North West Norfolk - Culture and the Arts
Fairfax Gallery
The gallery exhibits both figurative and abstract work from established, award-winning & emerging talent and has developed a style that has earned it a loyal following. The gallery also attends major UK Art Fairs including London Art Fair - Islington, Affordable Art Fair & Glasgow Art Fair. The gallery offers a to chance to view work of a standard rarely seen outside London in relaxed and peaceful surroundings.
Tel: 01328 730001
Address: The Old Forge, North Street, Burnham Market
The Angles Theatre
A welcoming, safe and vibrant environment • The chance to participate and enjoy developing your creative potential • A base to deliver a variety of quality arts experiences
Tel: 01945 474447
Address: Alexandra Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Bircham Windmill
Standing in the heart of Norfolk's undulating fields, Bircham Windmill now looks as it did over 100 years ago. At that time over 300 mills ground corn for horse and cattle feed and bread-making in Norfolk. Today, very few windmills are left, and Bircham Mill is considered one of the best still remaining: it is the only windmill in working order in this area open to the public. Visitors can climb the five floors up to the fan stage and, when possible, on windy days, visitors can also see the sails and the milling machinery turning. Tel: 01485 578393 Great Bircham, King's Lynn, Norfolk. PE31 6SJ
Tel: 01485 578393
Address: Great Bircham, King's Lynn
Castle Rising
Castle Rising Castle is one of the most famous 12th Century castles in England. The stone keep, built in around 1140ad, is amongst the finest surviving examples of its kind anywhere in the country and, together with the massive surrounding earthworks, ensures that Rising is a castle of national importance.
Tel: 01553 631330
Address: Kings Lynn
Kings Lynn Town Museum
A whole gallery is devoted to telling the story of these unique 4,000 year old timbers which includes a life size replica of the Bronze Age circle. Around half of the original timbers are housed in a display which echoes their beach findspot. The gallery reveals information about the people who created the monument and the details revealed by a study of the timbers. Seahenge timbers in case Seahenge is a stunning centrepiece to the new displays at the Lynn Museum. The story of west Norfolk is continued in the main gallery, which narrates the tale from the Iron Age to the 20th century.
Tel: 01553 775001
Address: Lynn Museum, Market Street, King's Lynn
True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum
True's Yard is all that remains of King's Lynn's old fishing community, the North End, which existed for hundreds of years, and which was finally demolished in the clearances of the 1930’s and the 1960’s. Once hundreds of families lived within a stone's throw of their chapel of St Nicholas, which still dominates the area, and the North End had its own boat builders, chandlers, sail makers, pubs, bake houses and school. Now, although the fishing fleet still sails regularly from King's Lynn, the old way of life has gone.
Tel: 01553 770479
Address: North Street, King's Lynn
