What's on inThorpe

Over 40 rides for all the family at New Pleasurewood Hills park, which is set in fifty acres of parkland. Rides include Fireball, Waltzer, Pirate Ship, Log FLume, Magic Mouse, FormulaK Raceway, CannonBall Express, Tidal Wave Water Coaster and Thunderstruck.Also available are shows, including a Sea Lion…

Visit one of the oldest prisons in the country and explore Great Yarmouth&8217;s story of crime and punishment. The new displays chart the changing use of the building over time and explore the history of Crime and Punishment from the medieval period up to the present day.Discover…

In this splendid quayside house visitors can experience the lives of families who lived here from Tudor to Victorian times. Of particular interest is the Conspiracy Room, where the trial and execution of King Charles I were allegedly plotted. There are Tudor costumes to try on, and discoveries…

The museum is overlooked by the lighthouse, built in 1874, but standing on the site of the very first lighthouse to be built by Trinity House in 1609. The main emphasis is on the fishing fleet, from the days of sail, through the later generation of steam herring…

Here at Carlton Colville you will find a museum unique to the last detail, for this is the only place in the British Isles where visitors can not only view but also ride on all three principal forms of public transport from the earlier part of the 20th…

The Hall was built in 1736 by Joshua Smith Esquire. It is probable that Thomas Ivory, who designed the Norwich Assembly Rooms, was the architect of the Hall and the Summer House. The grounds were laid out in the style of William III. In 1876…