was built for Henry Bacon, a merchant from the North Norfolk village of Worstead and was built in the 16th century. He was Mayor in 1557 and 1566.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Gleane Cup and Treasury of Norwich Civic Church
St Peter Mancroft Church, , Hay Hill,, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QE
The treasury’s display of precious metals and more, showcases the outstanding skills and workmanship of goldsmiths and silversmiths over the…
The Treasury of St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich contains many stunning items.
One of the most notable items being the magnificent “Gleane Cup”.
This is “a seriously not to be missed opportunity” to see this and other treasures displayed..
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1030-1500
- Saturday 9 September: 1030-1500
- Monday 11 September: 1030-1500
- Tuesday 12 September: 1030-1500
- Wednesday 13 September: 1030-1500
- Thursday 14 September: 1030-1500
- Friday 15 September: 1030-1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1030-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Great Hospital Tour
The Great Hospital, Bishopgate, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4EL
You'll see the seventeenth-century wards, preserved as they were when they were last occupied thirty years ago, with the splendid ceiling complete…
Visit our historic site and learn about the fascinating history of the Great Hospital, first established in 1249 and still used today as accommodation for those in need. Go inside the stunning heritage buildings spanning from Norman to modern times.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: Tour 1000 & 1230
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
The Halls
St. Andrews & Blackfriars Halls, St. Andrews Plain, St. Andrews Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AU
See areas of The Halls which are usually closed off to members of the public. These include the Nelson Room and the bell tower! These areas have…
See areas of The Halls which are usually closed off to members of the public. These include the Nelson Room and the bell tower!
Event Times
- Available anytime
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
We are sorry but this event has been CANCELLED
The History of Making and Mending
The Forum Trust Ltd, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
Joy Evitt has always found the development of clothing fascinating and wondered about how it all started. Technology has changed and now often…
Joy Evitt, from the Costume & Textile Association, looks at different cultures and some of the amazing clothes that have been designed and made over the centuries, as well as how items have been recycled and reused. ‘A lesson for today perhaps!’
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
The Norfolk Club
Norfolk Club, 17 Upper King Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1RB
The building at 17 Upper King Street was completed in the 18th Century and was founded on land that once formed part of the Greyfriars precinct. …
Explore the 250-year-old Club for one day only. The Norfolk Club is a private members club that is not open to the general public. The Club building is Georgian and was previously a home, a bank and a school before coming the Club.
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: Tours: 1000, 1100, 1500 & 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
The Old Meeting House, Colegate Norwich
Old Meeting House Congregational Church, Old Meeting House Yard, Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1BW
Join us on the 15th, 16th and 17th for an opportunity to see inside and outside this 1693 Chapel.
Discover the Old Meeting House, Colegate Norwich, this Heritage Open Days!
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1630
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1630
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1630
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Salvation Army, Norwich Citadel
The Salvation Army, 34 St. Giles Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1LL
Our volunteers will be delighted to show you round our building and give you some interesting information about the early day Salvation Army right…
A HIDDEN JEWELL in the centre of Norwich. Come and visit our beautiful Victorian building designed by Gilbert Scott. Amazing artifacts and social history from 1882 when the Salvation Army commenced in Norwich and people power ruled the day!
