GREAT YARMOUTH HERITAGE QUARTER Elizabethan House
Stroll through the atmospheric period rooms in this former home of a Tudor merchant. Discover Victorian life ‘upstairs and downstairs’ and see what it was like to work in the kitchen and scullery. Free audio guide. Location: 4 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2QH Tel: 01493 855746
www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk Open: 1 April to 31 October
The Tolhouse
Visit one of the oldest gaols in the country, dating back to the 12th century. Discover the fate of theives, smugglers, witches, pirates and murderers and see the original cells. Free audio guide. Location: Tolhouse Street, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2SH Tel: 01493 858900
www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk Open: 10am – 4pm Sunday to Friday during Norfolk school holidays only.
Great Yarmouth Row Houses English Heritage’s Great Yarmouth Row Houses consist of two early 17th century properties known as Row 111 House and Old Merchant’s House. With rare plasterwork ceilings and an outstanding collection of artefacts from demolished houses, they now offer a tantalising glimpse into the lost world of the rows. Location: Row 111 and Row 117, South Quay, NR30 2RG Tel: 01493 857900
www.english-heritage.org.uk Open: April to September: 11am – 4pm Mon to Fri
Nelson Museum Discover more about Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and the times in which he lived. Explore his childhood, career, battles and tragic but heroic death. Find out more about his mesmerising personality, terrible wounds, his many illnesses and complicated love life! Location: 26 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2RG Tel: 01493 850698
www.nelson-museum.co.uk Open: 1 February to 30 November
Happy and Glorious Royalty Exhibition at the David Howkins
Charity Museum The inaugural exhibition in Great Yarmouth’s newest museum commencing Easter Monday 2012. A celebration of the life of Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee featuring the Great Yarmouth Tapestries made by local people in honour of the Queen’s visit in August 1985. Location: 39-40 King Street, Great Yarmouth Tel: 01493 852637
www.davidhowkinscharitymuseum.co.uk Open: April to September: 10am – 4pm Mon to Fri
Greyfriars’ Cloisters Currently closed for renovation. Ask at The Row Houses for more information.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Lydia Eva Lydia Eva YH89, the last steam drifter, built in 1930, now fully restored and open to the public telling the history of fishing in Great Yarmouth. See the original steam engine built in Great Yarmouth. Ask for details about going to sea aboard the Lydia Eva! Location: Moored on South Quay, opposite the Town Hall, NR30 2QF Tel: 07901 915390
www.lydiaeva.org.uk Open: May to October
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