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Norfolk has the earliest evidence of mankind found itself the Great Rift Valley in Africa – 850,000 year old human footprints from the days when the UK was still land linked to the Continent. Yes, the first tourists to our country came to visit Norfolk!

We have Neolithic flint mines, the first industrial centre in Europe, and we have 500,000 year flint axes.

Then we have the Roman invasion (including Boudicca), the Anglo Saxons and the Vikings. Then the Normans. All have left a fantastic legacy. Finally, the fifth invasion, the Friendly one… when tens of thousands of Americans brought us Coca Cola, peanut butter, chewing gum, nylons, swing and jazz.

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Holt Owl Trail
Holt, Norfolk
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Cheryl Cade Tours
Norwich, Norfolk
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Dereham Windmill
Dereham, Norfolk
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Grimes Graves
Lynford, Norfolk
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City of Norwich Aviation Museum
Horsham St Faith, Norfolk
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Raynham Hall
East Raynham, Norfolk
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Beccles Public Hall and Theatre
Beccles, Suffolk
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Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse
Gressenhall, Norfolk
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Old Buckenham Mill
Old Buckenham, Norfolk
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Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life
Thetford, Norfolk
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Wymondham Abbey
Wymondham, Norfolk
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Wiveton Hall
Wiveton, Norfolk
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Wicklewood Mill
Wicklewood, Norfolk
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Wicken Corn Windmill
Wicken, Cambridgeshire
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Waxham Great Barn
Waxham, Norfolk
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Walsingham Abbey Grounds & The Shirehall
Walsingham, Norfolk
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Walpole St Peter’s Church
Walpole St Peter, Norfolk
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Voewood
High Kelling, Norfolk
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The Tolhouse Gaol
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Time and Tide Museum
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Thrigby Post Mill
Thrigby, Norfolk
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Thelnetham Windmill
Thelnetham, Suffolk
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The Town Hall- King’s Lynn
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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The Religious Society of Friends North Walsham Quaker Meeting House
Swafield, Norfolk
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The Priory Church of St Mary’s Bungay
Bungay, Suffolk
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The King’s Lynn Maritime Trail
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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Norwich Guildhall
Norwich, Norfolk
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The Church of St Mary Haddiscoe
Haddiscoe, Norfolk
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The Catholic Church Of The Holy Family Gaywood
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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Stracey Arms Drainage Mill
Tunstall, Norfolk
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Stow Windmill
Paston, Norfolk
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Starston Windpump
Starston, Norfolk
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St. Andrew’s Church Gorleston
Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk
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St Wendreda’s Church March
March, Cambridgeshire
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St Theobald’s Church (ruins) Hautbois
Coltishall, Norfolk
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St Spyridon’s Church
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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St Seraphim’s Chapel Little Walsingham
Little Walsingham, Norfolk
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St Peter’s Parish Church Sheringham
Sheringham, Norfolk
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St Peters Church Lingwood
Lingwood, Norfolk
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St Peter’s Clippesby
Clippesby, Norfolk
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St Peter’s Church Strumpshaw
Strumpshaw, Norfolk
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St Peter’s Church North Barningham
North Barningham, Norfolk
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St Peter’s Church Hoveton
Hoveton, Norfolk
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St Peter Mancroft Church
Norwich, Norfolk
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St Peter’s Church Belaugh
Belaugh, Norfolk
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St Peter and St Paul’s Church Honing
Honing, Norfolk
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St Peter and St Paul Fakenham
Fakenham, Norfolk
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St Peter and St Paul Church Edgefield
Edgefield, Norfolk
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St Peter and St Paul
Cromer, Norfolk
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St Peter and St Paul Church East Harling
East Harling, Norfolk
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St Peter and Paul Church Bergh Apton
Bergh Apton, Norfolk
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St Peter & St Paul Runham
Runham, Norfolk
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St Peter & St Paul Mautby
Fleggburgh, Norfolk
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St Peter & St Paul Church
Repps With Bastwick, Norfolk
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St Paul’s- Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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St Peter & St Paul Burgh Castle
Burgh Castle, Norfolk
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St Olaves Drainage Mill
St Olaves, Norfolk
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St Olave’s Priory
St. Olaves, Norfolk
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St Nicholas’ Church Wells-next-the-Sea
Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
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St Nicholas’ Chapel King’s Lynn
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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St Nicholas Church Salthouse
Salthouse, Norfolk
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St Nicholas Church Potter Heigham
Potter Heigham, Norfolk
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St Nicholas Church Dersingham
Dersingham, Norfolk
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St Nicholas Church Blakeney
Blakeney, Norfolk
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St Nicholas Bradwell
Bradwell, Norfolk
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St Michael’s Church Sidestrand
Sidestrand, Norfolk
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St Michael’s Church Irstead
Irstead, Norfolk
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St Michael the Archangel
Booton, Norfolk
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St Mary’s the Virgin Heacham
Heacham, Norfolk
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St Michael & All Angels Aylsham
