News Archive

Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden New Visitor Centre’s Green Credentials, 25/04/2008
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden, South Walsham opens a new £180,000 visitor centre at the end of May ...more

The UEA Collection 1968 - 2008, 25/04/2008
A major new exhibition of the UEA Collection of Abstract and Constructivist Art, Architecture and Design opens ...more

Pensthorpe Get Close to Nature – May Day Bank Holiday Weekend, 22/04/2008
Get close to nature at Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, near Fakenham over May Day Bank Holiday Weekend ...more

Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk becomes ‘Home of Springwatch 2008', 14/04/2008
BBC Springwatch, the BBC’s popular TV programme celebrating UK wildlife and wildlife people, presented by ...more

Go Wild About the Wensum at Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, 14/04/2008
Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, near Fakenham, is hosting the second action-packed Wild About The Wensum day ...more

Shop Local at Pensthorpe Gardening & Food Fair, 14/04/2008
Just under 40 local food and gardening producers out of a total of 52 suppliers will be at Pensthorpe’s Gardening & Food Fair ...more

HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, visits Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, 14/04/2008
HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited Pensthorpe Nature Reserve ...more

Art Alive – Artists Live in Norfolk’s Historic Churches, 03/04/2008
Twelve historic Norfolk churches, dating from the 11th to the 16th centuries, are hosting live arts and crafts events ...more

Boost for Norwich retail economy, 02/04/2008
Heritage charity HEART has announced that it has been successful in securing funding ...more

French market returns to the city, 10/03/2008
The ever-popular French Market will be returning to Norwich at Easter ...more

The elephants are coming!, 06/02/2008
Norwich’s streets are set to be transformed this summer when a mammoth public art event will turn the city’s open spaces into an artistic urban safari ...more

Channel 4’s Embarrassing Illnesses team hit the streets of Norwich, 04/02/2008
Following the success of Channel 4’s hit health series Embarrassing Illnesses last year, Maverick Television are making a new series covering the four corners of the country to be aired later this year ...more

Norwich rated top for culture as VisitNorwich launches new visitor guide, 18/01/2008
As Norwich further strengthens its credentials as a leading UK cultural destination, VisitNorwich launches the 2008 edition of Norwich, Norfolk Broads & Countryside, the official accommodation and visitor guide to the Norwich area ...more

Be a star in the Lord Mayor's parade, 15/01/2008
It is one of the most colourful and best loved events of the year - and it is your chance to step into the limelight with the Lord Mayor ...more

Creative children help Lord Mayor send Christmas greetings, 14/12/2007
A picture of a jolly Father Christmas drawn by a six-year-old boy is to adorn the cover of the Lord Mayor of Norwich’s official greetings card ...more

See world class opera in Norwich, 07/12/2007
New York’s Metropolitan Opera House is one of the grandest and most famous opera houses in the world. It enjoys an unrivalled reputation for staging lavish and spectacular productions that attract the world’s best singers ...more

NORWICHRISTMAS: Arrive in style on a London bus, 28/11/2007
A retired 40-year old London bus will be on hand to make sure visitors to NORWICHRISTMAS arrive in style ...more

A rapturous welcome home for Royal Anglians, 26/11/2007
A heroes’ welcome was given to the Royal Anglians by the people of Norwich as the regiment exercised its right to the Freedom of the City today (Thursday November 22) ...more

Norwich Theatre Royal reopens after its £10 million modernisation, 21/11/2007
The theatre has been transformed, with new, more comfortable seats and more legroom in the auditorium, a new frontage and double the amount of foyer space ...more

First ever Christmas fayre comes to Norwich, 07/11/2007
Norwich will play host to its first ever Christmas fayre as part of an exciting programme of festive events in the city this year ...more

American Travel Agents Discover Norwich and Norfolk’s Uniqueness, 25/10/2007
Fifteen American travel agents were in Norfolk from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 October to visit some of the county’s key heritage destinations, including HM The Queen’s Sandringham House and Norwich Cathedral, during a weekend ‘fam’ trip following British Heritage Tours’ first ‘Selling The Uniqueness of Britain’ conference ...more

Poignant Freedom of the City march for Royal Anglians, 16/10/2007
The Royal Anglian Regiment - which has had nine soldiers killed during its tour of duty in Afghanistan - is to mark its return with a march through Norwich ...more

Royal Chef creates menu for Cinema City and demonstrates at the Food Festival, 04/10/2007
The opening of the new bar and restaurant ‘The Dining Rooms’ at Norwich’s Cinema City, will specialise in local produce and it is to be overseen by Chris Barber, formerly chef to HRH Prince Charles ...more