East Anglia Travel Guide & Heritage Tourism
Historic Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk
Find historic places to visit and stay in East Anglia. Explore Constable Country - the landscape that inspired one of England's great artists. From the historic cities of Cambridge and Norwick to idyllic Suffolk villages with their picturesque cottages, East Anglia has something for everyone to enjoy.
Top Heritage-Rated
Ely Cathedral 
Norwich Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral
Ipswich
St Bene't's (St Benedicts), Cambridge
Abbeys
and Monasteries
Bury St Edmunds
Crowland
Abbey
Leiston Abbey
Castle Acre Priory
Ramsey
Abbey
Thetford Priory
all abbeys in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
Cambridge University
University
Travel Guide
Kings
College Chapel
Castles
Baconsthorpe
Castle Acre
Castle
Rising
Framlingham
Hedingham Castle
Orford Castle
Norwich Castle
all castles in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
Churches & Cathedrals
Blythburgh
Bury St Edmunds, St Mary's
Ely
Cathedral
Framlingham
Norwich
Cathedral
Peterborough
Cathedral
all historic churches in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
Countryside
Norfolk
Broads National Park
North
Norfolk Heritage Coast
Peddar's
Way / Norfolk Coast Path
The
East Anglian Fens
Wicken
Fen
Historic Houses
Anglesey
Abbey
Audley
End
Blickling
Hall
Felbrigge
Hall
Holkham
Hall
Ickworth
Kentwell
Hall
Melford Hall
Oxburgh Hall
Wimpole
Hall
all historic houses in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
Gardens
Cambridge
University Botanic Gardens
Peckover
House
all gardens in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
Historic Buildings
Flatford:
Bridge Cottage
Museums
Duxford
Air Museum
Fitzwilliam
Miuseum
all museums in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
Ancient Britain
Grimes
Graves -prehistoric mines
Sutton
Hoo - Saxon ship burial
all ancient sites in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
In AD 663 King Sigebert of the East Angles established a religious community of secular priests in Bury. In 903 the body of St Edmund was buried here, over 30 years after his unpleasant death at the hands of the Danes. In 1020 King Canute re-established the settlement as a … ... more
The Wheatsheaf
The Wheatsheaf Pub formerly the West Beckham Manor house dates back over 400 years and was converted to a public house in 1984. The first floor of this lovely manor has been converted into a B&B in 2016 with comfortable rooms full of character. Being a traditional English Country Pub … more >>
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Stay From: £90.00
Essex
Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Destination Guides:
Bury St Edmunds
Cambridge
Clare
Ely
Framlingham
Lavenham
Long Melford
Norwich
Thetford
Wymondham
Hotels
Essex
- Cambridgeshire
- Norfolk - Suffolk
- Cambridge
- Ely - Peterborough
- Great
Yarmouth - King's
Lynn - Norwich
- Ipswich -
and many more locations >>
Self Catering Cottages
Essex
- Norfolk - Suffolk
- Blythburgh - Elmstead
- Hunstanton - Norwich - Wells-next-the-Sea
- and many more locations >>
Bed and Breakfast
Essex - Norfolk - Suffolk - Cambridgeshire
1. Punting
on the River Cam - it's harder than it looks!2. Choral performances at King's College, Cambridge
3. The extraordinary octagonal tower at Ely Cathedral
4. The stark beauty of the Fens
5. Fields of saffron in bloom
