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Littlefields, Dereham, Breckland, Norfolk
NR19 1BQ Breckland District
Days out for all the family
Are there any fun places to visit? The following attractions are within 10 miles of NR19 1BQ:
Roots of Norfolk
Beech House, Gressenhall, NR204DR
Set in 50 beautiful acres of Norfolk countryside this delightful and unique museum offers a wonderful range of things to see and do. Dig deeper into Norfolk's rural past as you explore our stunning displays and visit traditional cottages and shops.
Wymondham Tourist Information Centre
Market Cross, Market Place, NR18 0AX
The Tourist Information Centre is staffed to offer help and advice on attractions, accommodation, and events in the locality. It is a valuable source of information about anything and everything going on in and around the town for visitors and residents alike.
Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park
Pensthorpe, Fakenham, NR210LN
Pensthorpe is set in 500 acres of beautiful countryside with miles of nature trails to explore through ancient fen meadows, woodland and a superb series of lakes. Pensthorpe is home to a fine collection of waterfowl including endangered exotic waterfowl from around the world.
Castle Rising Castle
Stocks Green, Castle Rising, PE322XD
A fine 12th-century domestic keep, set amid huge defensive earthworks and once the palace and home to Isabella, the 'She Wolf' of France, dowager Queen of England. The keep walls stand to their original height.
Thursford Collection
Thursford Green, Near Fakenham, NR210AS
Unique collection of mechanical organs, a Wurlitzer Cinema Organ, fairground rides, traction and showmen's engines. Live musical shows throughout afternoon with mechanical organs and Wurlitzer Show starring Robert Wolfe.
Norwich Aviation Museum
Old Norwich Road, Horsham st Faith, NR103JF
Here at the Museum we are committed to recording and preserving the history of aviation in Norfolk. The museum started out as an aviation enthusiasts group for members of the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company way back in 1977.
Blickling Hall
Blickling, NR116NF
Built in the early 17th century and one of England's great Jacobean houses, Blickling is famed for its spectacular long gallery, superb library and fine collections of furniture, pictures and tapestries. The beautiful parkland surrounding the mansion was landscaped during the eighteenth century.
Bridewell Museum
Bridewell Alley, Norwich, NR21AQ
Discover how Norwich found fame and fortune producing mustard, shoes, textiles, chocolate and beer. Once a prison for women and beggars (a 'Bridewell'), this delightful museum is now home to a wonderful collection of historic objects and machinery revealing how Norwich people earned their living.
Walsingham Abbey and Shirehall Museum
Near Fakenham, Little Walsingham, NR226BP
In the grounds of Walsingham Abbey lie the ruins of an original Augustinian Priory, which was built in the 11th Century. The remains of the Priory can still be seen in the beautiful Abbey Grounds.
Mannington Hall and Gardens
Mannington Hall, Saxthorpe, NR117BB
Mannington Hall is a fifteenth century moated house with a more recent garden. The gardens around this medieval moated manor house feature a wide variety of plants, trees and shrubs in many different settings.
Norwich Castle Museum
Castle Meadow, Norwich, NR13JU
One of the City's most famous landmarks, Norwich Castle was built by the Normans as a Royal Palace 900 years ago. Used as a prison from the 14th century, the Castle became a museum in 1894.
Bure Valley Railway
Aylsham Station, Norwich Road, Aylsham, Norwich, NR116BW
Welcome to the Bure Valley Railway! Norfolk's longest fifteen inch gauge line runs between the ancient market town of Aylsham and Wroxham, the 'Capital of the Norfolk Broads' with country stations serving the villages of Brampton, Buxton and Coltishall.The 18 mile round trip runs through the picturesque Bure valley countryside following he meandering river through meadowland and ancient pasture stopping occassionally at small country villages.
Norwich Castle
Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich, NR13JQ
One of the city's most famous landmarks, Norwich Castle was built by the Normans as a Royal Palace 900 years ago. Now a museum and art gallery, the Castle is packed with treasures to inspire and intrigue visitors of all ages.
Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum
The Close, Norwich, NR14DH
Follow the story of Norfolk's soldiers and their families in shaping three centuries of global history and see a fascinating collection of equipment, souvenirs and memorabilia. The Regiment was formed in 1685 and served around the world.
Houghton Hall
Houghton, PE316UE
Houghton has a very special, unspoilt atmosphere with its herd of white deer in the park, and peacocks strutting on the west front. The house itself has changed little since the 18th-century, and it is easy to imagine Sir Robert Walpole entertaining his guests after a hard day's hunting.
