Your Web Gide to East Anglia - Norfolk Broads, introduces TOWNS, VILLAGES and COUNCILS in NORFOLK, SUFFOLK and EAST ANGLIA UK.

The Norfolk Broads web site is the adventure, travel and business guide for Norfolk, Suffolk and East Anglia and the Eastern Counties UK. Content ranges from towns, villages and councils, broads boating and sailing to attractions, leisure centres, hotels and accommodation.

In East Anglia, towns and villages range from bustling market towns with history going back to the Saxon era and into the midst of the Dark Ages, to thriving agricultural communities, surrounded by a collection of small villages. They all offer wide spectrum of recreational pursuits. Sailing, fishing, bird-watching and wildlife interests are all catered for. Rural crafts of all varieties are on offer. Hiking, or even gentle strolling around the villages is the way to go - where your fancy takes you.

Acle Acle is a village with a population of about 2,700 people. It is situated approximately 10 miles east of Norwich, in East Anglia, and 8 miles west of the seaside town of Great Yarmouth. In the year 2000, Acle won the Eastern Daily Press Village of the Year competition in the over 500 population category in the first year of the competition. This came only two years after winning the preceding Best Kept Village competition organized by the same newspaper. Visit Website

Blakeney & Blakeney Point Blakeney is a small village on the north coast of Norfolk in an area of outstanding natural beauty and remains largely untouched by the pace and commercialism of modern life. Visit Website

Brancaster Staithe Welcome to Brancaster Staithe n the North Norfolk coast. Brancasterstaithe.com aims to provide visitors with information about the village and contact details for local tradesmen and business. Visit Website

Breckles Breckles is situated some five miles south east of Watton. It comprises some 1560 acres, just over one square mile (Whites 1845). In 1845 it had one hundred and sixty inhabitants whereas today it is home to sixty people in just twenty eight homes. These homes range from bungalows and cottages to a grand Elizabethan manor house. Visit Website

Burnham Deepdale An area of outstanding natural beauty Visit Website

Blofield Blofield is located seven miles East of Norwich and between the Rivers Bure, to the North, and Yare, to the South. These rivers are the main arteries of the Norfolk Broads, one of Britain`s key areas for leisure and tourism. The community straddles the A47, the main east-west route through Norfolk with the village of Blofield to the South and the primarily residential area of Blofield Heath to the North. Visit Website

Brundall Brundall is a thriving village in the Norfolk Broads national park situated six miles east of Norwich on the northern banks of the river Yare.

Cromer With its weather generally above the average for sunshine and with hot summer days often stretching into autumn, the seaside town of Cromer is an ideal place from which to discover the beauty of North Norfolk. Carnival time in North Norfolk is not to be missed. Wells, Sheringham, Holt, North Walsham, Fakenham and of course the famous Cromer Carnival all take place during the holiday season, each offering it's own unique blend of entertainment and family fun. Visit Website

Dereham At the heart of Norfolk is the second largest town in the district covered by Breckland Council, with a population of approximately 13,500. It serves a wide hinterland of villages and countryside with its factories, shopping facilities, schools and leisure amenities.

Diss Diss is a small old market town on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, covering less than 4,000 acres. The most remarkable feature of Diss is the Mere, between the appropriately named Mere Street, and the town park. The old town around the Market Place has an interesting architectural mix, with a small museum containing local historical exhibits, among other local attractions are Bressingham Steam Museum, Gardens, and the 100th Bomber Group Museum. Diss is in central East Anglia being only 30 minutes from Norwich, Ipswich & Bury St Edmunds, and only 90 minutes by direct train to London. Visit Website

Downham Market The part of East Anglia in which it is situated is known as Hereward the Wake country, it being closely associated with the exploits of that worthy in his struggle against William the Conqueror.

Fakenham Fakenham is a small English market town in the East Anglian county of Norfolk. The nearest towns of any size are King's Lynn some 34km (22m) west and the City of Norwich some 40km (25m) south east. The early history of Fakenham is unclear however there is evidence of a Saxon settlement in the 6th century and the name Fakenham probably derives from the Saxon name "Fair Place by the River". By 1086 the town was recorded as having some 130 inhabitants and three mills.

Foulsham A rural village in the County of Norfolk in England. It is situated about 16 miles west of Norwich, and 6 miles east of Fakenham, and is about a mile to the north of the A1067, the junction being landmarked by a large water tower. Visit Website

Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth has all the ingredients for a great family holiday or day visit. With 15 miles of sandy beaches, a range of outdoor and indoor attractions, great summer shows and seafront illuminations, nightclubs, casinos, a proud maritime heritage, and the Norfolk Broads network flowing through the town Visit Website

Happisburgh Happisburgh was originally a Danish settlement; a story of Edrich the Dane of Hapesburg is depicted on our village sign as a daily reminder of our history. After the conquest, a Norman overlord gave the village away as his daughter's marriage dowry. Behind the sign stands our oldest village properties, once a Monastery. Visit Website

