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Strattons Hotel Wins Gold
(30 April 2008)
Strattons Hotel in Swaffham was awarded gold last week in the new Sustainable Tourism category at VisitBritains 2008 Enjoy England Awards for Excellence. This luxurious boutique hotel has been quietly working to reduce its impact on the environment since its opening in 1990.
Strattons has won many environmental awards over the past few years and the owners are adamant that quality need not be compromised in order to be environmentally aware.
Click here for more information www.strattons-hotel.co.uk
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Lady Hamilton visits The Lord Nelson
(30 April 2008)
The Lord Nelson, Burnham Thorpe, was honoured on 26 April, by a birthday visit from Lady Emma Hamilton and two of her maids. Lady Hamilton, landlady Jo Alper, was wearing a costume similar to that worn by Lady Hamilton for her portrait as a shepherdess by George Romney. Her maids, Charlotte Parfitt and Jes Letzer, wore dresses in the 'Empire' style made fashionable by Lady Hamilton in 1803.
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, was born in Burnham Thorpe and his 250th birthday will be celebrated in the village on 27th, 28th and 29th September.
Click here to find out more - www.nelsonslocal.co.uk
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Pensthorpe Nature Reserve Home of Springwatch 2008
(16 April 2008)
BBC Springwatch, the BBCs popular TV programme celebrating UK wildlife and wildlife people, presented by Bill Oddie, Kate Humble, Simon King and Gordon Buchanan, returns to TV screens from 26 May to 12 June at a new location, Pensthorpe Nature Reserve near Fakenham, Norfolk.
The 200-acre nature reserve, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, is located in the Wensum Valley. The River Wensum, which runs through the reserve, is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Europes highest nature conservation designation.
www.pensthorpe.com www.bbc.co.uk/springwatch
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NGS Norfolk Spring Gardens
(16 April 2008)
Fifteen new gardens open for National Gardens Scheme Norfolk this year, including six during the spring. Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden, South Walsham opens for the first time in aid of the NGS on the evening of Friday 30 May, featuring live music and a hog roast. For full details of all garden openings click here!
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Seahenge Holme Timber Circle
(16 April 2008)
The 4,000-year-old timbers from the Holme timber circle popularly known as Seahenge are now on display at Kings Lynn Museum.
This astonishing find of international significance was discovered on Holme beach on the north Norfolk coast and excavated in 1999. The site comprised an oval ring of timbers nearly seven metres in diameter, formed from 55 oak posts that originally stood side by side around two metres high. At the centre of the ring was a massive upturned oak tree stump. Many of the timbers came from the same trees cut in local woodland. The circle was originally built on marshy ground, some way inland from the sea. Coastal erosion and other environmental changes eventually turned the landscape from marsh to beach. For more information see www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
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Dutch Journalists Promotion in Amsterdam
(20 March 2008)
Fiona Muller representing Norfolk Arts Partnership and Norfolk Tourism headed to Amsterdam in early March with Janice Kent of East of England Tourism, www.eet.org.uk to meet 80 Dutch journalist at a VisitBritain meet the press event.
Fiona and Janice are pictured talking to one of the journalists.
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Norfolk MPs Celebrate British Tourism Week
(20 March 2008)
Henry Bellingham MP (West Norfolk) Norman Lamb MP (North Norfolk) and Keith Simpson MP (Mid Norfolk) all went back to the floor on Friday, March 14 to celebrate British Tourism Week.
Norman Lamb fed his namesakes at Wroxham Barns, www.wroxhambarns.co.uk
(see photograph), Keith Simpson visited Norfolk Country Cottages head office in Reepham, www.norfolkcountrycottages.co.uk and Henry Bellingham called in at Deepdale Information Centre, www.deepdalefarm.co.uk
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Banham Zoo New Giraffe House
(20 March 2008)
Banham Zoo marked it 40th birthday by opening a new 400,000 Giraffe House. The zoos first baby giraffe, Ruby was born on March 14 www.banhamzoo.co.uk .
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One Becomes National Express East Anglia
(03 March 2008)
one railway, East Anglias rail operator has been renamed National Express East Anglia (NEEA).
NEEA operates the services from London to Diss and Norwich, Cambridge to Norwich, as well as the Bittern Line (Norwich to Cromer and Sheringham) and The Wherry Lines (Norwich to Gt. Yarmouth and Lowestoft). For more information see
http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/
Picture: National Express Group Chief Executive, Richard Bowker, with a train in the new National Express East Anglia livery.
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Norfolks Top Attractions Launch 2008 Brochure up Nelsons Monument
(01 February 2008)
Norfolk Tourist Attractions Association (NTAA) launched its 2008 brochure campaign on January 30 from a lofty perch, Nelsons Monument, Great Yarmouth. Some 500,000 NTAA brochures promoting the countys top attractions will be distributed to more than 800 outlets throughout the East of England, and to the national Tourist Information Centres network.
www.norfolktouristattractions.co.uk
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Norfolk Tourism Launches Stephen Fry's 'Kingdom' Section on visitnorfolk.co.uk
(18 January 2008)
'Kingdom' - Norfolk Tourism has added a Norfolk film locations section to the countys leading tourism website, www.visitnorfolk.co.uk, to coincide with Stephen Frys return to ITV on Sunday, January 13 for a second series of Kingdom. The gentle drama is set in the fictional seaside town of Market Shipborough real location Swaffham, Norfolk.
The visitnorfolk.co.uk film section opens with four pages on Kingdom that feature a virtual tour of Swaffhams historic buildings, photographs and video clips from the first series, an introduction to the main characters, along with the actors thoughts on Norfolk. Visitors can also search for local accommodation and things to see and do in the area.
Martin Hickey, Chairman of Swaffham and District Tourism Association and a member of Norfolk Tourisms Executive with responsibility for visitnorfolk.co.uk said: Kingdom has provided a great boost for our area. Not only has the shows producer, Parallel Films, contributed some 2.5 million to the local economy, but we are also welcoming increasing numbers of visitors wanting to discover Market Shipborough and Kingdom Country.
For more information about Swaffham see
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