Travel in Norfolk England

Hi, Nick, I can't answer your question, but would strongly suggest that you remove your phone number from your post. This is a public forum and while generally most people here are nice and respectable, there are spammers and other undesirables that appear from time to time, and would like nothing more than a new phone number to add to their collection.

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ETA: I forgot to add this site, which should give you some basic ideas of places to see in Norfolk. https://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/

Hi Nick - welcome aboard.

What season will you be in Norfolk?

How much time will you have?

What sorts of things do you like to see, besides looking up old haunts? Steam trains? Beaches? Broads (the water kind, not the female kind)? Fens? Windmills? Stately homes? Gardens? WW-II airfields? Royalty?

Norfolk has a lot, especially when you consider it is considered a somewhat backwards remote rural county where people speak strange....

We spent a week in Norfolk/Suffolk as part of a longer trip. Lavenham was a highlight with its colored buildings and historic guildhall. We also spent several hours at the Sutton Hoo site which I found fascinating. If you’re interested in royal places, Sandringham is a good stop.

I’m amazed that so far no-one has mentioned the wonderful Broads! For peace, quiet and wonderful birdlife they can’t be beaten. There are tours from several places, my favourites being Horning, and Ross’ Wildlife Boat Trips which is based at Horsey Windpump. If you read the Arthur Ransome books as a child, several of them were set in the Broads and it’s fun to see the - largely unchanged - places in which the stories took place

will you have a car, or are you dependent on public transport?

Norwich is wonderful with so much to see and do there. It is also a good base to explore the surrounding area.

Syderstone is tiny - do make time to visit the church with its round tower. This area is very much off the tourist track Norfolk with small villages with old churches and is still very much unspoilt rural England. It repays exploring and getting lost in to find many hidden gems you won't find in the guide books.

The Norfolk Broads are also worth adding to the list - do one of the cruises from Wroxham or Horning. These are very relaxing and a different way to experience the area. The coastal vaillages of the North Norfolk coast are attractive along with places like Holt - still very much a thriving local market town. The North Norfolk Steam railway from Holt to Sherringham is well worth a ride.

I worked in Norfolk for five years and loved to visit stately homes and National Trust sites in Norfolk and surrounding counties. Here are a few of the standouts: Sandringham, Oxburgh Estate, Blickling Estate, Holkham Hall and nearby Holkham Beach, Houghton Hall, Felbrigg Hall. The old historical town center of Norwich is a great place to wander and visit the castle or market. Lots of nature sites, including the Broads and pretty little beach towns on the coast. There is a steam engine train that runs 5 miles from Sherrington to Holt, the Poppy Line, that might be fun. Castle Acre has old ruins. Not in Norfolk but close by if you have a car to get around, there are also lots of beautiful spots : check out the town of Ely with its beautiful cathedral overlooking the fens, Bury St. Edmonds and the previously mentioned Lavenham.