Aylsham, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church- South Creake
South Creake, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church- Snettisham
Snettisham, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church- Sedgeford
Sedgeford, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church- Old Hunstanton
Old Hunstanton, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church- North Creake
North Creake, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church- Hemsby
Hemsby, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church- Fishley
Fishley, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church West Somerton
West Somerton, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church Tittleshall
Tittleshall, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church Thrigby
Thrigby, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church Holme Next to the Sea
Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church Stalham
Stalham, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church East Ruston
East Ruston, Norfolk
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St Mary’s Church Burnham Deepdale
Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk
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St Mary with St Lawrence- South Walsham
South Walsham, Norfolk
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St Mary the Virgin- Martham
Martham, Norfolk
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St Mary the Virgin Church- Houghton-on-the-Hill
Houghton-on-the-Hill, Norfolk
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St Mary the Virgin Church- Brancaster
Brancaster, Norfolk
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St Mary the Virgin Church Anmer
Anmer, Norfolk
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St Margaret’s- Ormesby
Ormesby, Norfolk
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St Margaret’s Fleggburgh
Fleggburgh, Norfolk
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St Margaret’s Church- Herringfleet
Herringfleet, Suffolk
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St Margaret’s Church- Burnham Norton
Burnham Norton, Norfolk
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St Margaret’s Church Hales
Hales, Norfolk
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St Margaret- South Elmham Church
Harleston, Suffolk
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St Johns Church- Hoveton
Horning, Norfolk
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St John the Evangelist, King’s Lynn
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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St John the Baptist Church- Ilketshall St John
Ilketshall St John, Suffolk
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St John the Baptist Church Coltishall
Coltishall, Norfolk
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St John the Baptist
Lound, Suffolk
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St Helen’s Church Ranworth
Ranworth, Norfolk
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St George’s Church- Shimpling
Diss, Norfolk
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St George Colegate Church- Norwich
Norwich, Norfolk
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St Edmund’s Church- West Caister
West Caister, Norfolk
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St Edmund’s Church- Thurne
Thurne, Norfolk
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St Edmund’s Church- Fritton
Fritton, Norfolk
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St Edmund King and Martyr Church – Acle
Acle, Norfolk
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St Edmund Church- Hunstanton
Hunstanton, Norfolk
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St Clements Church- Terrington
Terrington St Clement, Norfolk
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St Catherines Church- Ludham
Ludham, Norfolk
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St Botolph’s Church- Trunch
Trunch, Norfolk
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St Benedict’s Church- Horning
Horning, Norfolk
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St Benets Abbey
Ludham, Norfolk
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St Bartholomews- Brisley
Brisley, Norfolk
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St Andrews Church- Wickhampton
Wickhampton, Norfolk
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St Andrew’s Church- Holt
Holt, Norfolk
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St Andrew’s Church- Great Ryburgh
Great Ryburgh, Norfolk
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St Andrew and St Peter Church- Blofield
Blofield, Norfolk
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South Gate- King’s Lynn
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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South Elmham Hall
South Elmham, Suffolk
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Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham
Walsingham, Norfolk
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Sandringham
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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Saint Mary the Virgin- Blundeston
Blundeston, Norfolk
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Royal Assembly Rooms
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Red Mount Chapel- King’s Lynn
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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RAF Bircham Newton Heritage Centre
Bircham Newton, Norfolk
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RAF Air Defence Radar Museum
Neatishead, Norfolk
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Peckover House and Gardens NT
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
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Paul Dickson Tours
Norwich, Norfolk
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NT Oxburgh Estate
Oxborough, Norfolk
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Octagon Chapel
Norwich, Norfolk
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Norwich Cathedral
Norwich, Norfolk
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Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Norwich, Norfolk
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North Norfolk Railway
Sheringham, Norfolk
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Norfolk Record Office
Norwich, Norfolk
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Museum of Norwich at The Bridewell Museum
Norwich, Norfolk
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Mount Amelia
Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk
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Mettingham Castle House
Mettingham, Suffolk
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Mannington Estate & Gardens
Norwich, Norfolk
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Lynn Museum
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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Letheringsett Watermill
Letheringsett, Norfolk
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Langham Dome
Langham, Norfolk
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King’s Lynn Town Hall
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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King’s Lynn Minster
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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John the Baptist Church- Reedham
Reedham, Norfolk
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How Hill House
Ludham, Norfolk
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Hoveton Hall Gardens
Hoveton, Norfolk
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Houghton Hall, Walled Garden and Sculpture Park
