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The Clare School 1907 – 2023 Making Every Day Special
The Clare School is described by Ofsted as: ‘A magical place, filled with joy and happiness, fun and laughter.’ This is much deserved praise for Norwich’s oldest surviving special school.…
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The Lakenham Way
If you live in Norwich there’s a chance you’ve walked down Lakenham Way without knowing the name or the history of the route. I know I have. For the uninitiated,…
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Caister Roman Fort
A visit to the site of Caister-on-Sea Roman Fort is a must for all budding historians or anyone with a passing interest in Britain’s Roman past. What you will discover…
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Big Issue Founder Lord John Bird visits Norwich to do Black History Tour
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird of Notting Hill and his wife Lady Parveen were in Norwich on Wednesday to do the Norwich: A Black History tour, led by Tour…
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New Norfolk Walking Tours Developed During Lockdown
Paul Dickson explains to NorfolkPlaces the background of his latest walking tours. During the first lockdown, when all my guided tours ground to a halt, I took the opportunity to…
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A visit to Houghton Hall
Another gem unearthed, and I don’t just mean Houghton Hall. I’m actually referring to finding an almost complete NorfolkPlaces article knocking around in a folder on my computer! A couple…
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A visit to Binham Priory
As kids grow older the range of activities they like to do differs, and maybe, just maybe, they like to do the things you like to do too. We have…
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Gateway to Medieval England – Norwich Castle launches Keep Giving
Keep Giving campaign launches Adopt an Object scheme – with a Star as the first adopter! Television personality Stephen Fry has become the first person to sign up to a new…
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Circular Walk around Burgh Castle Roman Fort
Norfolk’s rich heritage means there’s plenty of places to visit comes in very handy for researching school topics, and we’re spoilt for Roman sites. We’ve been to Venta Icenorum before,…
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UEA historians examine immigration in Norfolk and beyond
Who are the migrants in Norfolk? More of us than we think! In the first of a new annual series of lectures, historians from the University of East Anglia (UEA)…
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Kett’s Oak
If you’ve ever travelled from Hethersett to Wymondham along the B1172 you’ve gone past it, and if you didn’t know it was there then you may miss it. But perhaps…