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1530
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The South Asia Collection
The South Asia Collection, 34-36 Bethel Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1NR
From intricate hand carved architectural features to everyday furniture, the former Victorian roller-skating rink is filled with exciting and…
Explore The South Asia Collection Museum housed in our beautiful grade II listed Victorian roller-skating rink. Our curatorial team will be on hand to chat about the museum and our exciting ongoing research projects within the UK and South Asia.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 0930-1700
- Saturday 9 September: 0930-1700
- Monday 11 September: 0930-1700
- Tuesday 12 September: 0930-1700
- Wednesday 13 September: 0930-1700
- Thursday 14 September: 0930-1700
- Friday 15 September: 0930-1700
- Saturday 16 September: 0930-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Story of the Old Skating Rink
The South Asia Collection, The Old Skating Rink, 34-36 Bethel Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1NR
The Old Skating Rink is a beautiful Victorian building designed and built by Norwich builders, with an airy hall and a huge wooden vaulted…
The Old Skating Rink lies in the heart of Norwich and is open to visit, but not many know the story of its remarkable survival. Join us to discover its interesting history and how it found new life as home to the unique South Asia Collection.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1100-1130
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
The Strangers Club
Strangers Club, 22-24 Elm Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1HG
Elm Hill is one of the oldest thoroughfares in Norwich. The earliest known record of occupation of a building situated where the Strangers Club…
Visit The Strangers' Club, formed over 90 years ago, not normally open to the public, situated in a building dating back to the 16th Century.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
The Victorian Influence
Anglia House, Agricultural Hall Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3JG
This tour starts outside the home of Anglia TV, where there are some majestic buildings to consider. It then follows down King Street and…
This tour will introduce you to the many impressive buildings on Prince of Wales Road, with contrasting views of King Street and Mountergate.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 1000
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Thorns DIY Paintings
R E Thorns & Co Ltd, 22 Exchange Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AT
Thorns DIY is one of the longest running Ironmongers in the UK. The building which Thorns resides used to be a hotel and is steeped in history.…
Thorns DIY was established in 1835 and the building itself is enriched in history. We are inviting visitors to look at some unusual paintings believed to date back to the 18th century located in our Tool Department.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 0900-1730
- Saturday 9 September: 0900-1730
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
- Monday 11 September: 0900-1730
- Tuesday 12 September: 0900-1730
- Wednesday 13 September: 0900-1730
- Thursday 14 September: 0900-1730
- Friday 15 September: 0900-1730
- Saturday 16 September: 0900-1730
- Sunday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Unwrap your creativity on Kett’s Heights
Kett's Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4EX
Whether you want to paint, sketch, photograph or write a poem, the Friends of Kett’s Heights will be on hand to help and encourage. You can also…
Kett’s Heights has been a source of creativity for centuries. Bring your sketching pad or camera and be inspired by the surroundings as well as the amazing view over Norwich. Families can join in making a Green Man sculpture from found materials.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1300-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Walk the Sweet Briar Marsh with the Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Norwich, Norfolk
Join NWT Sweet Briar Marshes warden, Matt for a fascinating stroll through Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s newest nature reserve. Discover how this…
Step back in time. Discover a natural gem with an industrial past.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 530 to 7 pm
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Water Under the Bridge
The Forum Trust Ltd, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
Matthew’s subtitle for his talk is Implementing Mr Collins' Masterplan. The talk will look at what was actually carried out through the City…
Speaker Matthew Williams will explore the background to the City Council’s 1920s dastardly plans for river widening. It was the original threat to Bishop Bridge that led to the formation of The Norwich Society.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
When the Medics Came to Norwich
The Forum Trust Ltd, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
When the Medics Came to Norwich – stories and scandal from the 42nd Annual Congress of the British Medical Association August 1874. With the…
Local author Phyllida Scrivens talks about when the good doctors of Great Britain, Europe and the World descended upon Norwich in August 1874, the city welcomed their status, knowledge and wealth with open arms.
Event Times
- Friday 15 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Young Heritage Collective present: Phantasmagoria ~ A Cornucopia of Creepiness
Norfolk County Council, Millennium Library, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AW
Join the Young Heritage Collective on the ground floor of the Millennium Library in Norwich as they display their research into mesmerism,…
Phantasmagoria explores the Victorian world of ghost photography. A National Lottery Heritage Fund and ERM CIC presentation.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1400-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
‘Creating the Cathedral’. A Guided Stroll around St John the Baptist Catholic Cathedral, Norwich.
Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Unthank Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 2PA
The Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist - the Mother Church of the Catholic Diocese of East Anglia - looks like the perfect example of a…
Our guided tour ‘Creating the Cathedral’ explains the motivations that drove the creation of our Cathedral, considered by many to be finest Gothic Revival Church in our country, and built between 1882 and 1910.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 12:00 and 15:00
- Saturday 9 September: 15:00
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
‘Creating the Cathedral’. Tower Tours at St John the Baptist Catholic Cathedral.