Harleston Harleston is an ancient market town situated at the southern tip of Norfolk. The town was originally established near an important bridging point on the river Waveney, which separates Harleston from the neighbouring county of Suffolk. Much of what we refer to as Harleston is in fact, for civil and parochial purposes, Redenhall. Visit Website

Hemsby Hemsby offers a magnificent base from which to either explore the splendour of Norfolk including The Broads and Great Yarmouth or for simply enjoying Hemsby's sprawling sandy beaches and rolling sand dunes. There's enjoyment for all the family with the nearby amusement arcades, gift shops, funfair, bingo, swimming pool, restaurants and takeaways. It also boasts a snooker hall, nightclub, pubs/bars as well as your own club house on site at the Belle Aire site. Visit Website

Itteringham This web site is intended to portray as much of the history of Itteringham, Norfolk and its people as can be gleaned - mainly from those who live here now and those whose families have lived here in the past, sometimes for many generations... Please have a look at our site - maybe you will recognise someone or something from a photograph that will stir a memory... Visit Website

Martham Martham is a large village situated 9 miles north of Great Yarmouth. The centre of Martham retains it's traditional Norfolk charm, with a large village green surrounded by attractive houses. Many of the properties around Martham village green are thatched with Norfolk reed.

Mulbarton Mulbarton is a large village approximately 6 miles from Norwich. Its most striking feature is the huge triangular common. For centuries the common has been at the centre of village life. Though it is some years since villagers have used the common for grazing, it is still important today for recreation and sporting activities. Visit Website

Reepham Reepham, fourteen miles north-west of Norwich, is one of those attractive Georgian Norfolk towns. It is centred on a south east facing slope of a ridge of land in the heathlands of north Norfolk. The name, Reepham, is Anglo-Saxon - the 'Meadow of the Reeve'. But which reeve? Was it a manorial reeve or a church reeve or even a royal reeve? It is unlikely we shall ever know. Visit Website

Sheringham Sheringham is a charming, traditional English seaside town on North Norfolk Coast. With its rich mixture of Victorian and Edwardian architecture, Sheringham has much to offer, ranging from the 'Little Theatre', which has a wonderful summer repertory season, the famous North Norfolk Steam Railway, 18 hole golf links set on the cliff top, to 'The Splash' Leisure Complex. Sheringham has miles of golden sands, and is one of the few beaches in the UK to be awarded the E.E.C. Blue Flag for clean beaches & unpolluted waters. The National Trust's Sheringham Park is nearby, and there are miles of well signed footpaths and by-roads, which makes this area ideal for walking, horse riding and cycling.

Stroke Ferry Welcome to the Stoke Ferry web site, dedicated to West Norfolk's premier community. Situated in Eastern England, the village of Stoke Ferry is a centre of rural life. Visit Website

Swaffham Swaffham was a fashionable centre for Norfolk's gentry in the 18th Century. Today, many fine Georgian buildings can be seen around Swaffham's triangular shaped Market Place such as Montpelier House, which was frequently visited by Lord Nelson, and the Assembly Rooms, which were the prestigious social centre of the area. Every Saturday, thousands of people are attracted to the Market Place for the famous open-air market and lively public auction. The Swaffham Tourist Information Centre can also be found here. The town's Museum is packed with interesting local history exhibitions, and Swaffham is home to the new EcoTech environmental discovery centre, where visitors can climb up to the viewing platform, at the top of the wind turbine and enjoy a view of the Breckland countryside for miles around. Visit Website

Synderstone The picturesque village of Syderstone is situated in the county of Norfolk within the United Kingdom, midway between Kings Lynn and Norwich, about five miles west of the town of Fakenham. It is about ten miles inland from the North Norfolk coast. The village dates back well over a thousand years. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1066, but the village pre-dates even this. The original Anglo Saxon name was Sidsterne, which means "large estate", from the Old English "sid" meaning broad or extensive and "sterne" meaning property. Visit Website

Upton & South Walsham Set in the heart of the Norfolk Broads on the River Bure, the tiny villages of Upton and South Walsham are midway between the brash, coastal holiday town of Great Yarmouth and the more sober city of Norwich. These villages have been a part of the Norfolk rural community since the before the time of the Doomsday Book and now despite recent developments they still remains the epitome of village life. Visit Website

Wicklewood Wicklewood is a small village in the heart of Norfolk. It lies about 11 miles west of Norwich and about three miles from Wymondham. The main attraction is its working windmill built in 1845 and restored in 1980. Visit Website

Wymondham Wymondham, confusingly pronounced "Win-dum", has so much to offer the visitor. An attractive, historic market town, its red roofs and the massive towers of the Abbey Church set against green fields and gentle slopes of the Tiffey Valley, it is the perfect place to visit. But it is also a thriving, growing community. In the Domesday Book the town was called Wimundham and was situated with its Saxon Church in the Abbey meadows. It must have been an important town even before the Normans arrived. The parish is one of the largest in Norfolk, with no less than seventeen other parishes adjoining it, like spokes of a wheel. This importance continued in Norman times with the establishment of the great priory, which would have generated much trade for the local people, particularly innkeepers, leather workers and food suppliers. Visit Website