Norfolk Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Norfolk? Check out our Norfolk Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Norfolk.
Top Places to visit in Norfolk:
Norwich Cathedral, Hickling Broad, Happisburgh Lighthouse, Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Castle Acre Priory, Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Wymondham Abbey, Sheringham Museum at the Mo, Strangers' Hall Museum, Cromer Pier, Blickling Estate, Holkham Hall, Cromer Parish Church, Thursford
Visit our website:
Family fun - Visit Norfolk, England
We think nowhere else in the country has Norfolk’s diverse range of visitor attractions, with adventure parks, zoos, aquariums, play barns and aerial antics in the forest. There’s the thrills and fun of the traditional seaside resorts with amusements and rides, or you could head to one of Norfolk’s beautiful beaches, or take a boat out on the Broads, Britain’s Magical Waterland.
Heritage & History - Visit Norfolk, England
Norfolk is a treasure house of stately homes, legacies of the wool trade and agricultural revolution when Norfolk was the wealthiest county in the country and Norwich second in importance only to London. Beginning with prehistory and ancient history, you'll find Roman forts, more Saxon round-towered churches than anywhere else, castles and a towering cathedral made by the Norman Conquerors, and the Royal Family's country home. Norwich is the best preserved medieval city in northern Europe and you'll not tire of wandering the wonderful cobbled streets and alleys.
Blickling Hall
Blickling Hall is somewhere we have been trying to get to for weeks. It was their Christmas weekend and at £14.95 to get in we were expecting something special. Here is our honest review of the place in all its festive glory.
Be Sure To Download The New Travel Trolls TV App:
Visit The Brand New Travel Trolls TV Shop:
Any mail can be sent to our Travel Trolls TV address:
Travel Trolls TV
PO Box 764
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 9LS
Website:
Email: TravelTrollsTV@hotmail.com
Other YouTube Channel: Deep Digger Dan
Facebook:
Patreon:
Paypal:
Email: TravelTrollsTV@hotmail.com
Twitter:
Instagram:
For more of our travel stories, places and adventures please be sure to check out the playlists and remember to download the Travel Trolls TV app above.
Please click like, share, leave a comment and don’t forget to subscribe.
Blickling Hall. Family home of Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII. Norfolk. England
Blickling Hall is a stately home in the village of Blickling north of Aylsham in Norfolk, England, that has been in the care of the National Trust since 1940.
Other Stately Houses/Palaces on my Channel
Old Royal Naval Collage;
Tower Of London;
Blenheim Palace;
Warwick Castle;
Woburn Abbey;
In the fifteenth century, Blickling Hall was in the possession of Sir John Fastolf of Caister in Norfolk (1380--1459), who made a fortune in the Hundred Years' War, and whose coat of arms is still on display there. Later, the Hall was in the possession of the Boleyn family, and home to Sir Thomas Boleyn, created Earl of Wiltshire, and his wife, Elizabeth, between 1499 and 1505. It is presumed that their first two children Mary and George were born at Blickling Hall, along with several other Boleyn infants who did not live long. If the couple's most famous child, Anne Boleyn, was born before 1505 (as one school of historical thought contends) then she too was born at Blickling. Other historians maintain that Anne was born after 1505, probably in 1507, and by that time Sir Thomas had moved to Hever Castle in Kent. Nonetheless, a statue and portrait of Anne Boleyn reside in Blickling Hall claiming Anna Bolena hic nata 1507 (Anne Boleyn born here 1507).
The current Blickling Hall was built on the ruins of the old Boleyn property in the reign of James I, by Sir Henry Hobart, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and 1st Baronet, who bought Blickling from Robert Clere in 1616. The architect of Hatfield House, Robert Lyminge, is credited with the design of the current structure. The Lord Chief Justice married Dorothy, the daughter of Sir Robert Bell of Beaupre Hall, Outwell/Upwell, Norfolk, Speaker of the House of Commons 1572--1576. A grand display of heraldic material is present throughout the estate.
