- The Moot Hall
- Aldeburgh
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- The Moot Hall was once, as long
ago as the middle of the 16th century, in the centre of Aldeburgh.
By the beginning of the 17th century houses were being lost to
the sea and a hundred years later there was little more to the
East of the Moot Hall than there is today, it is now only a few
yards from the beach. The Moot Hall is now the meeting place
of the Town Council and, upstairs, a small, but interesting,
museum.
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- A sculpture of a scallop
shell commemorating the life of composer Benjamin Britten on
the beach at Aldeburgh. Sculptor Maggi Hambling said the 12-foot
(3.7-meter) steel scallop shell on Aldeburgh's windswept beach
is a fitting tribute to the composer of the operas "Peter
Grimes" and "Billy Budd," who lived in the town
and loved its rugged North Sea coast.
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- The beach at Aldeburgh
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- Snape Maltings
- Nr. Saxmundham
- Suffolk IP17 1SR
 01728
688303/5
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- Snape Maltings is a unique
collection of granaries and malthouses nestling beside the River
Alde. Shops, galleries and restaurants fill the old buildings
where local barley was once malted for the brewing industry.
The present owners, the Gooderham family, bought the Maltings
in the 1960s and set about its gradual restoration and rejuvenation.
In 1967 Snape Maltings Concert Hall was opened as a venue for
the Aldeburgh Festival, the brainchild of composer Benjamin Britten
and tenor Peter Pears.
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- A splendid early Victorian
mansion built in Anglo- Italian style by Sir Morton Peto. Lavish
architectural features and magnificent carved stonework.
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- Somerleyton Hall & Gardens
- Lowestoft
- Suffolk
- 01502
730224
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- Gainsborough's House
46 Gainsborough Street Sudbury
- Suffolk CO10 2EU
Tel: 01787 372958
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Gainsborough's House, the only
birthplace of the great British artist open to the public in
Britain, opened as a museum in 1961. It shows a large collection
of his paintings, drawings and prints as well as temporary exhibitions.
At the back of the museum is a walled garden which includes a
four hundred year-old mulberry tree. It is used for exhibitions
of sculpture during the summer months. |
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The Museum is in the South Transept
of Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, a small city fifteen miles
north of Cambridge making it an ideal centre to visit.The Museums
exhibits include an early 19th century stained-glass copy of
a work by Raphael and an 18th century panel copied from a portrait
by the artist Sir Joshua Reynolds.Also on show is a work by William
Morris, designed by Edward Burne-Jones. ...more |
- The Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral
- Ely
- Cambridgeshire
- CB7 4DL
- Tel: 01353 660347
Tel/Fax: 01353 665025
- Email
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Ely Museum, a bright and friendly
local history museum, located in the Bishop's Gaol in the centre
of the historical city of Ely. The Museum is the history centre
for the Isle of Ely & the Fens and it takes you on a journey
through time from prehistory to the twentieth century. Displays
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- Ely Museum
- The Old Gaol
- Market Street
- Ely, Cambridgeshire
- CB7 4LS
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- Holkham Hall
- Wells-next-the-Sea
- Norfolk
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01328 710227
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- Majestic stately Home,
3,000acre deer park, magnificent state rooms, Bygones Musuem.
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- Country retreat of the Royal
family, built by King Edward VII and passed down as a private
home through 4 generations of monarchs.
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- Sandringham
House
- Sandringham
- Norfolk
- 01553
772675
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- Castle Rising Castle
- near King's Lynn
- 01553
631330
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- Castle Rising is set
in 12 acres of defensive earthworks, one of the largest and ornate
Norman buildings in the country. The huge 12th century keep has
walls that still tower to their original height and there are
fine views of the surrounding countryside from the ramparts.
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- At one end of the village
of Castle Acre, visit the ruins of a double moated castle with
some of the most impressive earthworks in the country. Then visit
Britain's best preserved Cluniac Priory, its superb Norman facade
still rises to its original height. See the cloister, refectory,
chapterhouse and dormitory.
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- Castle Acre Priory and Castle
- near Swaffham
- 01760
755394
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- Sutton Windmill and Broads
Museum
- Sutton
- Norwich
- 01692
581195
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- Britain's tallest
windmill and a famous Norfolk landmark. Complete milling machinery,
4 sets of mill stones, sack houst and 9 floors.
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- All aspects of rural
life displayed in beautiful 50 acre setting.
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- Gressenhall
- Norfolk Rural life Museum &
farm
- near Fakenham
- 01362
860563
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- Pensthorpe Waterfowl Trust
- Fakenham
- Norfolk
- 01328
851465
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- Waterfowl and waders, woodland
walks, wildflower meadows, 500 acres of nature reserve, the millenium
garden and much more.... Restaurant and gift shop.
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- Breeding birds include
Avocets, Redshanks and Warblers. Extensive hide system, summer
walk with reedbed boardwalk/ pond-dipping areas.
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- The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
- Hundred Foot Bank
- Welney
- Nr Wisbech
- 01353 860711
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- Norfolk Lavender
- Heacham
- King's Lynn
- 01485
570384
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- England's Lavender Farm.
Tea room, Plant centre, Mill shop.
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The Ipswich Transport Museum has
the largest collection of transport items in Britain devoted
to just one town. Everything was either made or used in and around
Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk. |
- Ipswich Transport Museum
Old Trolleybus Depot,
Cobham Road,
Ipswich,
IP3 9JD,
01473 715666
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- Bircham Windmill
- Great Bircham
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE31 6SJ
- 01485
578 393
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Standing in the heart of Norfolk's
undulating fields, the restored and working Bircham Windmill
looks as it did over 100 years ago. Over 300 mills once ground
corn for horse and cattle feed and bread making in Norfolk. Bircham
Mill is considered one of the best still remaining - it is the
only windmill in working order in the area open to the public.
Many items of interest are on the ground floor for visitors to
see. When possible on windy days the sails turn the milling machinery
inside and visitors can climb the five floors up to the fan stage.Gift
Shop, Tea Rooms,
Free car parking, Disabled facilities, Family cycle hire centre |
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