Cathedral House, Unthank Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 2PA
Our friendly volunteer guides will lead you up to the top of our tower, passing through the roof spaces and offering you new views of the interior…
This guided tour allows you (if you have the energy!) to climb the 150 feet (230 steps) to the top of our magnificent tower, where you will be rewarded with a fabulous view of our Cathedral and of the City of Norwich.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1100 & 1400 **FULLY BOOKED**
- Saturday 9 September: 1100 & 1400 **FULLY BOOKED**
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
“Success is not reserved for a selected group of people who have silver spoons in their mouths”
St. Peter Mancroft Church, Hay Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QQ
Over the course of 40 years, Colin and Sue Ticktum built up a collection of about 400 silver spoons dating from the Middle Ages to the 19th…
A very special exhibition highlighting some items from the "Ticktum Trust" collection of 400 silver spoons & other items, dating from Middle Ages to 19th century, including spoons made by craftsmen in Norwich as well as all over the British Isles.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1030-1500
- Saturday 9 September: 1030-1500
- Monday 11 September: 1030-1500
- Tuesday 12 September: 1030-1500
- Wednesday 13 September: 1030-1500
- Thursday 14 September: 1030-1500
- Friday 15 September: 1030-1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1030-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Sheringham Masonic Centre
The Masonic Centre, 36 Cromer Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8RR
This will be your opportunity to view the inside of a Masonic Lodge and rooms, which are not normally open to the general public. There will be a…
The building now houses several Masonic Lodges, but was originally the towns first Electric Cinema
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
We are sorry but this event has been CANCELLED
Sheringham Park – Saw Bench
National Trust, Wood Farm, Lodge Hill, Upper Sheringham, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8TL
Visit beautiful Sheringham Park and follow the red route through the woodland down to the Saw Bench. See inside the open saw bench, where our…
Join us down at the 1920’s Saw Bench open for this weekend only. Have a go at the cross cutting and learn about forestry through the ages.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1100-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Sheringham Park – Tumuli Walk
National Trust, Wood Farm, Lodge Hill, Upper Sheringham, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8TL
Join our Assistant Ranger Rupert Eris as he takes you on a walk through the estate to this is a rare and complex feature, comprising a Neolithic…
Due to Demand, we have added a 2pm tour on both dates!
Join our Assistant Ranger Rupert Eris as he takes you on a guided walk to Howe’s Hill, Tumuli, a Neolithic oval barrow with a bronze age round barrow on top.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1000 & 1400
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000 & 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Swaffham Methodist Church
1 London Street, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 7DD
The Wesleyan Methodist Church in Swaffham was built in 1813 and has an interesting history that will be available over the Open Days. There are…
Discover this Georgian building, which has undergone substantial refurbishment in recent years and now combines old and new to give an attractive and welcoming interior. A large mural along one wall provides much interest.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 0900-1700
- Sunday 10 September: 1200-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Ancient House Art Trail
Ancient House Museum, 21 White Hart Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1AD
Enjoy our sticker trail to discover all the works of art on display at Ancient House.
Explore Ancient House and find all the different types of art on display. Find them all to win a small prize.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1700
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life
Ancient House Museum, 21 White Hart Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1AD
A fine example of an early Tudor townhouse in East Anglia, the charming black and white Ancient House was opened as a museum in 1924, following…
Explore this charming black and white building known as the Ancient House for free. The museum is housed in Tudor merchant's house dating to about 1490 and tells the story of Thetford and the surrounding area of the Brecks.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1700
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Charles Burrell Museum
Minstergate, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1BN
The museum, housed in the original paint shop, tells the story of the world-famous traction engine manufacturer. The past is captured through…
A home to steam engines, with the Queen Mary undergoing exciting renovation this year. During WWI It was also a munitions factory staffed by women, explore their history, and experience the steam!
1000-1500
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Crime and Punishment tours
Thetford Town Council, Guildhall, Cage Lane, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2DS
Meet real life characters from the history of our Assizes courts and learn all about our bloody and gory history. not to be missed. Your chance…
Come and learn about the History of the Crime and punishment in the old Assizes court at the Guildhall
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1500-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1500-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 1500-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1500-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Dad’s Army Museum
Dads Army Museum, Guildhall, Cage Lane, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2DS
The Dad's Army Museum will once again be supporting Heritage Weekends. We will be open from 1000-1500 on both Saturdays.
Discover the Dad's Army Museum this Heritage Open Days.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Duleep Singh Family
Ancient House Museum, 21 White Hart Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1AD
Meet costumed characters, handle real historic artefacts, learning about the last Sikh ruler of Punjab, explore the museum created by an Indian…
Join us to find out about the extraordinary Duleep Singh family and their connections with Thetford and the museum.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
Former Atomic Weapons Bunker Tours
61G Gorse Industrial Estate, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PH
Keith and Margot Eldred will be giving tours of this Scheduled Monument to the Cold War, where the Atom bombs Blue Danube and Red Beard were…
Tour a Scheduled Monument to the Cold War, where the Atom bombs Blue Danube and Red Beard were maintained including a voluntary climb up a 25ft watchtower!
