Norfolk Events
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'Heritage Heverland Festival' - Launch and Open Day
Sat 13 Sep 25
Haveringland Church, off Norwich Road,, Haveringland, Norwich NR10 4PW
Heritage Open Day: An open day with a talk, screenings, displays and activities about Haveringland's Heritage- especially the Festival Church...
Visit the Cemetary Chapel in Dereham
Sat 13 Sep 25
Dereham Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Dereham NR19 2ET
Heritage Open Day: The Chapel in Dereham Cemetery is not usually open to visitors, but during the HODs weekend, we will be open for you to see inside...
St Mary Coslany Church
Fri 12 Sep 25
St. Marys Church, St. Marys Plain, Norwich NR3 3AF
Heritage Open Day: Oldest round tower church in Norwich, dating from late 11th century. Norwich School painter John Crome married here in 1792...
The Fakenham Gasworks Museum
Fri 12 Sep 25
The Fakenham Gasworks Museum, Hempton Rd., Fakenham NR21 7LA
Heritage Open Day: One of the last intact gas works left in the world, see how 'Town Gas' was made with displays of some of the gas...
Through the Eyes of a Child
Fri 12 Sep 25
St. John's Church, Broad Street, Harleston IP20 9AZ
Heritage Open Day: Artwork created by children from the local school will be on display throughout the town...
Mander Auctioneers & Valuers: Valuation Day
Fri 12 Sep 25
St. Marys Church, St. Marys Plain, Norwich NR3 3AF
Heritage Open Day: Visit St Mary Coslany Church in Norwich, a round tower church dating from the 11th century, now home to Mander Auctioneers &...
Walsingham Methodist Chapel
Fri 12 Sep 25
High Street, Walsingham NR22 6BY
Heritage Open Day: Visit and see a largely unspoilt 18th Century Methodist Chapel in historic Walsingham...
Cromer Signal Box
Fri 12 Sep 25
North Norfolk Retail Park, Holt Road, Cromer NR27 9ST
Heritage Open Day: A signal box where visitors can operate levers and see signals and points work. The Signal Box was decommissioned in 2000 after 78...
Spectacular Bridges
Fri 12 Sep 25
St. John's Church, Broad Street, Harleston IP20 9AZ
Heritage Open Day: A display of artwork created by children from the local school. Join us at St. John's Church to enjoy an exhibition of...
The Fishermen's Hospital Almshouse Great Yarmouth
Fri 12 Sep 25
No 8, Fishermen's Cottage, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth NR30 1ND
Heritage Open Day: Built in 1702, for ‘decayed’ fishermen, these splendid almshouses are at the north end of the marketplace...
Visit our peaceful round towered church & eco friendly churchyard
Fri 12 Sep 25
All Saints Church, Church Lane, Hemblington NR13 4EF
Heritage Open Day: Discover a delightful Grade I-listed, round-towered medieval church building which overlooks the rolling fields that surround the...
The Doors of Harleston
Fri 12 Sep 25
8 Exchange Street, Harleston IP20 9AB
Heritage Open Day: This unique exhibition will showcase the rich history and craftsmanship of the town’s historic doorways, highlighting their...
Build a Mini Town
Fri 12 Sep 25
Harleston Library, Swan Lane, Harleston IP20 9AW
Heritage Open Day: Join us and help create our own Mini Town with our ongoing papercraft activity, suitable for all ages...
Finding the Hall Houses
Fri 12 Sep 25
Market Place, Harleston IP20 9AD
Heritage Open Day: Follow a trail of buildings in the town centre discovering well disguised historic Hall Houses...
St Mary Magdalene Church, Norwich
Fri 12 Sep 25
Silver Road, Norwich NR3 4TF
Heritage Open Day: St Mary Magdalene, built in 1903, serves a parish that includes Mousehold Heath and the Silver Road area...
NHS music night
Fri 12 Sep 25
Snettisham Memorial Hall, Snettisham Memorial Hall
Old Church Road
Norfolk PE31 7LX
music night being held for the Stroke ward at the king's Lynn hospital
food included
bring your owe drinks
always a great...
