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Friends of Kett's Heights
Guided Tours
Friends' free guided toursWe run FREE guided tours of Kett's Heights on the first Sunday of the month from Spring to October (excluding September). These are small, friendly tours which focus on the history of the site. Wheelchair users, children and dogs on leads welcome. Next tour is in April 2025. You can book in the New Year. 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
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Shardlake's Norwich ToursNote: 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.
Tour dates 5 Oct, 2024 @ 10:00am | The Maids Head Hotel 8 Nov, 2024 @ 10:00am | The Maids Head Hotel 7 Dec, 2024 @ 10:00am | The Maids Head Hotel 31 Dec, 2024 @ 10:00am | The Maids Head Hotel |
