Great Witchingham, Norfolk
Directions: 8 miles from Norwich on the A1067, Fakenham Road
Tel: 01603 872274
Website: www.norfolkwildlife.co.uk
Thirty five acres of
beautiful landscaped countryside. Cuddly farm animals,
adventure play areas, Apes, Wallabies, Lynx, Meerkats, Otters, pets
pavilion and a model farm. Bird of Prey flying display by Wings Raptors.
Bring your own picnic or visit our cafe for light
refreshments.
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The Grove, Banham
Directions: - sign-posted off the A11 and A140 near
Attleborough.
Tel. 01953 887771
Open: Everyday daily from 10am. Closing times seasonal.
Admission: Entry fee varies according to season.
Website: www.banhamzoo.co.uk
Enjoy the ultimate fun filled day out, at one of the most exciting wildlife attractions in the country. Set amongst 35 acres of magnificent parkland, you'll discover over 1000 animals from around the world including tigers, zebra, leopards and gibbons. Join the free Safari Road-train, all weather activities centre, daily keeper feeding talks - its East Anglia's wildest day out.
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Situated:
Between Acle and Caistor On-Sea, off the A1064 one mile south
of Filby
Tel. 01493 369477
Open: All year round from 10am until 5pm
The mature grounds of old Thrigby
Hall are home to a variety of special animals from Asia, most notably
Sumatran Tigers, Red Pandas, otters and crocodiles.
Apart from the usual range of facilities
such as the Cockatoo Cafe and the large gift shop in the Hall
itself, there are several features unique to the lovely old
gardens. The Huge Swamp House holds a collection of crocodiles
seen from a bridge suspended over them, the tigers can be seen
from a tree walk winding up through trees, and the Willow
Pattern Garden has 12 arched bridges crossing its lake.
There are several new arrivals to see
including the baby crested macaque monkey.
Parking is free and picnics can be eaten throughout the
spacious grounds.
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Earsham, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 2AF
Situated: Just off the main A143, one mile west of Bungay, Suffolk
Tel: 01986 893470
Open: Daily 1st April (or Good Friday if earlier) - 30th September, 10.30am to
6pm
Feeding times: 12 noon and 3pm
Tea room and car-park
The Otter Trust is the largest and oldest otter conservation
organisation in the world. Its collection of otters and its breeding successes
with the British otter are unique. Its highly successful reintroduction
programme, using young British otters bred at its centres, has released over 100
young otters which have thrived and bred in the wild so that the population has
returned to normal.
In its beautiful setting on the banks of the River Waveney the Otter Trust
maintains the worlds largest collection of otters in near natural enclosures.
While British otters tend to be shy and retiring the Trust's Asian Short-clawed
otters are playful, extrovert and always delightful to welcome visitors.
Three lakes are home to a wide selection of European waterfowl. The flock of
free-flying Barnacle geese is probably the largest in the country. The resident
birds are joined by masses of wild waterfowl, many of which spend the entire
summer on the lakes with their numbers swelled in the winter by hordes of
visiting migrants.
In the grounds you can see dainty Muntjac deer and confiding Fallow deer
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Hillside is home to hundreds of rescued animals and campaigns on behalf of the millions who suffer every day within the factory farming industry. Visitors are welcome to come and meet rescued animals between 1pm and 5pm every Sunday between Easter and the end of October. Also Bank Holiday Mondays and every Monday during June, July and August.
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Overa House Farm, Larling
Directions: - signed
off A11; follow white on brown 'ILPH' sign.
Tel. 01953 717309 / 0870 8701927
Open: 11am till 4pm Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and Bank
Holidays. All year.
Admission: Free.
Nominated by the Olympic International Show Jumping Championships as their charity for 2002
Recovery and rehabilitation centre for horses and ponies, set in 30 acres of beautiful Norfolk countryside. Learn more about the work of the ILPH and meet some of the horses and ponies that have been rescued and are now undergoing rehabilitation. Visitor Centre, information trail and river walk. Gift shop and light refreshments available.
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Snettisham, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE31 7NQ
Directions: Follow signs off A149 in Snettisham.
Situated: Park farm is close to the church
Tel: 01485 542425
Open: 1st March until 31st October 10am until 5pm.
Other times of year? please
ring.
Take an exciting safari ride. A forty five minute safari round the farm by tractor and covered trailer or safari land-rover. A marvellous opportunity to view our magnificent stags, see our new born deer calves and hand feed the mums.
