Historic Towns and Villages in Norfolk

One of the last privately owned villages in England, Heydon has seen no new building since the 1887 water fountain built to mark Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Historic highlights include the Tudor mansion of Heydon Hall, where Oliver Cromwell was once chased by a bull, and the beautiful 14th-century parish church of St Peter & St Paul.
Heydon, Norfolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: The Tudor mansion of Heydon Hall

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A name known to readers of Arthur Ransome's 'Swallows and Amazons' series, Hickling is a village in the northeast of the Norfolk Broads National Park. Hickling gives access to Hickling Broad, one of the most popular waterways in the National Park for boaters.
Hickling, Norfolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: 13th century st Mary's church

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A lovely market town in south Norfolk with a number of attractive Georgian houses about the town green. During the late Georgian period, Hingham became popular with London socialites to the extent that the town became known as 'Little London'.
Hingham, Norfolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: St Andrew's Church with its Abraham Lincoln connections

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A historic village on the north Norfolk coast, Holkham is situated beside Holkham National Nature Reserve, the largest reserve in England. The reserve covers an area of sand dunes, salt marshes, and woods, providing habitat for a large variety of birds. The beach here has been voted the finest in England in a poll of 100 leading travel writers.
Holkham, Norfolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: The superb 18th-century stately home of Holkham Hall

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Holt is a rural Norfolk town with a large number of attractive 18th-century buildings. The Georgian style of much of Holt is a result of a devastating fire that swept the town in 1708 and destroyed most of Holt's older buildings. As a result, the historic core of Holt has a preponderance of lovely Georgian buildings.
Holt, Norfolk, England

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Horning is a popular village in the heart of the Norfolk Broads, about 10 miles from Norwich. Horning dates to at least the Roman era. The ruins of medieval St Benet's Abbey stand on the river bank just outside the village. The abbey was the only one in Britain not destroyed by Henry VIII's men in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Horning, Norfolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: The ruins of St Benet's abbey

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A small, attractive Broadland village, yet only a mile from the coast. A restored windpump (owned by the National Trust) sits beside Horsey staithe. The windpump was built in 1912 and operated until 1948. You can view the pump workings, and climb the tower for excellent views.
Horsey, Norfolk, England

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A holiday resort town on the north-west Norfolk Coast, Hunstanton was settled as early as Neolithic times. The original town here grew up at what is now Old Hunstanton. The 'new' Hunstanton grew as a resort in the Victorian period and had a fine amusement pier until 1972 when the pier was destroyed in a storm.
Hunstanton, Norfolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: 13th century St Edmund's Chapel ruins

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One of the largest towns in Norfolk, Kings Lynn has one of the most historic town centres in the country. Here you will find medieval, Tudor, Georgian, and Victorian buildings jostling side by side, with narrow, winding alleys winding between them. One of the earliest such buildings is the Guildhall, built in 1421.
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England

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Knapton is a small village in north Norfolk, close to the coast. The village dates to before the Domesday Book. There were traditionally two manors in Knapton. One, Knapton Greenes, is held by the college of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Knapton, Norfolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: St Peter and St Paul's church with its superb medieval angel roof

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