Beautiful Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England
PLEASE see my UK Places to visit Playlist here
for mor great historic England,Wales and Scotland
Blenheim Palace /ˈblɛnəm/ (pronounced Blen-im) is a monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, residence of the dukes of Marlborough. It is the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa 1722. Blenheim Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.[1]
Its construction was originally intended to be a gift to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, from a grateful nation in return for military triumph against the French and Bavarians at the Battle of Blenheim. However, it soon became the subject of political infighting, which led to Marlborough's exile, the fall from power of his duchess, and irreparable damage to the reputation of the architect Sir John Vanbrugh.
Designed in the rare, and short-lived, English Baroque style, architectural appreciation of the palace is as divided today as it was in the 1720s.[2] It is unique in its combined usage as a family home, mausoleum and national monument. The palace is also notable as the birthplace and ancestral home of Sir Winston Churchill.
The building of the palace was a minefield of political intrigue by Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. Following the palace's completion, it became the home of the Churchill family for the next 300 years, and various members of the family have in that period wrought various changes, in the interiors, park and gardens. At the end of the 19th century, the palace was saved from ruin by funds gained from the 9th Duke of Marlborough's marriage to American railroad heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt. The exterior of the palace remains in good repair.
The estate given by the nation to Marlborough for the new palace was the manor of Woodstock, sometimes called the Palace of Woodstock, which had been a royal demesne, in reality little more than a deer park. Legend has obscured the manor's origins. King Henry I enclosed the park to contain the deer. Henry II housed his mistress Rosamund Clifford (sometimes known as Fair Rosamund) there in a bower and labyrinth; a spring where she is said to have bathed remains, named after her. It seems the unostentatious hunting lodge was rebuilt many times, and had an uneventful history until Elizabeth I, before her succession, was imprisoned there by her half-sister Mary I between 1554 and 1555. Elizabeth had been implicated in the Wyatt plot, but her imprisonment at Woodstock was short, and the manor remained in obscurity until bombarded and ruined by Oliver Cromwell's troops during the Civil War. When the park was being re-landscaped as a setting for the palace the 1st Duchess wanted the historic ruins demolished, while Vanbrugh, an early conservationist, wanted them restored and made into a landscape feature. The Duchess, as so often in her disputes with her architect, won the day and the remains of the manor were swept away.
see
Our Day Trip to the Medieval City of Norwich
Hello, our dear explorers! One of these days we wondered: what does a modern medieval city look like? Then, we did a little digging and found out that the city of Norwich (located in East Anglia) is actually the most medieval town in the whole of United Kingdom.
Naturally, we had to go and see it for ourselves. We saw the small cathedral (not the main one), the Norwich markets and a multitude of churches and also, had the recommended fish and chips!
*About us
LifeViewers is a project set up by two young adults (Oskar & Veronika) who want to reach their full potential & diversify their lives. We seek out various life experiences and learn how to view them from a multitude of angles. Life doesn’t have to be black or white. It can be a joyful and colourful adventure – it can be anything you want it to be (at least that’s what we believe in).
**Useful links
Our upcoming projects on our website:
See the behind-the-scenes action on Instagram:
Discover fun things & places on Twitter:
***Music attribution
Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (
Source:
Artist:
Renaissance by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (
Artist:
HOLKHAM HALL, Norfolk, England - (Dix Trips - Vol.44)
Holkham Hall is one of England's 10 great treasure houses. This award-winning Dix Trips episode obtained permission to get a personal behind the scenes look at the Hall and its treasures and learn about some of its history.
---
DIX TRIPS is an award-winning docuseries that has shot in 19 countries and 13 U.S. States. In the series film-director Nigel Dick ferrets out unusual and intriguing places to visit around the world. Find more at
Autumn - Visit Norfolk, England
Autumn is a great time to be in Norfolk, whether it's having fun in the forests, taking long walks on our huge beaches, or enjoying some of the best food and drink you'll ever have - particularly our north Norfolk mussels and other shellfish.
Kings Lynn - Norfolk England
The Virtual Tourist walks around Kings Lynn in Norfolk England