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Caldecott Hall, Beccles Road, Fritton, Great Yarmouth
Location: On the A143 between
Great Yarmouth and Beccles
Tel: 0870 050 0033
Open: Everyday
from March to October
Our Caldecott Visitor Centre near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk has over seventy acres of paddocks and is home to over 80 very special rescued horses, ponies, donkeys and mules. This Quality Assured Visitor Attraction is open during the Summer season from March to October and has many lovely residents to meet, from handsome heavy horse Prince to the notorious Denise, a very naughty donkey. There are tractor rides (weather permitting), walking tours, horse care demos and a children’s play area as well as the chance to rub noses with our residents! The site also has a café, gift shop, information centre, charity shop, tombola and the Horse Wise Education Centre with horsey facts and interactive displays. Entry is free!
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West Runton Stables, West Runton,
Cromer, Norfolk NR7 9QH
Tel. 01263 837339
Web site: www.norfolk-shirehorse-centre.co.uk
Open: Late March to late October.
Closed: Saturdays except in August and Bank Holidays
A collection of the breeds of heavy horses. Also the breeds
of native ponies, some with foals. A farm museum, video film
show, photographic display and children's farm complete the
collection. Each morning and afternoon there are live shows of
working horses, small animals, heavy horse breeds and wagon
rides.
Free car park and facilities for the disabled. Dogs welcome on
a lead.
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Situated: Near Reedham off the A47 between Norwich and
Great Yarmouth.
Tel: 01493 701403
Directions: Follow the Brown and White road signs from Acle
Open: March until 30th October - 10am until 5pm. Parking
free.
Website: www.pettittsonline.com
A family park with everything to keep the children amused all day. With ,'Cup & Saucer' rides, 'Flying Elephants', squirrels, raccoons, snakes, reptiles, emus, wallabies, peacocks, goats, owls, fish, monkeys, skunks and water fowl. There is also an Adventure Playground.
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A fun packed indoor and outdoor centre specially designed for the sevens and under
The Play Barn is situated only ten minutes by car from Norwich. Throughout the year it provides an indoor play area, a courtyard full of pedal tractors and outdoor toys, an outdoor play-den, a picnic area, outdoor play-area, a beach barn, a tiny tots soft play duck pond and reading and puzzle tables. Additionally it provides from Easter to October a tots tale farm, pony rides, tractor and trailer rides, a family nature trail and various activities including Easter, Summer and Halloween events, competitions, crafts and story time. There is also a registered childcare centre on site.
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Access: There is ramped access to all galleries, but wheelchair users may need assistance. A manual wheelchair is available on request. An electric wheelchair which can be adjusted to different viewing heights, can be booked in advance on 01603 593199. A large print version of an information leaflet is available on request.
Features installations, objects, photography, film and video work by nine of Brazil's most energetic and significant contemporary artists. Their works are intriguing, vigorous and stimulating. These artists share a number of interests; the link between the visual and other senses, the transformation of everyday objects. Their work is also shaped by social, physical and political context of Rio de Janeiro.
The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection is housed in two distinctive buildings by Lord Foster. Combining modern Western art with fine and applied arts from Africa, the Pacific, the Americas, Asia, Egypt, medieval Europe and the ancient Mediterranean, the Collection contains some 1200 objects reflecting over 5000 years of creativity. It is particularly well known for works by Francis Bacon, John Davies, Alberto Giacometti and Henry Moore.
Activities for children, young people and families. Ring for information
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Langham
Glass Ltd, Sculthorpe Boulevard, Tattersett Business Park, East Rudham, Fakenham
NR21 7RL
Tel: 01485 529111
Web site:
www.langhamglass.co.uk
Open: April 10th to Oct 29th, seven days a week
and Oct 30th to Dec 24th, weekdays only
Closed: December 25th to 1st Jan
Admission: adults £3.95, Senior Citizens £2.95, children 5-15 £2.95,
under 5s free, family tickets £11.50
Live Glass Making and Video room, Games Area and Information centre.
Langham Glass have moved to a former airfield at Tattersett close to Fakenham. Visitors can watch the glass-making and listen to the glass-makers as they demonstrate their skill. There is a new video, glass information area and marble-based games tables. Sit at the games tables and play variations of marbles and old-fashioned games. We are sure all the family will enjoy them, and many will be stocked in our factory shop.Refreshments available.
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Tunstead Road, Hoveton, Norfolk NR12 8QU
Tel: 01603 783762
Open: Everyday 10am until 5pm except 25th and 26th Dec.