Pull's Ferry Norwich
Fri 12 Sep 25
Pull's Ferry, Ferry Lane, Norwich NR1 4DH
Heritage Open Day: Come and find out about the history of Pull's Ferry and see inside the Watergate room...
Architecture in Print
Fri 12 Sep 25
Blickling Hall, Blickling, Norwich NR11 6NF
Heritage Open Day: The collections of Norwich Printing Museum will be on display at Blickling Hall, while Student Residents will create new printed...
Brancaster Staithe Sea Shanty Festival
Fri 12 Sep 25
Deepdale Camping & Rooms
Deepdale Farm
Burnham Deepdale PE31 8DD
Sea shanty groups from across the UK gathering in Brancaster Staithe for a weekend of live music, singing songs for the sea.
Norfolk Photography Workshop | Cromer to Hunstanton
Fri 12 Sep 25
Blakeney, , United Kingdom NR25 7ND
Norfolk Photography Workshop abandoned boats, windmills, nature reserves, dunes, coastal erosion, estuaries, harbours and seascapes. | North Norfolk
70's DISCO
Fri 12 Sep 25
Canary Social Club, 104 Thorpe Rd, Norwich NR1 1RT
A night full of non stop dance tunes from the 70's that filled the clubs and discotheques around the world, when life was full of glitter &...
Riversdale - Over the years
Fri 12 Sep 25
Riversdale, Tanner Street, Thetford IP24 2BQ
Heritage Open Day: Step inside this historic gem and explore the rich story of a house that has stood proudly by the river since 1847...
Julian of Norwich Reading and Guided Tour
Fri 12 Sep 25
St Julian's Church, Rouen Road, Norwich NR1 1QT
Heritage Open Day: Come and discover the earliest female author in English, and the history of the Julian Shrine in Norwich...
155 years of continuous play
Fri 12 Sep 25
30 Trafford Road, Norwich NR1 2QW
Heritage Open Day: Come and see one of Norwich’s ‘hidden gems’ where outdoor bowls has been played for 155 years...
'Tongues of fire' - The Windows of the South Transept at St John's
Fri 12 Sep 25
Cathedral House, Unthank Road, Norwich NR2 2PA
Heritage Open Day: Join us for a talk that discusses the stained glass in the windows of the South Transept...
Norwich Arts Centre
Fri 12 Sep 25
51 St. Benedicts Street, Norwich NR2 4PG
Heritage Open Day: See inside the award-winning multi-arts venue housed within a Grade 1 listed deconsecrated church...
The Lost Country Houses of Norfolk
Fri 12 Sep 25
The City Bookshop, 10 Davey Place, Norwich NR2 1PQ
Heritage Open Day: A free exhibition showing some of the 80 or more mansions and large country houses lost to Norfolk in the past 150 years...
Behind the Scenes Corn Hall!
Fri 12 Sep 25
The Corn Hall, St. Nicholas Street, Diss IP22 4LB
Heritage Open Day: Join us at The Corn Hall Diss this Heritage Open Days on a guided tour and discover its hidden heritage...
Anna Sewell House
Fri 12 Sep 25
26 Church Plain, Great Yarmouth NR30 1NE
Heritage Open Day: Anna Sewell House in Great Yarmouth is the birthplace of the Black Beauty Author Anna Sewell...
Edwardian Pleasure Wherry Hathor at How Hill House, Ludham
Fri 12 Sep 25
How Hill Trust, How Hill House, How Hill Road, Ludham NR29 5PG
Heritage Open Day: Step aboard a famous Norfolk Pleasure Wherry, built in 1905, learn about her Egyptian themed interior and experience the plush...
The Jewel in the Crown of Great Yarmouth Seafront
Fri 12 Sep 25
The Royal Assembly Rooms, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth NR30 3JH
Heritage Open Day: Discover the jewel in the crown of Great Yarmouth’s seafront. Find out about the royal connections on a tour of The Royal...
