Places of interest in Norfolk
Windfarms
Norfolk is now building more and more windfarms placing most
of this in the North Sea just off the Great Yarmouth coast line. These
will generate electricity for that part of North Norfolk.
Sandringham Royal Estate
The Queen's Christmas retreat, Sandringham is situated between the historic
town of King's Lynn and the seaside town of Hunstanton. A magnificent
Royal House along with some fabulous walks around the Queens grounds,
taking in nature trails depending on your fitness level, you can walk
for five miles or three, depending on how fit you're feeling!
Great Yarmouth Circus, building one of only a few in the world!
The hippodrome was built very nearly 100 years ago in 1903, by George
Gilbert, who five years previously had erected a circus in a wooden temporary
building on the same site. Gilbert, Norwich born, as a famous equestrian
along with his wife Jennie O'Brien, and when he opened the Yarmouth hippodrome,
it was described as "undoubtedly the finest palace of entertainment
in Great Britain", although different in scale and atmosphere to
the grandiose circus halls of the London Hippodrome, Liverpool Olympia,
or Hengler's Circus in Argyll Street, London, which exists today as the
london palladium , the Yarmouth hippodrome, however,
hased and still today possesses that unique charm and intimacy which drew
audiences ninety-nine years ago .
North
Norfolk Coast covering Caister to Cromer through to Aylsham and North
Walhsam.
The seaside resort of Cromer situated on the North Norfolk Coast, famous
for its "Cromer Crab". We carry out survey's in all of the above
mentioned towns.
Windmill
Sails Struck by Lightening;
Denver Windmill was
built in 1835 and continued to grind corn using wind-power for over
one hundred years. The windmill stopped work in 1941 when the sails
were struck by lightning.
Now it has been lovingly restored to full working order with new facilities
for visitors to enjoy. Once again flour is being milled using the power
of the wind. We haven't surveyed this windmill but have done others. This
one is not for sale though!
City of Norwich; Norwich, the capital
of Norfolk, was once second only to London in importance,
growing out of several small Saxon settlements at the lowest
fording point along the River Wensum.
Before the Norman Conquest of 1066, Norwich was one of
the largest towns in England. The conquerors built a castle
and a cathedral, and established a new market place, which
is still in use today.
In 1194 Norwich was granted the status of a city, while
in 1404 it was given the privilege of appointing a mayor,
two sheriffs and aldermen to run its affairs. Norwich grew
in size and wealth during the Middle Ages. It was the principal
market for one of the most densely populated parts of England
and by the late fourteenth century was the chief centre
of worsted manufacture. It remained one of the most important
textile manufacturing centres until the nineteenth century.
To find out more about this historic city visit HistoricalNorwich.co.uk
Norfolk Broads
The Broads (a singular
noun - it denotes an area) has 200km of unhurried and lock-free
navigation. There are five rivers and 40 broads though
not all of the broads are navigable and some are landlocked.
Collectively, they have a water area of about 3,640 hectares
(9,000 acres), the rivers accounting for nearly 80% of
the total.
Sharing that space are about 13,000 registered craft of which
perhaps 20% are hire craft, the rest privately owned. That
total is slightly below the peak of the early 1990s but some
200,000 people spend a week or more on cruiser holidays each
year while the Broads receives over a million visitors annually
who collectively pass 5.4 million days there.
And whilst your visiting the area why not tune in on your radio to KLFM96.7 this is the local radio station for West Norfolk which covers all news in the area and will give you up-dated travel bulletins for the good olde Coastal Roads..visit their website at klfmradio96.7.co.uk
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