Cost: Free except for the Junior Farm.
Note: If you wish to see the craft workshops operating telephone to confirm before travelling.
Wroxham Barns is situated approximately 10 miles from the city
of Norwich. Follow the A1151 towards Wroxham, then follow the 'brown and white' tourist
signs for 1.5 miles on the Tunstead Road.
Craft workshops, gift and clothes shop, food and fudge
shop. Williamson's fair, tearooms and Junior farm.
Wroxham Barns is a delightful collection of beautifully
restored 18th century barns, set in 10 acres of Norfolk
countryside. Here you will discover the finest rural craft centre in East Anglia. Traditional
and contemporary craft skills are brought to life in our
converted barn workshops, where our resident craftsmen create
unique items before your eyes.
Watch as a vase rises from
the spinning potters wheel, wood shavings fly as a bowl is
turned, stained glass is placed with painstaking care in a
tiffany lamp and the final touches are made to a model ship.
The craftsmen will be pleased to chat to you about their work and
many take commissions to produce truly original crafts to your
design.
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Church Road, Sutton, Norwich, Norfolk NR12 9SG -
Follow brown tourist signing from A149
Directions: From Sutton Staithe - Cross A149 to Sutton Village, then turn
right along The Street. Pass the Garden Centre, then take 2nd left (New Road),
then right at crossroads
(Church Road). The Pottery is 200 metres on the left. Cycle parking is at the
end of the drive.
Open: Mon to Fri - 9am until 1pm and 2pm until 6pm
Tel: 01692 580595
A small working pottery in rural East Norfolk
- visitors are welcomed into the pottery workshops, to view the large range of
wheel-made reduction stoneware pottery being made on the premises by Malcolm
Flatman.
He specialises in practical affordable, and repeatable
tableware, but also makes many decorative pieces. His lamps are unusual and eye
catching.
Everything is made entirely by hand, generally on the
potter's wheel, and Malcolm revels in creating special items to order.
To maintain consistency, Malcolm originates his own glazes,
so customers may begin collecting dinner services with confidence and at their
own speed, without risk of a discontinued product. All tableware is
dishwasher-proof and may be used in a microwave oven.
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Located: On the edge of the beautiful market town of King's
Lynn.
One hour's drive from Norwich off the A149 Hardwick Road then Hansa Road.
Tours: Free self conducted tours throughout the year
Large well stocked Factory Shop with
lots of bargains in crystal, paperweights, jewellery and ceramics. Comfortable
licensed restaurant and free parking.
Study at close quarters the centuries old craft of glassmaking. Experience the
heat and fascinating atmosphere of the glass house as our skilled glassmakers
transform the sand into exquisite glassware using only the heat of the furnace
and the skill of hand and eye.
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Theatre Street, Norwich
Tel: 01603 626402
Open: Art Gallery 10am until 9pm
Restaurant 9.30am
until 8pm
A splendid 18th Century building with a
magnificent entrance hall, opulent rooms and fine decorative plaster work.
Georgian restaurant and tea rooms, Art Galleries - exhibiting arts and crafts
events and work by local artists. Concert Hall. More information Page
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1, Grammar School Road, North Walsham,
Norfolk
Directions: Grammar School Road runs parallel and to the south of the Market
Place, there are signs in the town pointing the way
Tel: 01692 402962
Open: Monday to Friday 9am until 5pm.
Saturdays 11am until 1pm.
Saturdays (School Holidays) 11am until 3pm
Closed: Sundays
Note: No postcards, no cups of tea, no hassle and no entrance fee.
Jenny Winstanley, with the help of her
family, welcome you to North Walsham's most curious corner. Here in the
centuries old tinsmith's workshops is the pottery which makes the cats and dogs
that bear her name.
Everywhere you look is a jumble of railway memorabilia and other transport
curiosities collected by her son, Nick Allen, and to add to the diversity there
are the glass sculptures by her husband Ken.
You can walk throughout the building and see all the pottery processes going on
including making glass eyes, and we hope that you will find a friendly
atmosphere of a small country business built up over 40 years
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The Building: History and Restoration - The King of Hearts occupies a Tudor merchant's house dating back to the 15th and early 16th century. The part of the building consisting of No's 11 to 15, Fye Bridge Street, was restored between 1986 and 1990 by the Norwich Preservation Trust. Many interesting features were discovered, such as mullioned windows, fireplaces and beamed ceilings; it was described as 'the most significant find in Norwich since Dragon Hall.
