Start point: Front Gates of Great Yarmouth Minster

Heritage Guided Walk 2018

April 3 Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings, 2pm8 Caister-on-Sea, 2000 Years of History, 11am10 Pirates, Witches and Thieves, 7pm22 Medieval Town Wall, 2pm24 The Finest Quay in Europe, 11am29 Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus, 2pm

May 6 Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk, 7pm27 Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings, 2pm29 Caister-on-Sea, 11am31 The Finest Quay in Europe, 11am

June 3 Gravestones & Tombstones, 2pm5 Medieval Wall – Then & Now, 11am10 Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings, 2pm12 Quayside & Seaside, 2pm14 Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk, 7pm17 Medieval Town Wall, 2pm19 The Finest Quay in Europe, 11am24 Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus, 2pm26 Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings, 2pm

July 1 Medieval Town Wall, 2pm3 Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk, 7pm8 Quayside & Seaside, 2pm10 The Finest Quay in Europe, 11am15 Medieval Town Wall, 2pm17 Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus, 3pm22 Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk, 7pm24 Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings, 2pm26 The Finest Quay in Europe, 11am29 Medieval Town Wall, 2pm31 Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus, 3pm

August 5 Quayside & Seaside, 2pm7 Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings, 2pm9 Roman Revelations, 2pm12 Medieval Town Wall, 2pm14 Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus, 3pm16 Pirates, Witches and Thieves, 7pm19 Quayside & Seaside, 2pm21 The Finest Quay in Europe, 2pm23 Medieval Wall – Then & Now, 11am26 Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk, 7pm28 Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus, 3pm

September 2 Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings, 2pm4 The Finest Quay in Europe, 11am6 Caister-on-Sea, 11am9 Roman Revelations, 2pm11 Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus, 3pm13 Rows, Fishwives and Red Herrrings, 2pm (HODS*)16 Medieval Town Wall, 2pm18 The Finest Quay in Europe, 11am23 Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk, 7pm25 Quayside & Seaside, 2pm30 Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings, 2pm

October 2 Medieval Town Wall, 2pm7 Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk, 7pm9 The Finest Quay in Europe, 11am14 Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus, 2pm16 Quayside & Seaside, 2pm21 Medieval Town Wall, 2pm23 Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk, 7pm28 Gravestones & Tombstones, 2pm

*Heritage Open Days: Two free Heritage Guided Walks will take place during the Heritage Open Day 4 day event. For more information call 01493 846346.

Special Guided Heritage Walks

These special walks cover specific areas of interest and are a great opportunity to discover more about the borough’s wider heritage.

Some walks require pre-booking and a minimum number of walkers to proceed.

Pirates, Witches & Thieves of Olde Yarmouth (Costumed Walk)

Gravestones and Tombstones of Great Yarmouth Minster

Start Point: Front Gates of Great Yarmouth Minster

Price: £6.50 Adults £4.50 Children (12-16 years) Price includes refreshments.

Booking: Booking essential via the Tourist Information Centre on 01493 846346/7.

Minimum of 10 people required for walk to proceed.

The village of Caister-on-Sea can be traced back over 2000 years.

Discover how Caister became a heroic lifeboat community from Roman beginnings and how the phrase ‘Caister men never turn back’ came to be.

Caister-on-Sea, 2000 Years of History

Start Point: Holy Trinity Church entrance gates

Price: £4.50 Adults £2.00 Children (7 – 17 years).

Under 7’s free, no unaccompanied children.

Booking: No pre-booking required, tickets available from heritage guide.

Join our trained guide for a fascinating stroll around East Anglia’s best preserved Roman ruins as you discover a Roman fort and the history of the site over 2 millennia.

This is a great walk for all the family, with interactive games and sketches to really bring history to life.

Roman Revelations at a Fascinating Fort

Start Point: Burgh Castle Car Park Information Board

Medieval Town Wall Then & Now

Start Point: Front Gates of Great Yarmouth Minster

Great Yarmouth April – October 2018

Step through time Join one of our historical guided walks in and around the borough of Great Yarmouth.April – October 2018

Price: £4.50 Adults £2.00 Children (7 – 17 years).

Booking: Booking essential via the Tourist Information Centre on 01493 846346/7.

Minimum of 10 people required for walk to proceed.

Have you taken our Medieval Wall Walk before? Would you like to know more?

On this ‘special’ heritage guided walk you can re-cap on the history of this iconic medieval wall and also appreciate the work currently being undertaken to preserve it. In a rare opportunity to meet with the Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust they will explain the work they do and the skilled conservation repair techniques and traditional materials they use.

Price: £4.50 Adults £2.00 Children (7 – 17 years).

Under 7’s free, no unaccompanied children.

Booking: No pre-booking required, tickets available from heritage guide.

Join us at Great Yarmouth Minster, England’s largest parish church for some fascinating stories about the characters laid to rest next to the Medieval Town Wall.

Discover the bricked up gate through which some of Nelson’s sailors set sail for the final time and visit the town cemetery where sailors, merchants and circus owners lie side by side.

