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Norfolk

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

Binham

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

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Baconsthorpe Castle

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

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Blakeney Guildhall

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

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Burgh Castle Roman Fort

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

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Caister Roman Site

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

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Creake Abbey

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

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St Olave's Priory

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

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Weeting Castle

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

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Castle Rising Castle

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

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Grime's Graves

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

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Berney Arms Windmill

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

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Castle Acre Castle and town walls

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

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Felbrigg Hall

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

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Horsey Windpump

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

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Oxburgh Hall

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

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Peckover House and Garden

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

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Sheringham Park

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

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Blickling Hall

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

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Castle Acre Priory

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

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Blakeney Point

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

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Denton Castle

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

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Thetford Priory

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

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Great Yarmouth Grey Friary

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

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  • norfolk.gov.uk
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