Great Yarmouth
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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 846346.
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.
- Meet 'Goliath' the full size American alligator at Amazonia.
- 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 2009
5-25 January - World Indoor Bowls Championships (Hopton-on-Sea)
13-14 March - Italia In Piazza (market)
30-31 May - Soccer on the Sands
7 June - Master of the Sands (sand sculpture competition)
4-5 July - Martham Fun Carnival
15 July-6 September - Hippodrome Circus Summer Spectacular
22 July - Family Funtastic Day and Fireworks Extravaganza
29 July - Family Funtastic Day and Fireworks Extravaganza
31 July-2 August - Gorleston Clifftop Gala
2 August - Caister Lifeboat Day and Fete
5 August - Family Funtastic Day and Fireworks Extravaganza
9 August - Hemsby Lifeboat Day
12 August - Family Funtastic Day and Fireworks Extravaganza
19 August - Family Funtastic Day and Fireworks Extravaganza
26 August - Family Funtastic Day and Fireworks Extravaganza
28-31 August - Filby Fun Weekend
30 August - Herring Festival on the Beach (Hemsby)
23 August-18 September - Great Yarmouth Festival of Bowls
2 September - Family Funtastic Day and Fireworks Extravaganza
5-6 September - Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival
9-22 September - East Anglian Greyhound Derby (Yarmouth Stadium)
15-17 September - Eastern Festival (Great Yarmouth Racecourse)
20 September - Great Yarmouth Duck Race
27-29 November - Great Yarmouth Christmas Fayre
4-5 December - Italia In Piazza (market)
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.