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1200 & 1300-1500
- Monday 11 September: 1000-1200 & 1300-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Kings House: Regalia Display
Thetford Town Council, Kings House, King Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2AT
The King’s House was used by James I as a hunting lodge and bears the royal coat of arms above the doorway. It was also noted by Bloomfield, the…
Thetford has 800 years of mayoralty and the regalia will be on display upstairs in the council chamber, along with other civic items. The sword and mace take pride of place within Thetfords Mayoral regalia.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1500
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Made by the River
Ancient House Museum, 21 White Hart Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1AD
This family-friendly exhibition explores the stories of making beer, malt, fertilizers, pulpware, and even coffee by the river in the 19th and…
Thetford’s traditional riverside industries made use of water for power, transportation and as a raw material for centuries. Meet costumed characters to find out about all the items made by river power in our town in the past.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1700
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
Medieval Coin Striking
Everything Thetford Information Centre & Gift Shop, 20 King Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2AP
Thetford had its own mint in the 10th Century and coins have been found as far afield as Scandinavia. Come and see how money was made in medieval…
Come and see how money was made in medieval times.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
We are sorry but this event has been CANCELLED
Our countries good and Shakespeare weekend
Thetford Town Council, Guildhall, Cage Lane, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2DS
With the Theme this year being Creativity Unwrapped we are bringing you two historic performances that fit in with the History of the Town - Our…
With the Theme this year being Creativity unwrapped we are bringing you two historic performances that fit in with the History of the Town - Our countries good and Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: First show 1400
- Sunday 17 September: First show 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
We are sorry but this event has been CANCELLED
Regency Lunch Time Concert
Thetford Town Council, Guildhall, Cage Lane, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2DS
Come and Join us as we enjoy the surrounding of the Guildhall, with a back drop of string music. Then join us afterwards in the tea room where you…
Join us at the guildhall for a Regency Lunch time Concert.
Event Times
- Monday 11 September: 1100-1200
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
The Flintknapper’s Garden - A Story of Thetford PLUS Local Makers
Everything Thetford Information Centre & Gift Shop, 20 King Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2AP
Discover the story of 'The Flintknapper's Garden - A Story of Thetford, when four 'crazy ladies' known as the Monday Morning Club from Thetford…
Discover what happened when four 'crazy ladies' from Thetford decided to enter a community garden in RHS Hampton Court Flower Show PLUS our local makers showcase garden themed makes.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Thomas Paine Hotel museum
Historical Thomas Paine Hotel, 33 White Hart Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1AA
You are welcome to come in and see our new Thomas Paine Museum, journey through Thomas Paine's life and learn things you never knew about this…
Thomas Paine is Thetford's famous son who wrote "Rights of Man". On display are his life-size portrait and other interesting memorabilia in the new Thomas Paine Museum that opened this spring! Join us as we journey through his life.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1200-2200
- Saturday 9 September: 1200-2200
- Sunday 10 September: 1200-2200
- Friday 15 September: 1200-2200
- Saturday 16 September: 1200-2200
- Sunday 17 September: 1200-2200
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Writers group and Choir sharing
Thetford Town Council, Guildhall, Cage Lane, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2DS
Come and join the Guildhall writers group and Guildhall Singers for an evening of New writing and songs from historical musicals. listen to poems…
Come and join the Guildhall Writers group and Guildhall Singers for an evening of New writing and songs from historical musicals.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1900
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Guided Tour of Drove Orchards fruit farm
Drove Orchards, Thornham, Norfolk, PE36 6LS
Planting in the Orchard began in 1950 and has steadily developed. Mr Andrew Jamieson took over from his father and will lead a tour of about one…
Join the owner of Drove Orchards, Mr Andrew Jamieson, on a tour of the 40-acre fruit farm, which contains some 160 varieties of apple trees.
Event Times
- Wednesday 13 September: 1100 & 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Pilgrim Tour and Talk
22 High Street, Walsingham, Norfolk, NR22 6AA
The National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady, Walsingham has received a most remarkable gift, from the estate of the late Peter Sibley. Peter…
The only Museum of the Blessed Virgin Mary in England is based on the High Street of Walsingham with a 6500 piece collection from the 5th Century onwards of Byzantine Crosses, Original Medieval Monastery Seals, Pilgrim Badges, statues and more.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1100-1500. Tour and talk on the hour
- Saturday 9 September: 1100-1500. Tour and talk on the hour
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1500. Tour and talk on the hour
- Monday 11 September: 1100-1500. Tour and talk on the hour
- Tuesday 12 September: 1100-1500. Tour and talk on the hour
- Wednesday 13 September: 1100-1500. Tour and talk on the hour
- Thursday 14 September: 1100-1500. Tour and talk on the hour
- Friday 15 September: 1100-1500. Tour and talk on the hour
- Saturday 16 September: 1100-1500. Tour and talk on the hour
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1500. Tour and talk on the hour
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Seraphims Guided tour of Chapel icons and gallery and quiet garden
St Seraphims Trust, St. Seraphims, Station Road, Walsingham, Norfolk, NR22 6EB
St Seraphim's in Little Walsingham comprises the former railway station and garden, with an Orthodox Christian chapel in the former gentlemen's…
Visitors will have a guided tour of the chapel icons, heritage gallery and Quiet garden, with refreshments after the tour.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1400
- Wednesday 13 September: 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Walsingham Methodist Chapel
High Street, Walsingham, Norfolk, NR22 6BY
John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, visited Walsingham in 1781. Subsequently, construction of a meeting place started in 1793 and…
Visit and see a largely unspoilt 18th Century Methodist Chapel in historic Walsingham. Soak in the atmosphere and see our displays.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
- Tuesday 12 September: 1000-1400
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Becket’s Chapel with Art Exhibition - Part of Wymondham Vintage Day!