Purpose and Spirit - The great historical interest of the building is much enhanced by its use as a vibrant meeting place for people and the arts. The King of Hearts is run by an independent Charitable Trust. The aim of the founder was to create a welcoming environment where the arts can be enjoyed by all in an unpretentious and informal atmosphere. In an age of gigantism, and anonymity, the King of Hearts seeks to provide a small haven of beauty and relaxation, where hospitality and personal service are offered without hype to everyone without distinction.
Art, Crafts, Music and Story-telling - The Art Gallery houses a unique private collection of contemporary works (paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs and objects by locally and nationally known artists. This is a gallery with a difference with comfortable seating and a Library of books and CD's, it offers a quiet place to sit, sipping cappuccino and browsing through Art books, poetry and sacred texts of children's tales while listening to music.
The Cafe - Situated on the corner of Fishergate, the Cafe is a wide and airy space with views on the River Wensum and St Clements's churchyard.
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Situated: Five miles north
of Swaffham (near Kings Lynn)
Telephone: 01760 755394
Open: Apr to Sep 10am until 6pm daily. (Oct 5pm)
Nov to Mar 10am until 4pm
(Closed Monday and Tuesdays)
The delightful village of Castle Acre is home to one of the greatest Norman settlements in England. At one end, explore the ruins of a double moated castle with some of the most impressive earthworks in the country. Then visit Britain's best preserved Cluniac Priory at the far end of the village. Take our audio tour and hear of the daily life on the monks...visit the cloister, refectory, chapter house and dormitory - and wander through the latrine gulley!
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Open: April to late October daily.-10 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. or dusk if
earlier in October.
November to March - Wednesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 4.00 pm.
Closed: On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Castle Rising is one of the most
famous twelfth-century castles in England. The stone keep, with
particularly fine arcading and embellishments on the fore
building, was built around 1140, by William D'Albini to show his increased importance on his
marriage to Alice of Louvian, widow of Henry I.
Although the main section of the roof
no longer exists the walls are fully intact, and some of the rooms
are in near perfect condition. This together with the massive
earthworks, reaching in some places to 120 feet high, ensures that Rising is a castle of national
importance.
In its time Rising has served as a hunting lodge, royal residence, and for a brief time in the eighteenth
century even housed a mental patient.
The most famous period in its history was when it was home to Queen Isabella the mother of Edward III,
following her part in the murder of her husband Edward II. Records
show that she was visited at Castle Rising on a number of occasions by her son Edward III.
After Isabella's death the Castle was used as a hunting lodge by the Black Prince.
The castle passed
to the Howard family in 1544 and remains in their hands today, the
current owner being a descendant of William D'Albini II.
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Situated: In Orford on B1084, 20 miles NE of Ipswich
Tel: 01394 450472
Open: All year. End of Mar to End of Sept daily 10am until 6pm (October 5 pm)
Nov to March open Wed to Sun 10am until 4pm
Closed: Between 1pm and 2pm and on the following days, 24th to 26th Dec and 1st Jan
Visit the great keep of Henry II with its three huge towers rising thirty metres and providing commanding views over Orford Ness. Our new audio tour will take you on a fascinating journey back to the former glory of this medieval Royal residence. Climb the spiral staircase leading to a maze of rooms and passageways and hear the tale of the Orford Merman - a legendary man of the sea who was imprisoned in the castle before escaping his captors. Spend time in the lovely town of Orford itself with its antique shops and smokeries.
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Situated: In Framlingham on the B1116
Tel: 01728 724189
Open: All year. End of Mar to End of Sept daily 10am until 6pm (October 5 pm)
Nov to March open Wed to Sun 10am until 4pm
Closed: 24th to 26th Dec and 1st Jan
Walk the full length of the remarkable
12th century battlements that encircle the castle site with
their thirteen impressive towers. Take in lovely views of the surrounding
countryside and view the fine castle gatehouse.
Framlingham has been put to many uses throughout its rich
history - a military fortress, an Elizabethan prison, a poorhouse and a school.
It was here that Mary Tudor waited to hear whether she or Lady Jane Grey had
been declared Queen after the death of Edward VI. Today Framlingham looks from
the outside much as it would have done 800 years ago.
Inside the castle walls the attractive 17th century former
poorhouse is almost intact with its carved medieval stone heads, and houses some
fascinating temporary exhibitions.
Make the most of your visit with our interactive audio tour.
Stroll around the ramparts and castle with your own personal commentary
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