Explore Great Yarmouth museums and period properties
Starting at the north of South Quay, the imposing Victorian Town Hall was built in 1878. Available to hire for civil ceremonies, weddings and functions, tours of this important building can also be arranged.
Opposite the Town Hall, the Lydia Eva, Great Yarmouth's last steam drifter, now beautifully refurbished floating museum is moored in the river Yare from April to October. Further south along South Quay, the Elizabethan House, once home to an important Tudor merchant, is a National Trust museum of domestic life in 16th century Great Yarmouth.
Behind the museum, the remains of a 13th century friary of Franciscan ‘grey friars' can be visited with traces of their interior features to be seen on the brickbuilt walls of parts of the cloister and church, laid bare by wartime bombing. Early 14th century wall-paintings were discovered here in the 1960s.Tours of Greyfriars Cloisters, run by English Heritage, are available on selected days, starting from Row 111 House.
Located in a Victorian herring curing works, opposite a large section of Great Yarmouth's Medieval town wall, the award-winning Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth life is great fun for all the family to find out what life would have been like when Great Yarmouth was in its herring industry heyday.
Finally, to the southern end of the town stands Nelson's Monument, also known as The Norfolk Pillar. This Grade 1 listed memorial to Norfolk's most famous son is 43 metres high and 190 years old.
Further afield, Caister Castle Motoring Museum has a superb collection of classic cars and motorcycles to discover and a fine stately home can be explored at Somerleyton. The remains of two Roman forts can be discovered in Caister-on-Sea and at Burgh Castle, and the fascinating local history of the local independent lifeboat service is on display at Caister Lifeboat Station.
Museums and period properties
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