Pocket Rough Guide Staycations Norfolk & Suffolk (Travel Guide eBook)
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Rough Guides Staycations Norfolk & Suffolk
Make the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides.
Inspirational and informative new pocket guide, making the most of holidaying at home in the UK through clearly laid-out walks and tours.
Explore the best of Norfolk & Suffolk with this unique travel guide, packed full of insider information and stunning images. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see, top attractions like BeWILDerwood and Holkham Hall to Sutton Hoo, to discovering cultural gems, including punting in Cambridge, grabbing binoculars and bird-watching in Minsmere RSPB Nature Reserve and strolling down sprawling piers such as Southwold, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking and driving routes will save you time, and help you plan and enhance your staycation in Norfolk & Suffolk.
Features of this travel guide to Norfolk & Suffolk:
- 12 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat along the way
- Local highlights: discover the area's top sights and unique attractions, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Time-saving itineraries: carefully planned routes will help inspire and inform your on-the-road experiences
- Historical and cultural insights: learn more about Norfolk & Suffolk's rich history with fascinating cultural insights throughout
- Insider recommendations: where to stay and what to do, from active pursuits to themed trips
- Rainy day recommendations: uncover plenty of options, whatever the weather throws at you
- Practical full-colour maps: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Key tips and essential information: from transport to hours of operation, we've got you covered
- New for 2021: the latest guidance to all the places you should discover in Norfolk & Suffolk
- The ultimate travel tool: download the free eBook to access all this from your phone or tablet
- Covers: The Brecks, King's Lynn to Holkham, Wells to Cromer, Norfolk Broads, Great Yarmouth, Southwold and Around, Aldeburgh and Around, Bury St Edmunds and Around, Cambridge, Around Cambridge, Colchester and Constable Country.
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This Staycation has been produced by the editors of Rough Guides, world-renowned ‘tell it like it is’ travel publishers. Make the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides.
Walks and Tours
The clearly laid-out walks and tours in this book feature options for walking or using public transport wherever possible. The emphasis is on family fun, wholesome outdoors activities, local festivals, and food and drink. There are loads of great holiday ideas: kids’ stuff, best beaches, historic pubs, literary connections, unique shops, and – crucially with our Great British weather – what to do on a rainy day.
We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Eating Out’ box at the end of each tour.
Introduction
The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink.
Directory
Also supporting the walks and tours is a Trips Tips section, with clearly organised practical information. There is a comprehensive round up of sports and activities in the destination, recommendations for themed holidays, plus our pick of the best places to stay.
Getting around the e-book
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Rough Guides
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10 Things not to miss
Introduction to Norfolk and Suffolk
Geography
When to go
Tourism
Coastal environment
Food and Drink
Fruits of the sea
Aldeburgh food and drink festival
Tour 1: Norwich
Norwich Castle
Castle Museum and Art Gallery
The Royal Arcade
Market Place
The Forum
Pottergate
Museum of Norwich
St Andrew’s to Elm Hill
Norwich Cathedral
Cathedral interior
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Tour 2: The Brecks
Thetford
Thetford Forest
Grime’s Graves
Swaffham
Tour 3: King’s Lynn to Holkham
King’s Lynn
Saturday Market Place
Custom House
Tuesday Market Place
True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum
Castle Rising
Sandringham
Norfolk Lavender
Hunstanton
Holme Dunes and Titchwell Marsh Nature Reserves
Brancaster
The Burnham Villages
Holkham
Holkham Bay
Tour 4: Wells to Cromer
Wells-next-the-Sea
The beach
Stiffkey
Blakeney
Cley-next-the-Sea
Sheringham Park
Felbrigg Hall
Cromer
Cromer Pier
Cromer museums and zoo
Tour 5: Norfolk Broads
Ranworth Broad
Salhouse Broad and Hoveton Great Broad
Wroxham
Be WILDerwood
Horning
Hickling Broad
The Museum of the Broads
Horsey Windpump
Southern Broads
Tour 6: Great Yarmouth
Heritage Quarter
Marine parade
The Royal Hotel
Burgh Castle
Somerleyton Estate
Lowestoft
Maritime Museum
Oulton Broad
Beccles
Feature: Birdwatching
Tour 7: Southwold and Around
Southwold
Pier
Beach and harbour
Sole Bay Brewery
Southwold Museum
Church of St Edmund
Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh
Walberswick
Dunwich
The Dunwich Museum
Minsmere RSPB Nature Reserve
Tour 8: Aldeburgh and Around
Aldeburgh
Maggi Hambling’s Scallop
Thorpeness
Snape Maltings
Orford
Sutton Hoo
Woodbridge
The Tide Mill
Feature: Aldeburgh Festival
Tour 9: Bury St Edmunds and Around
Bury St Edmunds
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
St Mary’s Church
Greene King Brewery
Abbeygate and Cornhill
Ickworth House
Clare and Cavendish
Long Melford
Melford Hall
Kentwell Hall
Sudbury
Lavenham
Market place
Harry Potter backdrop
Tour 10: Cambridge
King’s College
King’s College Chapel
The Backs
Senate House Passage
St Mary the Great
Trinity College
Great Court
Wren Library
St John’s College
The Round Church and Sidney Sussex
Market Square and around
Science museums
The Corpus Clock
Queens’ College
Pembroke and Peterhouse
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Punting on the Cam
Rupert Brooke’s Grantchester
Tour 11: Around Cambridge
Ely Cathedral
Newmarket
Saffron Walden
Audley End House
Feature: Art and Artists
Tour 12: Colchester and Constable Country
Colchester Castle
Castle Park
Dutch Quarter
Dedham
Dedham Vale
East Bergholt
Flatford
Bridge Cottage
Active Pursuits
Walking
Cycling
Beaches and swimming
Leisure centres and lidos
Boating
Sailing and surfing
Canoeing and kayaking
Fishing
Golf
Horseriding
Activity and theme parks
Themed Holidays
Art and photography
Cycling
Family holidays
Music
Nature conservation
Outdoor activities
Pampering
Walking
Practical Information
Getting there
By road
By rail
By bus
By air
By sea
By bicycle
Getting around
Bus and coach
Cycling
Rail
Driving
Car hire
Parking
Facts for the visitor
Travellers with disabilities
Emergencies
Entertainment
LGBTQ travellers
Opening hours
Tourist information
Accommodation
Hotels
Aldeburgh
Blakeney
Burnham Market
Bury St Edmunds
Cambridge
Cley-next-the-Sea
Coltishall
Lavenham
Norwich
Southwold
Wells-next-the-Sea
10 Things not to miss
The high spots of this fascinating and picturesque region cater for all tastes, whether you’re a beach fan, bird-spotter, boat enthusiast or culture vulture.
