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About Norfolk & Norwich
Norfolk
Norfolk is the sort of county you don’t just enjoy visiting or living in – it’s the sort of county you fall in love with. Norfolk offers breathtaking coastline, forests, fens and wide expanses of countryside. There’s everything from pretty towns, historic villages, windmills and stately homes to the vibrant and exciting city of Norwich. Many people and businesses flock to Norfolk to enjoy both its breathtaking scenery and thriving cultural, artistic and economic opportunities. It’s the perfect place to come and holiday and even better to live in! In fact Norfolk is so spectacular, even the Queen calls it home with her North Norfolk residency Sandringham House.
Where ever you go in Norfolk you’ll find so much to entertain, intrigue and amaze you. North Norfolk boasts attractive flint knapped houses, stunning wide expanses of sandy beaches and bustling seaside towns. West Norfolk is home to the famous Fens and to the East you can enjoy boating on the wonderful Norfolk Broads and a coastline scattered with seals. In South Norfolk you’ll find village after village filled with attractive thatched cottages and cosy country pubs. And all this surrounds the historic and vibrant city of Norwich which boasts a glorious cathedral, superb university, art galleries, pubs, clubs, restaurants, museums and much more.
You can find out more about what wonderful Norfolk and Norwich has to offer you by clicking on the links above.
• Norfolk is in the top five tourism destinations in England
• Norwich and its surrounding area currently attracts around 8 million day visitors and 1.3m staying visitors each year.
• Norfolk was voted in the top 10 counties in England for quality of life
• Norwich is the largest city in East Anglia with a population of 250,000
• Norwich is the largest walled city in England with the most intact mediaeval street pattern in the country.
• Norwich Cathedral is one of Europe’s greatest Romanesque cathedrals and it has the largest cathedral precinct in the UK.
• Norwich has the only intact friary complex in the UK, one of Europe’s great Norman castles, the most pre-reformation churches of any city north of the Alps and 1,560 statutorily listed buildings spanning 1,000 years of history.
• Norwich houses the largest 6-day open-air market in England.
• The Norfolk Broads is Britain’s largest protected wetland with status equivalent to a National Park with 200km of lock-free navigable rivers, shallow lakes, woodland, fens and grazing marshes, home to some of the rarest plants and wildlife in the UK.
• Norwich has a strong arts and entertainment offering. Norwich hosts annually the Norfolk and Norwich Festival (May), Royal Norfolk Show (Jun), Norwich Fringe Festival (Oct), Norwich Food Festival (Oct), the Norwich Beer Festival (Oct), The Forum Ice Skating (Dec).
• Norwich is home to a major producing television company, Anglia Television and the BBC East Headquarters are based at The Forum, which together provide a media dimension to the city’s cultural offering.
• Norwich has been placed in the top 5 of UK places to shop.
• Norwich was voted in the top ten of university cities by students.
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