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Norwich Hotels

Norwich Hotels

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What's On?                     Overview                     Prepare                     Highlights 

Overview

Overview

Norwich, Norfolk's county town, is a fusion of ancient and modern, crammed with medieval buildings and sleek contemporary architecture. Explore the twisting lanes, medieval churches and modern glassy emporiums and then take time to float along the Broads.

See

Tour the squat Norman Norwich Castle and wander the carved cloisters of the vast Romanesque Norwich Cathedral. Explore the Saxon marketplace, the cobbled lanes of Elm Hill and the Cow Tower on the city walls. Check out modern and ancient art at Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, designed by Norman Foster and recently revamped.
Spend

Norwich boasts a bustling open-air market; trawl the stalls surrounded by medieval buildings and overlooked by the sparkling glass of The Forum. Search out antiques in Elm Hill, independent retailers in the Norwich Lanes, or go undercover in the Royal Arcade, also home to Colman's Mustard Shop. Find high-street names in Castle Mall and Chapelfield Shopping Centre on Gentleman's Walk.
Get Out

Hire a boat and chug along the Norfolk Broads, the waterways east of Norwich. Moor up to explore bustling Wroxham, photogenic Ludham and Acle's Norman church, or the rural backwaters of South Walsham and Upton. Spot windmills as you follow the Weaver's Way on foot or pedal for miles on cycle trails alongside the waterways.
Culture

See Incan effigies and Greek sculptures alongside Picasso sketches and Le Corbusier chairs at Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, based at the University of East Anglia. Attend a concert by the acclaimed Britten Sinfonia and contemporary drama at the Fringe Festival. Kids love the Norwich Puppet Theatre; grown-ups love The Comedy Store in The Forum or gigs at The Waterfront.
Eat & Drink

Bar-hop alongside students and weekend clubbers or cosy up in an ancient city-centre pub. Go international and eat curry, pizza, noodles, tortillas or burgers. Stay British with mushy peas, fresh whelks, cockles and crab or pay homage to Norwich's Delia Smith at her eponymous restaurant, serving modern British food.
New Perspective

Check out the Inspire Discovery Centre, an interactive science museum in fine medieval St Michael's church. Kids love riding the gyroscope, learning about colour and getting a closer look at their own eyeballs.

Prepare

Prepare

Take a detailed guidebook to lead you around the sights, and a paddle for getting out of trouble on the Norfolk Broads.

Norwich Year

Enjoy a heady explosion of art and culture at the 16-day Norfolk & Norwich Festival in May. Take the family to see the livestock and show-jumping at the Royal Norfolk Show in June. See English pomp and pageantry at the historic Lord Mayor's Street Procession in July, when the fair comes to town, and watch contemporary drama and attend gallery openings during October's Norwich Fringe Festival. Celebrate local food and healthy eating at the Norfolk & Norwich Food Festival held annually over 7 days in October.
Public Holidays

New Year's Day, Good Friday (Mar/Apr), Easter Monday (Mar/Apr), May Bank Holiday, Spring Bank Holiday (May), Summer Bank Holiday (Aug), Christmas Day (25 Dec), Boxing Day (26 Dec).
Weather

The climate in this corner of the country is warmer and drier than elsewhere in the UK and the temperature rarely dips below freezing even in January. Take your umbrella for the April showers and enjoy the warmth from May to August (16°C – 25°C). Unless Norwich is experiencing a heatwave, there is no need for air-conditioned hotel rooms.
Electricity

240V AC, 50 Hz, three-pin plugs are standard.
Dialling Code

+44 (national), (0) 1603 + six-figure number (Norwich).
Money

Pound sterling (£) is the currency.
GMT

GMT precisely (+1 in British summertime).
Norwich Tourist Info

Visit Norwich website

Fit In

In summer, shorts and t-shirts are the order of the day as you sip a pint of the local brew. Drift idly down the Norfolk Broads in captain's cap and deck shoes on board your boat.

Highlights

Highlights

Norwich is a city on the go; ancient lanes and medieval churches jostle for attention with contemporary architecture. Ditch the car and explore on foot.

Admire the creamy pinnacles of the Norman Norwich Cathedral and its soaring spire, with flying buttresses and stained glass. Explore the city's labyrinthine precincts, wander down cobbled, half-timbered Elm Hill and clamber up to the austere 12th-century Norwich Castle to explore the child-friendly, hands-on Museum and Art Gallery. Rummage around the vast open-air Norwich Market, open daily except Sunday. Spot the landmark flint churches dotted within the ancient city walls.

Search for the ghost of Anne Boleyn in the tapestry-lined long gallery at Jacobean Blickling Hall, near the market town of Aylsham. Walk the savannah with the cheetahs, lions, giraffes and hyenas at Africa Alive!, or peer down at the tigers from the treetops at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens. Explore the unending Norfolk Broads – hire a boat and drift idly past coots, ducks, swans and stalking herons.
Sightseeing Tips

See Norwich for free wandering down the ancient lanes, past flint churches and the ruined towers on the city walls. The market is closed and many attractions have limited opening hours on Sundays. The annual Norfolk Museums Pass allows unlimited access to top museums throughout the county.

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