Things to do for FREE in Norfolk

• Try your luck at crabbing at Burnham Overy Staithe or Blakeney, remember to take you bacon and crabbing line and see if you can beat our personal best of 295 crabs in one hour.

• Spot seals at Wells beach, don’t forget to bring your binoculars.

• Take a tour of Norwich Cathedral and learn about all it’s history.

• Visit the remains of a Norman fort at Castle Acre.

• Explore the churches of Norfolk, Little Snoring is one of the oldest in Norfolk.

• Take a wander round Heydon Estate and enjoy a picnic on the green.

• Go cycling along the Marriot’s Way, an old disused railway line, so relatively flat!!!

• Find an old relic or heirloom at one of the many antique shops of Holt.

Things to do on a rainy day

• Check out all the independent shops of Holt.

• Book the attic or cellar tour at Holkham Hall.

• Paint a pot at Doddle pots, Holt.

• Learn about social history at the old workhouse at Gressenhall.

• Grab your swimming things and head for The Reef leisure centre in Sheringham.

• Visit the Bridewell museum, a medieval residence in Norwich.

• Blickling Hall, Felbrigg Hall or Oxburgh Hall.

• Visit the shell museum at Glandford

• Enjoy all the fun at of the fairground at Thursford.

• Visit Sealife at Hunstanton or Great Yarmouth.

Get out in nature

• Explore Pensthorpe Nature Reserve.

• Hire bikes at Holkham Hall and explore the estate and local area.

• Take the children to see the dinosaurs at Roar.

• Walk the coastal Peddlars Way.

• Build sandcastles on Brancaster beach.

• Pick up a picnic from Picnic Fayre in Cley and do the circular walk to Blakeney.

• Spot seals at Blakeney Point on one of the boat trips.

• Take out a canoe on the broads with The Canoe Man.

• Check out the wildlife at Sculthorpe Moor Nature reserve.

• Go beachcombing at Wells next the Sea.