Houghton, Norfolk
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Horsey Windpump
Horsey, Norfolk
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Holy Trinity Church Loddon
Loddon, Norfolk
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Holy Trinity Church Caister-on-Sea
Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk
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Holy Trinity & All Saints Winterton
Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk
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Holt Owl Trail
Holt, Norfolk
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Holkham
Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
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Hindringham Hall Gardens & Tea Room
Hindringham, Norfolk
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Hickling Windmill
Hickling, Norfolk
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Herringfleet Marshmill
Lowestoft, Suffolk
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Hempstead Hall
Hempstead, Norfolk
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Happisburgh Lighthouse
Happisburgh, Norfolk
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Hardley Windmill
Hardley, Norfolk
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Hales Hall Barn and Gardens
Loddon, Norfolk
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Greyfriars Cloisters
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Greyfriars Tower
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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Great Yarmouth Town Hall
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Great Yarmouth Minster
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Gayton Hall
Gayton, Norfolk
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NT Felbrigg Hall & Gardens
Felbrigg, Norfolk
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Elizabethan House Museum
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Earsham Hall
Bungay, Suffolk
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Dragon Hall
Norwich, Norfolk
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Cromer Museum
Cromer, Norfolk
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Creake Abbey
North Creake, Norfolk
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Cley Windmill
Cley next the Sea, Norfolk
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Church of St John- Maddermarket
Norwich, Norfolk
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Cathedral of St John The Baptist
Norwich, Norfolk
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Castle Rising Castle
Castle Rising, Norfolk
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Castle Acre Priory
Castle Acre, Norfolk
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Caister Roman Fort and Town
Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk
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Caister Lifeboat Station
Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk
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Burgh Castle
Norfolk
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Bungay Castle
Bungay, Suffolk
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Blakeney Guildhall
Blakeney, Norfolk
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NT Blickling Hall & Gardens
Blickling, Norfolk
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Bircham Windmill
Great Bircham, Norfolk
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Berney Arms Windmill
Berney Arms, Norfolk
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Beccles Bell Tower
Beccles, Suffolk
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Baconsthorpe Castle
Baconsthorpe, Norfolk
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All Saints Church Thornham
Thornham, Norfolk
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All Saints Church King’s Lynn
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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All Saints Church Horsey
Horsey, Norfolk
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All Saints church Hemblington
Hemblington, Norfolk
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All Saints Church Hethel
Hethel, Norfolk
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All Saints Church Freethorpe
Freethorpe, Norfolk
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All Saints Church Carleton Rode
Carleton Rode, Norfolk
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All Saints Church
Filby, Norfolk
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All Saints Billockby
Fleggburgh, Norfolk
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St Nicholas Church Potter Heigham
Potter Heigham, Norfolk
The church is dedicated to St Nicholas, the patron saint of fishermen and children. The earliest is
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Stracey Arms Drainage Mill
Tunstall, Norfolk
Stracey Arms Drainage Mill near Great Yarmouth is a drainage mill with access by 2 ladders to the a
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Caister Lifeboat Station
Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk
Caister Lifeboat Information Centre – tracing over 200 years of history of the only operated
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St Andrews Church- Wickhampton
Wickhampton, Norfolk
The church of St. Andrew was built around 1200 AD with some later additions. It is situated on the
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St Mary’s Church East Ruston
East Ruston, Norfolk
St Mary’s church in East Ruston is a mostly 14th-century church in a wonderful coastal near a
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St Peter and Paul Church Bergh Apton
Bergh Apton, Norfolk
A parish church with some work from the 14th and 15th centuries, including the tower, but largely a
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St Edmund’s Church- West Caister
West Caister, Norfolk
St Edmund’s in West Caister, near Great Yarmouth, stands near the top of the hill on West out
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St Mary’s Church- Snettisham
Snettisham, Norfolk
Pevsner called St Mary’s church “the most exciting C14th Decorated church in Norfolk.” St its
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St Peter’s Clippesby
Clippesby, Norfolk
St. Peter’s Church, Clippesby is one of the oldest churches in the Norfolk Broads. It is Grade it
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All Saints Church King’s Lynn
King's Lynn, Norfolk
All Saints is a Hidden Pearl – a beautiful church in the heart of King’s Lynn and the
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Herringfleet Marshmill
Lowestoft, Suffolk
An octagonal smock drainage mill clad in tarred weatherboards with a boat-shaped cap and 4 common
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Red Mount Chapel- King’s Lynn
King's Lynn, Norfolk
The Chapel of St Mary on the Mount, known as the Red Mount Chapel, was built between 1483-85 by for
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St Margaret’s Church- Burnham Norton
Burnham Norton, Norfolk
The Saxon round tower was built at the end of the first millennium, the church developed through in
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St Nicholas Church Salthouse
Salthouse, Norfolk
Situated on top of a hill with fantastic views of sea and heath.
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The Catholic Church Of The Holy Family Gaywood
King's Lynn, Norfolk
Holy Family Church in the The catholic parish of King’s Lynn.
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Caister Roman Fort and Town
Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk
Caister Fort: Partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall a
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