South Walsham - St Mary's Church
Fri 12 Sep 25
The Street, South Walsham, Norwich NR13 6DQ
Heritage Open Day: Discover a medieval church full of interesting features. Two churches in the same churchyard is an unusual feature The Church...
Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum
Fri 12 Sep 25
St. Withburga Lane, Dereham NR19 1ED
Heritage Open Day: A little gem of a museum housed in Dereham's oldest domestic building, a row of three thatched cottages that survived a town...
Historical Town Centre Free Church
Fri 12 Sep 25
Cowper Memorial Congregational Church, 36 Market Place, Dereham NR19 2AP
Heritage Open Day: The Cowper Memorial Congregational Church, located between Boots and the Coop Supermarket, is locally known by Dereham residents...
A Small Exhibition of Norfolk Related Silver Including some Copies of the Norwich Civic Plate
Fri 12 Sep 25
St Peter Mancroft Church, Hay Hill, Norwich NR2 1QQ
Heritage Open Day: This small exhibition explores the owners and lives of some of these objects, which were used for celebration by the public in...
The 25th Norwich Print Fair
Fri 12 Sep 25
St Margarets Gallery, St Benedicts Street, Norwich NR2 4TU
Heritage Open Day: The 25th Norwich Print Fair returns to its beloved home, the Grade I listed Medieval Church of St Margarets...
Silver Wings: The US Army Air Forces in WWII Norfolk
Fri 12 Sep 25
The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich NR2 1TF
Heritage Open Day: 80 years after the end of WWII, a war predominantly no longer remembered within living memory, a new project comes to Norfolk...
Celebrating Wensum Lodge. A legacy of Adult Education
Fri 12 Sep 25
The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DQ
Heritage Open Day: Exhibition relating the story of Wensum Lodge and its importance as a centre for adult education across an enormous range of...
St Nicholas Church, Dereham
Fri 12 Sep 25
St Nicholas Church, Church Street, Dereham NR19 1DN
Heritage Open Day: Exploring the medieval painted ceilings of 1430 and 1470. The church has launched a building project to install toilets,...
St Giles Church, Norwich
Fri 12 Sep 25
St Giles church, 75 Upper St Giles Street, Norwich NR2 1AB
Heritage Open Day: With a 15th century brass lectern and the tallest church tower in Norwich, this striking medieval building is not to be missed...
Lydia Eva YH89 Steam Drifter
Fri 12 Sep 25
20-21 South Quay, Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG
Heritage Open Day: The Lydia Eva is Great Yarmouth's last steam drifter. Built in 1930 she acts as a floating museum of the town's...
DISS - A TALE OF TWO POETS
Fri 12 Sep 25
Diss Museum, The Shambles, 4 Market Place, Diss IP22 4AB
Heritage Open Day: Heritage Week in Diss will allow you to follow in the footsteps of two famous but very different poets, John Skelton and Sir John...
A window on the past
Fri 12 Sep 25
Aylsham Heritage Centre, Market Place, Aylsham NR11 6EH
Heritage Open Day: Pubs to barbers, outfitters to book shops - discover the shops of yesterday's Aylsham through the windows of the shops...
Building on the past! The Salvation Army, Norwich Citadel
Fri 12 Sep 25
34 St. Giles Street, Norwich NR2 1LL
Heritage Open Day: A HIDDEN JEWEL in the heart of the Norwich. Come and visit our beautiful building opened in 1892 and designed by A F Scott...
St Andrews Church
Fri 12 Sep 25
Church Road, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth NR31 6LR
Heritage Open Day: Access to historical church, slide show of the church history and many interesting features...
Thorns DIY Paintings
Fri 12 Sep 25
Thorns, 22 Exchange Street, Norwich NR2 1AT
Heritage Open Day: Thorns DIY was established in 1835 and the building itself is enriched in history. We are inviting visitors to look at some...
NHCT Archive opening event
Fri 12 Sep 25
St. Martin At Palace Centre, 15 St. Martin At Palace Plain, Norwich NR3 1RW
Heritage Open Day: Join us to celebrate the official opening of The Norwich Historic Churches Trust archive, in partnership with the Norfolk Record...