Price: £7.50 Adults £4.50 Children (12 – 16 years)

Booking: Booking essential via the Tourist Information Centre on 01493 846346/7. Children aged 12 and over permitted at the discretion of the tour guide and if accompanied by a responsible adult.

Minimum of 10 people required for walk to proceed

Take a light-hearted but factual guided walk with some of our trained heritage tour guides in this ‘special’ walk to find out more about some of Great Yarmouth’s Pirates, Witches & Thieves of Olde Yarmouth.

Meet some of Great Yarmouth’s more famous and infamous historical characters as their ghostly apparitions take you on a very special tour.

Learn about body snatchers, smugglers and pirates. Hear tales of Great Yarmouth’s witches and their demise at the hands of the Witchfinder General.

Find out how an Egyptian Princess lost her leg and where you may want to tread carefully in the future…

Price: £4.50 Adults £2.00 Children (7 – 17 years).

Under 7’s free, no unaccompanied children.

Booking: No pre-booking required, tickets available from guide.

The unique Great Yarmouth Rows are full of strange and sometimes macabre tales. Hear tales of the wealthy merchants that lived at one end and of the bars and brothels that had their place at the other!

Taking in the historic South Quay, learn about the importance of the herring industry and of the fisher girls. See where they sang, knitted and worked their passage home.

Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings

Start Point: Fisherman’s Hospital

Price: £4.50 Adults £2.00 Children (7 – 17 years).

Under 7’s free, no unaccompanied children.

Booking: No pre-booking required, tickets available from guide.

In the early 18th century Yarmouth was described several times by Daniel Defoe as ‘The Finest Quay in England if not in Europe’. Hear about its fascinating history and see some of the fine examples of Georgian architecture.

As part of this guided walk there will be an opportunity to tour inside the Town Hall to see the town’s regalia and view some of restored rooms.

The Finest Quay in Europe Start Point: Sofa Statue, Row 111

New For 2018

Price: £4.50 Adults £2.00 Children (7 – 17 years).

Under 7’s free, no unaccompanied children.

Booking: No pre-booking required, tickets available from guide.

Isolated on the east coast, fear of pirates and inva-sion gave the people of Great Yarmouth a distinct last frontier mentality. Once King John granted the town its Charter, a wall was the answer. However, delays due to the onset of plague meant the wall was obsolete as a defence even before completion.

Walk England’s second most complete Medieval Town Wall with our trained guides and find out why and how it was built, how it was reinforced in times of rebellion and civil war, and, whilst never coming under serious attack, how it defined the development of the town.

Medieval Town Wall Start point: Front Gates of Great Yarmouth Minster

Great Yarmouth has a wealth of history to explore from Roman Forts and Medieval Town Walls to Row Houses and the circus. Take time out to discover them for yourself on one of our heritage guided walks led by an officially trained heritage guide.

For more details call us on 01493 846346 or visit great-yarmouth.co.uk/heritage-walks

Private Tours

Heritage guided tours can be booked by walking or coach groups at any time of year.

Please telephone 01493 846344 to discuss your requirements.

Price: £4.50 Adults £2.00 Children (7 – 17 years).

Under 7’s free, no unaccompanied children.

Booking: No pre-booking required, tickets available from guide.

Great Yarmouth’s sister town of Gorleston-on-Sea has a fascinating heritage all of its own. Situated due south of Great Yarmouth on the other side of the river Yare, the beautiful promenade is the starting point for a guided walk filled with stories and local history.

Find out about the demise of the elegant, turreted Victorian hotel, how the pier came to be, and see where the lido was. You will also have the opportunity to pop inside the beautiful Edwardian Pavilion Theatre.*

*Subject to availability

Quayside & Seaside at Gorleston-On-Sea

Start point: ‘Welcome to Gorleston’ notice board near The Pier Hotel

Price: £4.50 Adults £2.00 Children (7 – 17 years).

Under 7’s free, No unaccompanied children.

Booking: no pre-booking required, tickets available from guide.

Over the years, Great Yarmouth’s seafront has played host to many famous names and faces. Take a trip down memory lane with one of our heritage guides and learn how the holiday and entertainment industry has played its part in how the seafront looks today.

From mid-July to mid-September in celebration of the 250th birthday of circus the walk has been given a fantastic chance to end with an opportunity to go inside the Hippodrome and see the last complete circus building in the UK in action. Walkers will also have the option to visit the circus’ museum. (Entrance fees to museum not included).

Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus Start point: Entrance to Britannia Pier

New For 2018

Gory Stories on a Wicked WalkStart point: Front Gates of Great Yarmouth Minster

Price: £4.50 Adults £2.00 Children (7 – 17 years).

Children 12 and over permitted at the discretion of the tour guide and if accompanied by a responsible adult.

Booking: No pre-booking required, tickets available from heritage guide.

Great Yarmouth has its fair share of unpleasant and murderous stories to tell; join one of our trained tour guides on this wicked walk and hear all the gory details.

Find out about the murders that took place in the Rows and about the press gangs that would tour the town’s brothels.

Hear stories about the stocks and pillory, whippings and hangings and learn the secret of the Chest of the Lost Souls. This is definitely not a walk for the faint-hearted.