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Baconsthorpe Castle - Photo:
Christine Matthews
CCL |
This
one of the most pleasing towns in Norfolk with
a series of Georgian buildings – built
following a great fire in 1708 – forming a
queue in the main street. The town is best
known for Greshams public school, founded in
1555 by Sir Thomas Gresham. He was a Lord
Mayor of London and founder of the Royal
Exchange. Horse-drawn buses run the three
miles from the Railway Tavern to the North
Norfolk Railway at High Keiling.
Nearby
is 18th century Letheringsett
Watermill and the remains of 15th
century Baconsthorpe Castle, a fortified manor
with a beautiful moat. Holt’s country park is
mostly coniferous woodland. A short drive
takes you to picturesque Cley Next The Sea and
its 19th century windmill. |