Boating on the Norfolk Broads. Hire a boat for the day, take a cruise trip or ideally paddle your own canoe on the delightful waterways of the Norfolk Broads. For more information, click here.
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Sutton Hoo. You don’t have to be an archaeology buff to enjoy this fascinating site of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship, discovered in 1939. For more information, click here.
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Ely Cathedral. Make a detour to this magnificent Norman cathedral that towers above the flat landscape of the Fens. See For more information, click here.
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Blakeney seals. Take a boat trip from Morston to Blakeney Point to see a colony of several hundred common and grey seals. For more information, click here.
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Cambridge. Hop across the county border to see the fine colleges of this celebrated seat of learning. For more information, click here.
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Southwold Pier. This quirky pier is one of the best in the country, and one of the few along the coast to have survived the storms. For more information, click here.
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BeWILDerwood. Take the kids to this magical ecofriendly playground with tree houses and zip wires and meet the forest folk who live deep in the woods. For more information, click here.
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Minsmere RSPB Nature Reserve. Seek out birds and other wildlife at this expertly run reserve, known for bitterns, marsh harriers and avocets. For more information, click here.
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Holkham Hall. All part of the Holkham estate are the grand Holkham Hall, extensive parklands, nature reserve and the glorious Holkham Bay, with miles of unspoilt golden sands. For more information, click here.
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Norwich Cathedral. Norwich has many medieval buildings but the magnificent Cathedral, with its soaring spire, is the jewel in the crown. For more information, click here.
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Introduction to Norfolk and Suffolk
Big skies, beaches, boating and birding make Norfolk and Suffolk a haven for outdoor enthusiasts, but they also offer historic churches, fine dining and cosy pubs.
It is hard to believe, when driving through the empty landscapes and sleepy villages of Suffolk and Norfolk, that East Anglia in medieval times was one of the most densely populated and commercialized regions of England. The broad acres of chalk and grassland provided ideal grazing for sheep, and huge quantities of wool were exported, boosted by the arrival of expert Flemish weavers in the mid-14th century. The main legacy of this era of wealth and prosperity is the region’s medieval churches – more than 1,000 of them. It is largely thanks to the region’s location, separated from the main north–south axis through Britain, that it has managed to preserve its distinctive architecture, as well as time-honoured traditions and rural character.
Horses in a field at sunrise, near Dunwich Heath
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Norfolk and Suffolk
Geography
This is the most easterly region of England, bulging out between the shallow Wash to the north and the River Stour to the south. Characterized by vast skies and hazy, low horizons, the landscape is flat or gently rolling, with shallow valleys and slow-flowing rivers. The region as a whole incorporates some very distinctive areas. The popular Norfolk Broads are a network of navigable rivers and open lakes which were formed by the flooding of shallow pits made by medieval peat diggers. In western Norfolk the sandy heaths of The Brecks were covered in dense woodland until Neolithic man, using axes made from the flint pits at Grimes Graves, cleared the forest for farming. Bordering The Brecks the haunting flat Fenland is one of the richest arable areas of England, but before the 17th century, when the Dutch masterminded the drainage of the fens, this area was marshland, inhabited by fishermen and wildfowlers.
The magnificent coastline provides diverse seascapes, from multicoloured cliffs and golden swathes of sands to wild marshland, tidal creeks and mudflats. Many of the harbours have silted up over the centuries and where there were once thriving ports there are now coastal villages, with just a handful of fishermen.
The river by the Pakenham Watermill, Suffolk
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A sign in Southwold depicting the Battle of Solebay (1672) between the English and the Dutch
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When to go
The region has its attractions all year round. It is the driest part of the UK, and ideal for walking or cycling at any time. The warm summer months attract the most visitors, especially to the coast, but even in mid-summer you should be prepared for northerly and easterly winds from the North Sea. May, June, early July and early autumn are good times to go, while the latter part of July and August are invariably the most crowded. Autumn and winter are great times for walking, and especially for birdlife. Thousands of pink-footed geese migrate from Iceland and Greenland, flying inland at dawn to feast on arable farmland. Coasts provide bracing walks off-season, and winter is the best time to see seals on the beach. At the end of the day there is always a cosy pub nearby with local ale and a log fire roaring.
Tourism
Although agriculture and fishing still have a role to play, the economy increasingly relies on tourism. The great outdoors is the main attraction, with walking, touring, visiting beaches and exploring villages the most popular activities. The extensive waterways of the Broads are among the top attractions, both for boating and for rare wildlife. To the east lies exuberant Great Yarmouth, to the north a coast of huge sandy beaches, well-established English seaside resorts such as Cromer and Sheringham, and tiny coastal villages backing on to wildlife-rich creeks and marshes. The Suffolk coast attracts