Norfolk

Properties and events in Norfolk

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"A Wasteland or a People's Park"

The Pavilion, Gurney Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4HW
In person
Pre-booking required

“A Wasteland or a People’s Park?” This walk will demonstrate how it became neither and explore the transition from a disputed and quarried common to a beloved green space for the whole city.

"Coast and Country" - An exhibition of oil paintings

All Saints Church, Church Lane, Hemblington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4EF
In person
Pre-booking not required

"Coast and Country" - a unique exhibition of oil paintings by John S Applegate over the weekend of 12th and 13th September. Refreshments available.

10 Tuesday Market Place

10 Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1AX
In person
Pre-booking not required

Hidden from view - a secret arch and garden.

156 years of continuous play

Victoria Bowling Club, 30 Trafford Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2QW
In person
Pre-booking not required

Come and see one of Norwich’s ‘hidden gems’ where outdoor bowls has been played for 156 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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Pre-booking not required

Visit a fine town house.

28-32 King Street

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

50 Years of the National Trust Textile Conservation Studio

Blickling Hall, Blickling, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6NF
In person
Pre-booking not required

Celebrate 50 years of the National Trust's Textile Conservation Studio. Discover how a volunteer initiative grew into a professional studio conserving historic textiles from National Trust properties nationwide.

500 Years of the Swan

The Swan Hotel, 19 The Thoroughfare, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 9AS
In person
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Hear the tale of a pub which was built with funds earned through treachery and betrayal, and the stories it can tell in its long and varied life.

A Black History of Norwich

St Peter Mancroft, Hay Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1QQ
In person
Pre-booking required

Paul Dickson’s talk celebrates the diverse contribution of black people to the history of Norwich

A Step in Time - Walking Tour

St Peter's Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1NH
In person
Pre-booking required

A Step in Time is a guided tour looking at the public clocks, and some sundials, on display on the buildings of Norwich.

A walk around the site of Griffin Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, boatyards and Tin Town

Broads Authority, The Dockyard, Griffin Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 0SL
In person
Pre-booking required

The boatyards and Tin Town grew up around the historic Hobrough dockyard that had been established in the late 1800s. In 1961 parcels of the surrounding marshland were let or sold off and new boatyards and communities were created there.

A.F. Scott the individualist and his architecture: Swedenborgian Chapel

Swedenborgian Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3EF
In person
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 Norwich & beyond

All Saints Church, Hemblington - Small group tours of the interior and exterior of the church

All Saints Church, Church Lane, Hemblington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4EF
In person
Pre-booking required

Come and find out more about this small flint Medieval round towered church with its unique nationally important St Christopher wall painting along with a regionally important font with an eco-friendly managed churchyard.

All Saints Church, North Runcton

KIng's Staithe Square, King's Lynn, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JE
In person
Pre-booking not required

New in 2026 is the beautiful Church of All Saints in North Runcton. A few miles out of King's Lynn, but well worth the visit.

All Saints' Church

All Saints' Church, Hillington Square, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4EQ
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Unique anchorhold. The oldest church in King's Lynn.

An Evening of Dickens — a free dramatic reading

The Halls, St Andrew's Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AU
In person
Pre-booking required

Step gently back in time and join us for a most enchanting evening of words, candlelight, and theatrical delight… 165 years after Dickens himself performed at The Halls.

Anna Sewell House

Anna Sewell House, 26 Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1NE
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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.

Architecture at the Sainsbury Centre and Sculpture Park

Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia, Norfolk Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ
In person
Pre-booking required

Join us for a unique architectural tour of the iconic Sainsbury Centre and the surrounding Sculpture Park, including a behind-the-scenes exclusive look at the famous Crescent Wing corridor!

Assyria to the Atlantic - A Norwich Sculpture Trail

City Hall, St Peter's Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1NH
In person
Pre-booking required

A Norwich Sculpture Trail from City Hall Lions to Barbara Hepworth's Atlantic.

AudaTours Norwich Audio Tour: At Work

St George's Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1BL
Online & In person
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Norwich Audio Tour: At Work follows 17 stops from Strangers' Hall to Dragon Hall, tracing weavers, clerks, shoemakers, bargees and merchants through the city’s one-square-mile working past.