Becket’s Chapel, 2 Church Street, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0PH
This is the second oldest building in Wymondham founded in the late 12th century, newly renovated by Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust. Learn…
See the unusual hammerbeam roof and highly decorated arch in this 14th century building. Having been a chapel, school and library, it is now a community arts centre. There will be an exhibition by Breckland Artists, talks and discovery activities.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1600. Building exploration: 1130-1200, Talk: 1400-1420, Building dating masterclass: 1500-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Browick Road Community Orchard Heritage Fruit Collection (part of Wymondham Vintage Day)
Browick Road Recreation Ground, Browick Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0QW
Started in Autumn 2021 the project was to create a community orchard for Wymondham by planting a collection of local heritage variety fruit trees…
Come and visit a community orchard and forest garden being created by enthusiastic volunteers on a neglected area of land near an industrial estate carpark. There are already 36 local heritage fruit trees planted, with more to come.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Eight centuries of history: the evolution of Becket’s Chapel
Beckets Chapel, 4 Church Street, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0PH
Becket’s Chapel has been at the heart of Wymondham life for over 800 years but by 2018 it was in a sorry state of repair and on Historic…
A talk by architectural historian Richard Halsey on the history of Becket's Chapel, Wymondham, including new material discovered during the chapel's recent repair and renovation programme.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: Talk: 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Guided Tour of Wymondham with Ethel Gooch (part of Wymondham Vintage Day)
Wymondham Market Cross, Market Place, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0AX
Mrs Ethel Gooch will tell you about the changes to the town in her lifetime, her work in the local community and as the wife of a prominent…
Mrs Gooch will take you round Wymondham town in 1952.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: Tour 1100, 1300, 1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
Tolls Meadow (part of Wymondham Vintage Day)
Tolls Meadow, Cemetry Lane, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0BN
Tolls Meadow is 4.5 acres of species rich, wet meadow and woodland situated in a gentle valley on either side of the River Tiffey on the…
Come and discover heritage land management in action.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Wymondham Abbey
Church Street, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0PH
In 1107, William d’Aubigny from Normandy founded a Benedictine monastery here as a ‘daughter house’ of the great St Alban’s Abbey. The…
Wymondham Abbey is among the most magnificent churches in East Anglia.
• admire the magnificent interior;
• browse displays on the church's fascinating history;
• hourly guided tours;
• bell tower tours;
• displays from our extensive archives.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 10:00 - 16:00 - no tours
- Saturday 9 September: 10:00 - 16:00 - no tours
- Sunday 10 September: 10:00 - 16:00 - no tours
- Monday 11 September: 10:00 - 16:00 - no tours
- Tuesday 12 September: 10:00 - 16:00 - no tours
- Wednesday 13 September: 10:00 - 16:00
- Thursday 14 September: 10:00 - 16:00 - no tours
- Friday 15 September: 10:00 - 16:00 - no tours
- Saturday 16 September: 10:00 - 16:00; Hourly tours of the church.
- Sunday 17 September: 11:45 - 16:00; hourly tours of the church; three bell tower tours
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Wymondham Vintage Day
Wymondham Town Centre, Wymondham, Norfolk
Heritage bus park and ride, heritage apple trees, land management of Tolls Meadow, Wymondham Heritage Museum, Wymondham Market Cross, Wymondham…
Come and explore the market town of Wymondham and its heritage sites. Learn about the history of Wymondham, browse classic cars and market stalls, discover heritage land management techniques, relax in our town and picnic along the river Tiffey.
Event Times
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable