Friends of Kett's Heights
Guided Tours

Friends' free guided tours

 We  run FREE guided tours of Kett's Heights normally on the first Sunday of the month from Spring to October (excluding September). Note: This year the July tour is on the second Sunday of the month.
These are small, friendly tours which focus on the history of the site.    Wheelchair users, children and dogs on leads welcome. The tour lasts about 40 -50 minutes.  The next free tour is Sunday July 13th 

​You can register for any of the 2025  tours HERE.
https://www.kettsheights.co.uk/sunday-tours-register.html​
-- Sunday July 13th
-- Sunday August 3rd
​-- Sunday October 5th​
If you represent a community group that would like a free guided tour at any other time of the year then please get in touch with us via the form on our Contact Us page

Shardlake's Norwich Tours

​​Note: Shardlake Tours are operated by Paul Dickson, please book at:-
https://www.pauldicksontours.co.uk/shardlakes-norwich/
A 2-hour guided walking tour celebrating CJ Sansom’s best-selling novel Tombland, featuring Tudor lawyer Matthew Shardlake’s visit to Norwich at the time of Kett’s Rebellion (1549).
The tour starts and finishes at the Maids Head Hotel and includes Tombland, the ancient Anglo-Scandinavian Market Place, Augustine Steward’s House, Norwich Cathedral Close, Bishopgate (Holme Street in the novel) and the Great Hospital, Bishop’s Bridge, the site of Bishop’s Gate and Lollards Pit, followed by a climb up to Kett’s Heights, the remains of St Michael’s Chapel, with its fabulous view across the city.
The return journey follows the north side of the river with views of the medieval Cow Tower and surviving city walls, near the location of the Pockthorpe Gate, before crossing the river and passing the Adam and Eve pub, where Lord Sheffield was taken after he had been mortally wounded, and seeing the site of the Battle of Palace Plain.
The tour finishes at the Maids Head Hotel with coffee or tea and biscuits.
  • Maximum size of group 20
  • Cost £12 per person, includes coffee or tea and biscuits at the Maids Head Hotel
  • Minimum charge for a private tour £60
You can also book a special 3-hour Shardlake’s Norwich tour, which includes the possible site of the Battle of Dussindale, The tour costs £15 per person, with a minimum charge of £60 and includes tea/coffee and a biscuit at the end of the tour.
Tour dates 2025
Saturday 14 June 10am
Friday 11 July 10am
Saturday 16 August 10am
Friday 26 September 10am

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