Dereham Windmill
Fri 12 Sep 25
Dereham Windmill, Greenfields Road, Dereham NR20 3TE
Heritage Open Day: Dereham Windmill is a Grade II listed windmill set in extensive grounds with a picnic area...
The Norfolk Naval Pillar
Fri 12 Sep 25
Monument Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 3PX
Heritage Open Day: Also known locally as Nelson’s Monument. Completed in 1817, it is a tribute to the life and achievements of Vice-Admiral Lord...
We're going on an architecture hunt!
Fri 12 Sep 25
Aylsham Heritage Centre, Market Place, Aylsham NR11 6EH
Heritage Open Day: Get your building binoculars on! Unusual bricks, odd shaped windows, interesting engravings ......
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Things to do around Norfolk
If you're planning a day out in Norfolk, here are some delightful activities to consider:
1. Clap with the Seals at Blakeney Nature Reserve: Head to the north coast of Norfolk and explore the Blakeney Nature Reserve. This picturesque area features salt marshes, tidal mudflats, sand dunes, and farmland. You'll be treated to close-up views of seals lounging lazily on shingled beaches. Take a guided tour to witness these adorable creatures in their natural habitat.
2. Wander the Postcard-Perfect Norwich Cathedral Quarter: Capture some stunning photos in Norwich's Cathedral Quarter. Explore the historic streets, admire the impressive architecture, and soak in the charming atmosphere. Don't miss the opportunity to visit Norwich Cathedral itself, a magnificent medieval masterpiece.
3. Walk Along Cromer Pier: Head to Cromer and stroll along its iconic pier. Enjoy panoramic views of the North Sea, breathe in the fresh sea air, and perhaps treat yourself to some traditional fish and chips. The pier also hosts events and shows, making it a lively spot for visitors.
4. Learn About Norfolk's History at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery: Dive into Norfolk's past at the Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery. Explore fascinating exhibits, discover local history, and appreciate the art collections. The castle itself is an impressive Norman structure, offering both educational and aesthetic experiences.
5. Visit the Sea Life Centre in Great Yarmouth: If you're a fan of marine life, head to the Sea Life Centre in Great Yarmouth. Get up close to fascinating sea creatures, learn about conservation efforts, and enjoy interactive displays. It's a fun and educational experience for all ages.
Remember, Norfolk has something for everyone – from natural beauty to historical sites and family-friendly attractions. Enjoy your day out exploring this charming county!
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1. Clap with the Seals at Blakeney Nature Reserve: Head to the north coast of Norfolk and explore the Blakeney Nature Reserve. This picturesque area features salt marshes, tidal mudflats, sand dunes, and farmland. You'll be treated to close-up views of seals lounging lazily on shingled beaches. Take a guided tour to witness these adorable creatures in their natural habitat.
2. Wander the Postcard-Perfect Norwich Cathedral Quarter: Capture some stunning photos in Norwich's Cathedral Quarter. Explore the historic streets, admire the impressive architecture, and soak in the charming atmosphere. Don't miss the opportunity to visit Norwich Cathedral itself, a magnificent medieval masterpiece.
3. Walk Along Cromer Pier: Head to Cromer and stroll along its iconic pier. Enjoy panoramic views of the North Sea, breathe in the fresh sea air, and perhaps treat yourself to some traditional fish and chips. The pier also hosts events and shows, making it a lively spot for visitors.
4. Learn About Norfolk's History at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery: Dive into Norfolk's past at the Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery. Explore fascinating exhibits, discover local history, and appreciate the art collections. The castle itself is an impressive Norman structure, offering both educational and aesthetic experiences.
5. Visit the Sea Life Centre in Great Yarmouth: If you're a fan of marine life, head to the Sea Life Centre in Great Yarmouth. Get up close to fascinating sea creatures, learn about conservation efforts, and enjoy interactive displays. It's a fun and educational experience for all ages.
Remember, Norfolk has something for everyone – from natural beauty to historical sites and family-friendly attractions. Enjoy your day out exploring this charming county!