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The relaxing county of Norfolk offers an escape into the remote countryside; boasting pretty villages, historic churches, castles, miles of unspoilt sandy beaches, inland waterways and wildlife, yet nestling in its centre, the jewel of Norwich City.
Norwich is a thriving city with International cultural diversity, forged by medieval growth of textile trade, its two cathedrals clearly marking the accumulated wealth of the era. Today a University, State of the art teaching hospital, vibrant nightlife and extensive shops and street markets blend with the remains of history evident via its architecture, Castle walls.
Explore the protected wetlands of the Norfolk Broads, excavated for its peat and subsequently flooded, later to be used by the Victorians for transporting heavy loads. Now a flourishing holiday destination and great way to discover some of the many prettys villages and market towns of Acle, Loddon, Brundall, Blickling, Oulton & Thorpe, to name but a few.
On the North Norfolk Coast, enjoy other popular destinations for their glorious unspoilt beaches at Sheringham, Cromer, Wells and Holkham, its popular market towns of Burnham, with its award winning restaurants, Kings Lynn, Fakenham, and Swaffham, perhaps a visit to the residence and gardens of Her Majesty at Sandringham. Experience the peacefulness and diverse wildlife at Blakeney and Cley-next-the-Sea with their quarried flint stone cottages.
Whichever Norfolk destination you visit, there is always something to experience in its bustling towns and villages, and places to explore along its ancient paths, tread by Boudica and the Iceni’s into its unspoilt countryside.
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