Norfolk Broads

Covering an area greater than three hundred square kilometres in the eastern English counties of Norfolk and -in part - Suffolk, the Norfolk Broads comprise Britain's largest nationally protected wetland reserve and are renowned for the natural beauty of their diverse landscapes.

Whilst the waterways of the Broads provide an escape of unparalleled tranquillity of beauty, the region is dotted with characterful towns and villages each offering its own history and attractions to explore, including medieval buildings, public gardens, windmills, theme parks and scenic railways.

Close to the confluence of the Rivers Tas, Yare and Wensum at Caistor St Edmund, Venta Icenorum, the 'market place of Iceni' is believed to be the former Roman capital of Norfolk. Dating from the first century AD, this protected archaeological site today contains the remains of one of only three  major Roman towns in the UK that have not been lost to land development.

The landscapes of the Norfolk Broads are punctuated with historic windmills, and one of the finest is situated at Berney Arms on Halvergate Marsh. The best-preserved example of a seven-storey mill in Norfolk, Berney Arms Windmill was constructed in the late nineteenth century and remained in use until 1951.

Set over a stunning seventy-five acre woodland estate, the Museum of East Anglian Life, near to the charming Suffolk market town of Stowmarket, is an open museum featuring fifteen beautifully-restored period buildings in which life in the region throughout history is recounted via exhibitions, displays and a collection of around 40,000 fascinating exhibits.