Great Yarmouth
One of the UK's most popular seaside resorts - Great Yarmouth offers great family
entertainment, miles of sandy beaches, a rich and proud maritime heritage and quality
accommodation. The area includes Gorleston-on-Sea and neighbouring coastal/rural villages.
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Great Yarmouth
One of the UK's most popular seaside resorts - Great Yarmouth's wealth comes from its port and the former herring industry. Explore the historic quayside with its old merchants' houses, museums and narrow medieval alleys. The seafront is packed with countless family attractions and entertainment. Discover 15 miles (24 kilometres) of sandy beaches, attractive seafront gardens and two fun-packed piers. Then when the sun goes down enjoy nightclubs, casinos, theatre and colourful illuminations.
Tourist Information Centre - 25 Marine Parade +44 (0)1493 846345.
Beach - Quality Coast Award.
Things to do
- Go underwater amongst the sharks at the Sea Life Centre.
- View the medieval Town Wall, one of the best in the country.
- Give the children a real treat on the famous snails at Joyland.
- Explore the Nelson Museum to learn about the great naval hero.
- Head down memory lane at Yesterday's World.
- Visit a 16th C. merchants' home at the Elizabethan House Museum.
- Enjoy breathtaking acts at the famous Hippodrome Circus.
- See the world in miniature at the Merrivale Model Village.
- Ride the historic roller coaster at the Pleasure Beach.
- Seek out the reptiles at Amazonia - Britain's only reptilarium.
- Treat the family to a game of ten pin bowling on Wellington Pier.
- Take the wheel of a coastal drifter at the Time and Tide Museum.
- Have a flutter on the horses at the resort's very own racecourse.
- Jump aboard for a boat trip to see the seals on Scroby Sands.
- Enjoy a ride on a traditional horse-drawn landaus.
- Get back to nature at Breydon Water - rich in birdlife.
Events 2008
7-27 January - World Indoor Bowls Championships (Hopton-on-Sea)
5-6 July - Martham Carnival
16 July-6 September - Hippodrome Circus Summer Spectacular
23 July - Free Seafront Firework Display
25-27 July - Gorleston Clifftop Gala
30 July - Free Seafront Firework Display
3 August - Caister Lifeboat Day and Fete
6 August - Free Seafront Firework Display
10 August - Hemsby Lifeboat Day
13 August - Free Seafront Firework Display
20 August - Free Seafront Firework Display
24 August-19 September - Great Yarmouth Festival of Bowls
27 August - Free Seafront Firework Display
31 August - Hemsby Herring Festival
6-7 September - Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival
6-18 September - 62nd East Anglian Greyhound Derby
16-18 September - Eastern Festival (Great Yarmouth Racecourse)
21 September - Great Yarmouth Duck Race
28-30 November - Great Yarmouth Christmas Fayre
13 December-4 January (2009) - Hippodrome Circus Christmas Spectacular
Further Information: www.great-yarmouth.co.uk
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Other 'Seaside' Places of Interest
To the north lies Hemsby, a self-contained seaside resort in its own right - with family entertainment, amusements, sandy beaches and dunes. Winterton-on-Sea was once an ancient fishing village, noted today for its fine 12th C. church. The dunes here are home to colonies of little terns. At Caister-on-Sea, you can visit the remains of a Roman port, plus a 15th C. castle. It is also the location for a famous volunteer rescue service, alongside many caravan and chalet parks. Enjoy the sandy beach. Heading south from Great Yarmouth is Gorleston-on-Sea, with its own theatre, pretty gardens and a sandy beach. Quality Coast Award. Neighbouring Hopton-on-Sea is a seaside village, with several family holiday centres.
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