Interesting Places to visit

St Georges Distillery    www.englishwhisky.co.uk

The Sainsburys center

Norwich Castle museum

Gardens to visit

  The Old Rectory, East Ruston,  www.e-ruston-oldvicaragegardens.co.uk

  Bressingham. www.bressinghamgardens.com

  The Exotic Garden. www.exoticgarden.com

  Cambridge Botanic Garden. www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

  Houghton Hall. www.houghtonhall.com

Railways

Mid Norfolk railway runs from Wymondham to Dereham. www.horizonpress.com/mnt

North Norfolk Railway runs from Sherringham to Cromer.

www.nnrailway.co.uk

Bressingham steam trains. www.bressingham.co.uk

Brief Encounter café is at Wymondham Railway station and is full of steam railway memorabilia.

Forncett Steam Museum.  oldenginehouse.users.btopenworld.com/Forncett.htm

Norfolk Broads Boat hire

Norwich day boats.  www.cityboats.co.uk

Broads holiday boats. www.waterwaysholidays.co.uk

Blakes of Wroxham. www.blakes.co.uk

Norwich river bus. www.southernbroads.com

Nature reserves

Pensthorpe wildfowl centre.  www.pensthorpe.com

Surlingham Broad.  www.waterscape.com/RiverYare/walking

Redgrave Fen. www.suffolkwildlife.co.uk/nr/sites/redg.htm

Thetford Forest Centre.  www.forestry.gov.uk

Thrills

Tree climbing and rope slides.   www.extreemeadventure.co.uk

Tanks and three wheel bikes.  www.wildtracksltd.co.uk

Free fall parachuting at Old Buckenham Airfield.  www.ukparachuting.co.uk

Balloon rides. www.broadlandballoons.co.uk

Snetterton Circuit. www.motorsportvision.co.uk/snetterton/index.asp

Plant nurseries worth a visit

Woottens of Wenhaston. www.woottensplants.co.uk

Thorncroft clematis. www.thorncroft.co.uk

Peter Beales roses.  www.peterbeales.co.uk

Hales Hall.  www.readsnursery.co.uk

Blacksmiths Cottage. www.blackcottnursery.co.uk

Hoecroft Plants. www.hoecroft.co.uk

P.W.Plants bamboo nursery.

Good places to eat

The Wildebeest Arms at Stoke Holy Cross. (about 15 miles). 01508492497.

The Three Boars, Spooner Row.  01953 605851.

The Bird in Hand. Wreningham.  01508 489438.

The Mulberry Tree, Attleborough.  01953 452124.

There are lots more places obviously but these four are the best local ones. There are lots of very good restaurants in Norwich and up on the north Norfolk coast.