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Bradenham Hall Gardens

A plant-lover’s garden for all seasons. The house and garden walls are covered with unusual climbers. Flower gardens, formal rose gardens, paved garden, herbaceous and shrub borders. Arboretum of over 800 different trees, all labelled. Traditional walled kitchen gardens, mixed borders, and two glasshouses. Massed daffodils in spring…

Caister Castle Car Collection

Large collection of historic motor vehicles from 1893 to recent. Moated Castle built by Sir John Falstaff in 1432. Car park free…

Castle Rising Castle

Possibly the finest mid-12th century Keep left in England: it was built as a grand and elaborate palace. It was home to Queen Isabella, grandmother of the Black Prince. Still in surprisingly good condition, the Keep is surrounded by massive ramparts up to 120 feet high. Picnic area, adjacent tearoom. Audio tour…

Hoveton Hall Gardens

15 acres of rhododendrons, azaleas, woodland and lakeside walks, walled herbaceous and vegetable gardens. Nature trail for children and a programme of special events are now being held in the gardens. The hall (not open to the public) was built 1809-1812, designs attributed to Humphry Repton…

Kimberley Hall

Magnificent Queen Anne house built in 1712 by William Talman for Sir John Wodehouse, an ancestor of P G Wodehouse. Towers added after 1754 and wings connected to the main block by curved colonnades in 1835. Internal embellishments in 1770s include some very fine plasterwork by John Sanderson and a ‘flying’ spiral staircase beneath a coffered dome. The park, with its picturesque lake, ancient oak trees and walled gardens was laid out in 1762 by ‘Capability’ Brown…

Letheringsett Watermill

At the time of the Domesday Book, 580 watermills were recorded in Norfolk, including one at Letheringsett but there were no windmills. By the 19th century there were only about 80 or 90 watermills still able to work. The red brick mill you see today was built in 1802. Letheringsett watermill is the last remaining watermill in Norfolk to produce flour…

Mannington Gardens & Countryside

The gardens around this medieval moated manor house feature a wide variety of plants, trees and shrubs in many different settings. Throughout the gardens are thousands of roses especially classic varieties. The Heritage Rose and 20th Century Rose Gardens have roses in areas with designs reflecting their date of origin from the 15th century to the present day…

Belchamp Hall

Superb Queen Anne house on an estate belonging to the Raymond family since 1611. Historic portraits and period furniture. Suitable for corporate events and product launches, weddings in the church and receptions and as a film and television location. Gardens including a cherry avenue, follies, a sunken garden, walled garden and lake. Medieval church with 15th century wall paintings…

Euston Hall

Home of the Dukes of Grafton for over 300 years. The Hall contains a unique collection of paintings of the Court of Charles II. Formal gardens and walks through the Pleasure Grounds, designed by diarist John Evelyn, can still be enjoyed today. Admission also includes access to 18th century watermill and ‘Wren’ style church which stand in the grounds. Tea Room and Gift Shop…

Gainsborough's House

Gainsborough’s House is the birthplace museum of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), one of the greatest painters in the history of British art. More of his paintings, drawings and prints are on display here at any one time than anywhere else in the world. The collection encompasses Gainsborough’s whole career, from early portraits or landscapes painted in Suffolk in the 1750s to later works from his London period of the 1770s and 80s. A varied programme of exhibitions of both historic British and contemporary art are organised throughout the year. The historic house dates back to the 16th century with an attractive walled garden…