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 Visit Norfolk
Norwich Castle was built as a royal palace by the Norman conquerors in 1067.
Norwich Playhouse is a smaller professional theatre which has an eclectic schedule of quirky comedians, music and drama.
Norwich also has the largest open-air market in the UK which is open 6 days a week selling everything from fruit and veg, meat and fish, speciality cheeses, clothes and tools.
www.visitnorfolk.co.uk /norfolk/norwich.htm   (1155 words)

  
 Visit Norwich, Norfolk or the Norfolk Broads. City breaks, walking holidays, boating holidays and more.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Norwich is dominated by its magnificent 900 year old Norman cathedral, which boasts the largest monastic cloisters in England, the second largest spire and over 1,000 beautiful medieval roof bosses.
In magnificent contrast is Norwich’s newest public building, The Forum, which houses ‘Origins’ a multi-million pound heritage visitor attraction, the finest regional public library in the country, the tourist information centre, and a variety of places to eat.
Norwich is a city of festivals with the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, a superb multi-venue musical event, held in May, the Lord Mayor’s celebrations including carnival and firework display in July, the CAMRA beer festival in October, the largest beer festival outside London, plus the Norfolk Comedy Festival running throughout October and November.
www.visitnorwich-rtb.co.uk /norwich.html   (650 words)

  
 Norfolk History
Norfolk is in the couty of East Anglia in the east of southern England it has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south.
The county town is Norwich, The city's economy, originally was industrial with shoemaking being a the main industry, Norwich Market is an ancient market place, established by the Normans between 1071 and 1074, and is today the largest six days a week open air market in England.
Norwich is connected to Peterborough via Kings Lynn, the port of Ipswich, and Cambridge Norwich International Airport.
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 Norfolk and Norwich
Set in the heart of the beautiful East Anglian countryside, Norwich is within easy reach of the peaceful unspoilt Norfolk and Suffolk coastline and on the edge of the Norfolk Broads, an extensive system of inland lakes and waterways with miles of sailing and cruising waters and excellent opportunities for watersports.
Norfolk's long history is evident from its many ancient churches, castles and houses (including Sandringham the Queen's country home).
Norwich has a fast and frequent rail service to London and links to the Midlands and the North, as well as air services to the Continent and to other parts of the UK.
www.uea.ac.uk /menu/acad_depts/law/about/norfolk.html   (669 words)

  
 Cottages in Norfolk from Holiday Cottages UK
Norfolk's best-known holiday destinations are the incomparable wetlands of the Norfolk Broads and the nearby major resort town of Great Yarmouth.
Norwich is known for its splendid 900 year-old Norman cathedral, but is also a great shopping destination and host to events such as the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, a music festival held every May.
Norfolk has an abundance of real 'cottage style' holiday cottages for rent so if your ideal Norfolk holiday cottages are stone built character properties or historic thatched cottages then you're in luck.
www.holidaycottages.cc /rg-norfolk.html   (408 words)

  
 Norwich City Guide North Norfolk East Anglia UK.
Norwich boasts the most complete medieval street pattern in England with a number of beautifully preserved streets and cobbled lanes - the most famous and widely photographed of these is Elm Hill, with its attractive timber framed houses, unique shops and cosy coffee house.
Norwich is regarded as the arts capital of East Anglia with a truly vibrant arts scene comparable with much larger cities.
There are many festivals, concerts and exhibitions during the year including the Norfolk and Norwich Festival annually in May, the renowned East International at the Norwich Gallery in July/August and the largest beer festival outside of London in October.
www.norfolkbroads.com /guides/area/norwich   (688 words)

  
 Norwich
Norwich’s geographical isolation was such that until 1845 when a railway connection was established, it was often quicker to travel to Amsterdam by boat than to London.
Norwich Theatre Royal has been on its site for nearly 250 years, the Act of Parliament in the tenth year of the reign of George II having been rescinded in 1761.
Norwich is a popular destination for a city break; major attractions include Norwich Cathedral, the cobbled streets and museums of old Norwich, a Norman Castle and the ultra modern Forum.
www.globalguide.org /index.html?id=200040   (4586 words)

