Norfolk

Properties and events in Norfolk

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'Heritage Heverland Festival' - Launch and Open Day

Haveringland Church, off Norwich Road,, Haveringland, Norwich, Norfolk, NR10 4PW
In person
Pre-booking not required

An open day with a talk, screenings, displays and activities about Haveringland's Heritage- especially the Festival Church and Community Hub,a Victorian rebuild and recent repair and improvement project. Fun times for all the family!

'Tongues of fire' - The Windows of the South Transept at St John's

Cathedral House, Unthank Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 2PA
In person
Pre-booking not required

Join us for a talk that discusses the stained glass in the windows of the South Transept. Designed by Dunstan Powell in the early 1900s, these windows depict a wide variety of subjects, from the Old and New Testament, as well as from English history.

‘Nothing fills a hole like a Double Decker’

Cathedral House, Unthank Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 2PA
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In 1988 a bus fell into a hole in Earlham Road, around 120 yards from the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist. Come and find out the history of this event, and how it relates to the story of the Cathedral site from the medieval period to the present.

"Next train's gone..."

County School, North Elmham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5LE
In person
Pre-booking not required

Visit County School Station - the only one on the MNR that was built in the distinctive Great Eastern Railway architectural style. Explore the station, discover the history of the Watts Naval School, and see a miniature railway in action.

“Symbolism at Blickling Hall in the Tudor-Stuart Age of Symbolism”.

Aylsham Heritage Centre, Market Place, Aylsham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6EH
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Pre-booking required

Blickling Hall is a wonderful collection of obvious and not so obvious symbolism that was itself part of the wider world of Tudor-Stuart symbolism. Historian Dr Victor Morgan reveals some of the meaning that have been lost over the centuries.

10 Tuesday Market Place

10 Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1AX
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Hidden from view - a secret arch and garden.

155 years of continuous play

30 Trafford Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2QW
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Come and see one of Norwich’s ‘hidden gems’ where outdoor bowls has been played for 155 years. Active club in delightful garden setting with an interesting thatched summer house.

19 Tuesday Market Place

19, Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4EQ
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Visit a fine town house.

200 Years of the RNLI in film

Cinema City, St Andrews Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4AD
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Pre-booking not required

Come and see films showing the work of the RNLI saving lives at sea over the last 200 years. Join us for films, games, entertainment and activities for all ages at Cinema City, Norwich.

28-32 King Street

28-32, King Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1HQ
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View this house with its Norman interior. The oldest secular house in King's Lynn.

80th VE/VJ days commemoration event: Discover the Girl Guides secret army

Girlguiding Norfolk Archive Resource Centre, 14 Great Hautbois Road, Coltishall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 7JN
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Pre-booking not required

As part of 80th VE/VJ commemorations learn about the Guide International Service (G.I.S.); Guide leaders who formed an Army of Goodwill, amongst the first relief workers into Europe, including Bergen-Belsen, and Malaya at the end of World War II.

8th Air Force Ground Support: The Men Who Kept the Planes Flying

The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF
In person
Pre-booking required

Discover how aircraft maintenance crews prepared planes for missions and kept the aerial armada in the sky in this lecture by Dr John Curatola, National WWII Museum, USA.

A History of Ancient House in 100 Objects Exhibition

21 White Hart Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1AD
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A History of Ancient House in 100 Objects is a community-curated exhibition to celebrate the museum's fascinating and eclectic collection - from a 100,000-year-old hand axe to a 1990s Skid Lid bike helmet, and anything and everything in between!

A photographic exhibition to celebrate the architecture of George Skipper and A.F. Scott in Cromer

Cromer Museum, 4, Tucker Street, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9HB
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Architectural photographer Robert Bilbie showcases his work of two architects, George Skipper (1856-1948) and A.F. Scott (1854-1936) who have left a legacy of prominent buildings in Cromer

A Sensory Home

Carrow House, 301, King Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2TG
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Visit the Frozen Light and Musical Keys Sensory Home at Carrow House! Explore the theatrical Museum of Spirals, enjoy a cuppa, and experience a musical wonderland—fully accessible and open to all. A creative, inclusive space on Floor 3.

A Small Exhibition of Norfolk Related Silver Including some Copies of the Norwich Civic Plate

St Peter Mancroft Church, Hay Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QQ
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This small exhibition explores the owners and lives of some of these objects, which were used for celebration by the public in both Civic and Church settings.

A Victorian Railway

The Swan Hotel, 19 The Thoroughfare, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 9AS
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An 00 gauge running model of the Harleston Railway Station and Yard.

A Walk Through Wartime Norwich

Upper Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DH
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Pre-booking required

Join this walking tour as we consider the city's preparation for hostilities during World War Two; how the inhabitants coped with aerial bombardments and daily life thereafter including the impact of the Friendly Invasion.

A window on the past

Aylsham Heritage Centre, Market Place, Aylsham, Aylsham, Norfolk, NR11 6EH
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Pubs to barbers, outfitters to book shops - discover the shops of yesterday's Aylsham through the windows of the shops today's Aylsham. Some of shops are displaying photos of their shops from the past. Pick up a trail to find them all.

A.F. Scott the individualist & his architecture: Cromer Museum

Cromer Museum, Tucker Street, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9HB
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Pre-booking required

Architect A.F. Scott (1854-1936) designed from the traditional to reinforced concrete. His great-granddaughter tells how his religious beliefs, independent travels & fantastic knowledge of structural engineering informed his work in Cromer & beyond