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 Norwich to idyllic Suffolk villages with their picturesque cottages, East Anglia has something for everyone to enjoy.
Top Heritage-Rated
Wiggenhall, St Mary's Church 
Thornham Parva, St Mary's Church
Ufford, St Mary of the Assumption Church
Blythburgh, Holy Trinity Church
Walsingham Abbey
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
Felbrigg 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 Museum
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
William the Conqueror built the first castle atop a high mound in 1067, using the townsfolk as forced labour. The present Norwich Castle was built 60 years later. The castle is now a museum housing local art, silver, glass, and porcelain, as well as archaeological remains and medieval armour. ... more
Essex
Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Destination Guides:
Bury St Edmunds
Cambridge
Clare
Ely
Framlingham
Lavenham
Long Melford
Norwich
Thetford
Wymondham
Self Catering Cottages
Essex
- Norfolk - Suffolk
- Blythburgh - Elmstead
- Hunstanton - Norwich - Wells-next-the-Sea
- and many more locations >>
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