  
 Norwich travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Norwich [1] is the two-cathedral city and county town of the English county of Norfolk in the region of East Anglia.
Major trunk roads to the Norwich Area are the M11, A14, A11 (via Cambridge), A12, A140 (via Ipswich) from London, the South East of England and the ferry port of Harwich.
Norwich is home to a major regional airport - Norwich International Airport - with over 300 worldwide connections via Manchester, Edinburgh or Amsterdam.
wikitravel.org /en/Norwich   (2067 words)

  
 BBC - Norfolk Culture - Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2003
The Norfolk & Norwich Festival began in 1788, and is the oldest static festival in the country.
This years festival is bringing a UK premier performance to Norfolk - of 'Everyman' accompanied by incidental music composed by Sibelius.
The Norfolk and Norwich Festival is back with its renowned mix of music, theatre and comedy, along with some new features to attract an even wider audience.
www.bbc.co.uk /norfolk/culture/nn_festival_2003.shtml   (974 words)

  
 Norwich Cathedral
The Norwich and District Photographic Society is linked to Foto Club Koblenz and have shown panels of their prints as part of its Annual Exhibition since that time.
Three local branches of the Alzheimer's Society, Great Yarmouth, North Norfolk and Lowestoft and Waveney are delighted to be hosting an evening of stirring music to be given by the London Welsh Male Voice Choir at the magnificent Norwich Cathedral on 10th June.
This festival show all faiths the many benefits of working with each other towards a common goal, it will be a celebration of flowers and their importance in our rural heritage.
www.cathedral.org.uk /pages/html/cath_news2006   (1166 words)

  
 Norfolk County Council - online recruitment
Norwich has 1,500 historic buildings – including the largest walled medieval centre, more pre-Reformation churches than any other city north of the Alps, two cathedrals, a Norman castle and the largest provincial guildhall – as well as outstanding modern architecture by Lord Norman Foster, Sir Michael Hopkins and Denys Lasdun.
Norwich is a major centre for education and training and has one of the highest graduate retention rates in the country, with over 40% of UEA graduates living and working in the city.
The Norfolk and Norwich Music Festival is one of the oldest in the country.
www.norfolkccjobs.com /fascinating-facts.asp   (610 words)

  
 BBC - Norfolk - Entertainment - Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2005
The world's finest musicians are in the county to perform during the annual Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
Norfolk's Nimmo Twins are performing in a three night run at the Norwich Playhouse, celebrating a decade of comedy based on poking fun at Norfolk and Norwich - and the acclaimed Highland Fling by Matthew Bourne can be seen at the Norwich Theatre Royal.
The Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2005 runs until Sunday 15 May, when it culminates in a free family day down St George's Street and the Tombland Area.
www.bbc.co.uk /norfolk/content/articles/2005/04/30/music_nnfestival05_overview_feature.shtml   (889 words)

  
 Norwich Philharmonic Society
Currently, the Norwich Philharmonic Society Orchestra conductor is Julian Webb and the Choir conductor is David Dunnett.
Since coming to Norwich in 1966 as Lecturer in Music at the University of East Anglia, he has made regular appearances as conductor, not only with the University Orchestra (until his early retirement in 1996) but also with various professional orchestras including the English Chamber, Northern Sinfonia, London Bach and Wren Symphony Orchestra of London.
In 1967 he formed the Norwich Sinfonia, a semi-professional chamber orchestra which he led or conducted over a period of some six years, appearing at the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Festival and for the Cathedral Recitals Society.
www.btinternet.com /~barnold/Norwichphil/biographies.html   (646 words)

  
 Norwich - search powered by www.scoot.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Norwich is a city in East Anglia and the county city of Norfolk, an area famous for its Broads and scenic, tranquil countryside.
A former Norwich City footballer is to face trial on charges of attempted murder and malicious wounding.
Norfolk County Council is given the maximum grant as a reward for its work in transport scheme integration.
www.scoot.co.uk /about_norwich.html   (301 words)

