Days Out

• The historic cathedral city of Norwich is has excellent shops, restaurants, cafes, pubs, galleries, museums, cinemas and theatres.
• Pretty market towns of Beccles and Bungay
• The beautiful seaside town of Southwold has sandy beach, pier, life boat museum, lighthouse, shops, cafes, and pubs

• Beautiful sandy beach at Southwold, with pier and traditional pretty seaside town
• Traditional seaside resorts with excellent sandy beaches at Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft
• Horsey Mere and beach, seals on the beach in December and January
• Winterton on Sea, huge sandy beach with sand dunes

Dog Friendly Beaches

• Southwold, park at the end of the pay and display car part by the pier and head north away from the pier and go down the steps to the beach
• South of Gorleston towards Hopton
• Corton, head for the car part at the end of Links Road, Corton for sand dunes and beach.   (Be aware that there is a nudist beach here.)
• Winterton by the sea
• Access for dogs at Cheringham, Walcott, West Runton, Bacton, Mundesley, Cromer, Overstrand, Happisburgh, Sea Palling is detailed here.

Boat hire is available locally in many places on the Broads, booking essential. Below are the largest/nearest centres.

• Loddon Pacific Cruisers   01508 520321, Maffett Cruisers 01508 520344
• Wroxham MC Marine, 01603 783 051, BarnesBrinkcraft, 01603 782625
• Potter Heigham, Herbert Woods, 0800 144 4472
• Burgh St. Peter, Beccles, Waveney River Centre, day cruises, canoes, angling, pool, 01502 677 343
• Waveney River Centre, Classic motor yacht charter, 07789 401742
• The Canoe  Man, a range of guided canoe trails around the Broads, 0845 4969177
• For lots more information about things to do on the Broads, discover the Norfolk Broads

• Ted Ellis nature reserve
• RSPB Minsmere, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 3BY, 01728 648281 with further RSPB reserves at
• RSPB Strumpshaw Fen , NR13 4HS, 01603 715191
• RSPB Berney Marshes and Breydon Water , 01493 700645
• RSPB Surlingham Church Marsh, NR14 7DF, 01603 715191
• RSPB Rockland Marshes , NR14 7HP, 01603 715191
• RSPB Buckenham Marshes , NR13 4HW, 01603 715191

Most RSPB reserves have a programme of guided walks all year round, see their websites above for details.

• Go Ape, High Lodge Forest Centre, Santon Downham, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0AF, 0845 643 92 15
• Play Barn in nearby Poringland 4 miles away is especially for children under 7 years within – great fun on wet days, West Green Farm, Shotesham Road, Poringland, Norwich NR14 7LP, 01508 495526
• Bewilderwood, Horning Road, Hoveton, Norfolk, NR12 8JW, 01692 633033
• Melsop Farm, Ellingham Road, Scoulton, Nr Watton, NR9 4NT, 01953 851943
• Ellough Park Combat Games NR34 7XD, 01502 717718. Modern day urban combat! Suitable from ages 8 and upwards, adults and children can participate together.
• Ellough Park Raceway, NR34 7XD, 01502 717718. British national racing go kart circuit suitable from 8 years and above but have to be 4 foot 6”, adults and children can race together.
• Africa Alive, Kessingland, NR33 7TF, 01502 740291. African themed zoo.

• Cinema City, independent cinema with restaurant and bar, St Andrews Street, Norwich, NR2 4AD, 0871 902 5724
• Vue Cinema, Castle Meadow, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 3DD, 0871 224 0240
• Odeon Cinema, Riverside Leisure Park, Wherry Rd, Norwich NR1 1XA, 0871 224 4007
• Theatre Royal Norwich, Theatre St Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1RL, 01603 630000
• The Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges St Norwich, Norfolk NR3 1AB, 01603 612580
• Maddermarket, St Johns Alley Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1DR, 01603 620917
• Fisher Theatre, 10 Broad Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1EE, 01986 897130

• Norfolk and Norwich Festival – 13 – 29 May 2016, 01603 877750
• Suffolk Walking Festival, May 2015
• Norfolk Open Studios – 28 May – 12 June 2016
• Strumpshaw Steam Rally, 11 – 12 June 2014, NR13 4HR, 01603 714535
• Bergh Apton Sculpture Trail ( it doesn’t look like it is taking place in 2016)
• Suffolk Open Studios – June weekends 2016
• Loddon Scarecrow Festival – 11 – 18 June 2016
• River Chet Fayre, Loddon – 9 July 2016
• Royal Norfolk Show – 29 – 30 June 2016, Norwich, NR5 0TT, 01603 748 931
• Claxton Opera, Claxton – Not clear if it will happen in 2016
• Norfolk Polo Festival, Langley Abbey, 25-26 June 2016, 01508 480400
• Bungay, three regular Sunday street markets: Garden, 17 May 2015; Antiques, 12 July 2015; and Christmas, 6 December 2015.
• Holt festival – 24 – 31 July 2016, 07765 007670
• Latitude festival, near Southwold, – 14-17 July 2016, 020 7009 3001
• Sandringham Flower Show – 27 July 2016, 01485 545400
• Wayland Show, Saham Toney, IP25 6NG 2 August 2015, 07789 796937
• Alysham Show, Blickling, NR11 6NF, 29 August 2016 01263 738030
• Raveningham Country Fair, Raveningham – 2 September 2016
• Beccles – duck race, Beccles Quay, NR34 9BH, – 1 August 2015, 01502 716553
• Henham Steam Rally, 17 – 18 September 2016, Henham Park, NR34 8AQ, 01502 578053

If the dates are in the past, it is probably because they haven’t officially released next year’s date, but it is likely to be the same time next year.  Please either check the website or come back a bit closer to the date.