Wolterton Park
Wolterton Park, Erpingham, NR117LY
Countryside Walks & Trails, Gardens, Rose & Plant Sales, Hall Tours, Weddings, Special Events Including Music, Drama, Bygones, Exhibitions, History & Nature Walks.The gardens around this medieval moated manor house feature a wide variety of plants, trees and shrubs in many different settings.
Banham Zoo
The Grove, Banham, NR162HE
Journey around the glode to experience at close quarters some of the world's most exotice, rare and endangered animals. Experience one of the largest and most exciting Birds of Prey display in the UK.
Oxburgh Hall
Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough, PE339PS
This quintessential Tudor house, with its magnificent gatehouse and accessible Priest's Hole, was built in 1482 by the Bedingfeld family, who still live here. The rooms show the development from medieval austerity to neo-Gothic Victorian comfort, and include an outstanding display of embroidery worked by Mary, Queen of Scots and Bess of Hardwick.
Baconsthorpe Castle
Baconsthorpe, NR256LN
Baconsthorpe Castle, more accurately described as a fortified manor house, is the remains of a 15th-century castle, built by Sir John Heydon during the Wars of the Roses. The remains of red brick and knapped flint are reflected in the lake, enlarged from the original castle moat.
Creake Abbey
North Creake, NR219LF
The Creakes stand out in gentle north-west Norfolk because their two parish churches are so huge; this in a part of the county where there are so many sleepy little near-ruins set on their own among the high-hedged narrow lanes. Externally, the two churches are grand; but where South Creake's has a magical interior that is at once wholly rural and numinous, North Creake church is a vast urban Anglo-catholic temple that could as easily be in the centre of Bristol or Norwich.
Bircham Windmill
Great Bircham, PE316SJ
Standing in the heart of Norfolk's undulating fields, Bircham Windmill now looks as it did over 100 years ago. At that time over 300 mills ground corn for horse and cattle feed and bread-making in Norfolk.
Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
Wells-next-the-Sea, NR231QB
Visit the longest 10' narrow gauge steam railway in the world and see the unique Garratt locomotive 'Norfolk Hero' which was especially built for this line.A great adventure for all the family in the delightful countryside of the North Norfolk coast.
Holkham Hall and Bygones Museum
Halkham, NR231AB
Holkham Hall, home of the Coke family and the Earls of Leicester, was built between 1734 and 1764 by Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. This Palladian style mansion reflects Thomas Coke's appreciation of classical art developed during his 'Grand Tour' of Europe which lasted 6 years and from which he returned in the spring of 1718.
Muckleburgh Collection
Weybourne Military Camp, Near Sheringham, NR257EG
The Muckleburgh Collection has been so named after Muckleburgh Hill at the foot of which the military camp is situated. The Collection was started by the now late Berry Savory and his son Michael after the success of another small museum.
Thetford Warren Lodge
2m West of Thetford, IP241AD
Ruins of two-storeyed mediaeval hunting lodge, set in pleasant woods. Built c1400 for the Prior of Thetford's gamekeeper.
Ancient House Museum
White Hart Street, Thetford, IP241AA
Ancient House Museum is currently closed for a major refurbishment which will create a 21st century museum which will reflect Thetford's rich heritage. This magnificent timber framed Tudor merchant's house was built about 1490, with an extension added about 1590.
Weeting Castle
2m North of Brandon, Weeting, IP270RQ
Ruins of an early C12th defended manor house, built by Hugh de Plais in the 1130's on the site of a C10th settlement. Weeting is one of the earliest inhabited parts of Norfolk, the flint mines at Grimes Graves confirm this.
Sandringham House and Country Park
Sandringham House and Country Park, PE356EN
Built in 1870 by the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Sandringham was once described as 'The most comfortable house in England'. It has been passed down as a private home through four generations of British monarchs and is now the country retreat of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.
Bressingham Steam Museum
Bressingham, IP222AB
The Steam Museum and Gardens are located at Bressingham near Diss in Norfolk, England. Featuring Road traction Engines.
Felbrigg Hall
Felbrigg, NR118PR
Felbrigg Hall is one of the finest 17th-century country houses in East AngliaThe Hall contains its original 18th-century furniture, one of the largest collections of Grand Tour paintings by a single artist, and an outstanding library. The Walled Garden has been restored and features a series of potager gardens, a working dovecote and the National Collection of Colchicums.