  
 Business Directory Norwich - UK
Adding your business to the Norwich category is entirely free and can be done online in just a few minutes.
Norwich is rooted in an exceptionally old and rich history; and artefacts originating from 11
The Norfolk and Norwich Festival also draws many visitors to the region, which maintains a reputation as an ‘unspoilt’ area of the UK, thanks to its isolated geographical position.
www.freeindex.co.uk /East_Anglia/Norfolk/Norwich   (549 words)

  
 Worstead Norfolk
Norfolk and Norwich accommodation, tourist attractions, tourism, property and private houses and homes for sale in Norfolk and Norwich
Located in north Norfolk, about 13 miles north of Norwich is the village of Worstead.
The Worstead Festival is the largest village festival in Norfolk attracting around 25,000 visitors.
www.norfolk-norwich.com /norfolk/villages/w/worstead.php   (210 words)

  
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It was started in 1998 by Ian Johnson and Pete Morgan as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival which was then run by Marcus Davey.
The Fringe Festival has been handed on over the years to different groups of people to run and so it is a bit different each time.
We hope this results in a livelier, more accessible festival, giving opportunities to those that really want the chance to show what they can do and a tremendous amount of voluntary work is contributed by its organisers.
www.norwichfringefestival.co.uk /about_fringe.htm   (1148 words)

  
 Creative Partnerships | Norfolk homepage
Creative Partnerships Norfolk, centering on schools in Great Yarmouth, is being delivered by the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
Last year the Festival was involved in a large Creative Partnerships project titled 'Marine Machines', inspired by the Barcelona based street theatre company Serruga and developed with schools in Great Yarmouth and the local engineering training company ProTrain.
This project culminated in a spectacular event which was performed in a playground in Great Yarmouth and also opened the Festival in Norwich.
www.creative-partnerships.com /welcome?region=Norfolk   (323 words)

  
 Norwich Beer Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Norwich Beer Festival, which is organised by the Norwich and Norfolk Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), is held in October every year.
The festival is held in St. Andrew's and Blackfriars' Halls, which are operated by Norwich City Council.
The event is organised by volunteer members of the branch, and all staff working at the festival are also volunteers.
www.norwichcamra.org.uk /festival/festival.htm   (81 words)

  
 Norfolk Contemporary Art Society - Contemporary Visual Art in Norfolk - Homepage
The Norfolk Contemporary Art Society is a voluntary association with some two hundred and fifty members which champions contemporary visual art, particularly that of artists working in the region.
Since it was founded in 1956, to encourage the Norwich Castle Museum to acquire work in the modern idiom to balance its fine collections of the nineteenth-century Norwich School of painters, the Society has acquired its own art collection which forms the basis of holdings in post-war art in the Castle.
Local artist Neal French will also be sculpting the head of a well-known Norfolk personality, the process of which will be recorded in computational imaging by Professor Enrico Coen, with both the resulting bronze and the process forming exhibits.
www.n-c-a-s.org.uk   (1046 words)

  
 Sony Classical Artist: Tavener, John (Biography)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Over the years, the contemplative side of John Tavener's nature has led him in more spiritual directions and his commitment to the Russian Orthodox Church, which he joined in 1977, is now evident in all his work.
The enormous popularity of Tavener's music during recent years is sustained well beyond his 50th birthday year - 1994 - marked by a major BBC Festival devoted to his music.
This is captured by director Geoffrey Haydon in his touching documentary on Tavener "Glimpses of Paradise", which was screened for the first time on BBC Television in November 1992 and subsequently at the BBC's Tavener Festival in January 1994.
www.sonyclassical.com /artists/tavener/bio.htm   (313 words)

  
 Georgian House Hotel - Places to Visit in Norfolk
Norwich has established itself as one of the best shopping destinations in Eastern England.
Both the Theatre Royal and Norwich Playhouse offer a wide range of plays, musicals, ballet, dance and music shows, and for the first two weeks of October, the city goes mad with the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
Families can have fun at the Norfolk Shire Horse Centre or climb the tallest and most powerful wind turbine in the UK at Swaffham's EcoTech Centre.
www.georgian-hotel.co.uk /places2visit.php   (262 words)

  
 Norwich Information - St Andrews and Blackfriars Hall
The Earl of Warwick stabled his horses here when he came to crush Kett's rebellion in 1594, Sir Thomas Browne was knighted here by Charles II in 1671 and The Norfolk and Norwich Festival started in these halls in 1824 continues to the present day.
In the great re-coinage of 1695, £259,000 in half-crowns, shillings and sixpences were minted in a corner of the Cloisters and these bear the letter N under the bust of William II.
The West range was used by the Norwich Middle Class School, (part of Edward VI's Grammar), with nine masters and 260 boys, forty being boarders in the School House, at the turn of the twentieth century.
www.norwich1.com /st_andrew.htm   (1940 words)

  
 Worstead Festival - Norfolk's Largest Village Festival
Worstead, the origin of "worsted" wool in the 14th century, is located in North Norfolk, about 13 miles (21km) north of Norwich (England).
Worstead Festival is the largest village festival in Norfolk.
The Worstead Festival is produced in the last weekend of July each year by the Worstead Village Festival Charity (Registered Charity number 1046256).
members.aol.com /worsfestuk   (276 words)

  
 Visit Norwich, Norfolk or the Norfolk Broads. City breaks, walking holidays, boating holidays and more.
The season of goodwill, merriment, giving gifts and meeting up with old friends and family is approaching and what better time to see what Norwich and the surrounding area has to offer.
Set in the heart of East Anglia, the historic city of Norwich has everything you would desire of a vibrant regional capital.
The Norwich area is the perfect location to enjoy the contrasts of one of England's most picturesque counties.
www.visitnorwich.co.uk   (423 words)

  
 Norfolk Railway Society: News archive January/February 2005
Two months after breaking the Norwich – London rail speed record (NRS Newsletter December 2004), no. 86235 Crown Point was given the honour of powering the “last scheduled duty” for a Class 86 – the 17.00 London –; Norwich on December 31.
Norwich’s off-peak arrival and departure patterns are shown in these tables.
The 1545 Norwich – Sheringham, which calls at Hoveton and Wroxham at 1559, was timetabled not to call at Worstead; however appeals reinstated the stop.
www.norfolkrailwaysociety.org.uk /news_jan-feb05.html   (2829 words)

  
 Norfolk and Norwich Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arts and music festival centred on Norwich in East Anglia.
The Norfolk and Norwich Festival was established in 1772 to support the building of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
In marketing terms, the Festival first became television news when it made the unusual move of employing a public relations consultancy that handled the Independent Family Brewers of Britain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norfolk_and_Norwich_Festival   (218 words)

  
 Welcome To Norfolk & Norwich Festival06
Over the past six months the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, Creative Partnerships, Pro Train and ten schools from Great Yarmouth and Gorleston have worked together on a large-scale cross curricular project.
These will now be pulled together into a show to be performed by professional performers and schoolchildren, directed by Festival Director Jonathan Holloway, able assisted by the 100 pupils who have designed and built the structures.
From autumn 2006 the Norfolk & Norwich Festival will be active in the community all year round.
www.n-joy.org.uk /education.aspx   (204 words)

  
 NorthNorfolk.org - Arts Weblinks
is a new collaboration between Norfolk's local authorities and Arts Council England, East (ACEE) - with a target of £750,000 for joint projects across the county between 2005 and the end of 2007.
Westacre River Studios is a 70 to 100 seat studio theatre open during the spring and autumn.
Drawing and Painting Courses, Private Art Tuition and Art for Self Discovery courses for all in Norfolk.
www.north-norfolk.gov.uk /arts/default_1001.asp   (318 words)

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