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King's Lynn Attractions

King's Lynn is a typical English town on the east bank of the Ouse, 2.5mi/4km from its outflow into the Wash. It was once the fourth largest town in England and a member of the Hanseatic League.
Read More Guildhall of the Holy Trinity
The Guildhall of the Holy Trinity, with a checkered pattern facade, was built in 1421 and is said to house the crown jewels and other important items of King John.
Read More Sandringham House
Sandringham House, a residence of the queen, offers tours when the royal family is elsewhere. The neo-Elizabethan house is surrounded by gardens which are particularly attractive in the spring.
St George's Guildhall
King Street runs past St George's Guildhall (1406), now used as a theater and art gallery, to the Tuesday Market.
This is the largest surviving English medieval guildhall, now used as an arts center. It is under the ownership of the National Trust.
Address
St George's Guildhall
29 King Street
King's Lynn PE30 1HA
England
Hours
January 1 to December 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00Closed
Close16:0016:0016:0016:0016:0015:30
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Summer Bank Holiday - Britain outside Scotland (last Monday, August )
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Disabled
Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Transit
BritRail: King's Lynn
Read More Wisbech, England
(Near King's Lynn)
Wisbech is set amid orchards, which are particularly attractive in spring, drawing large numbers of sightseers.
African Violets Centre
The African Violet Centre in Kings Lynn is a unique nursery which won the Chelsea Show Gold Medal in 1994. There is a children's play area, a cafe and knowledgable staff to answer questions.
Address
African Violet Centre
Terrington St Clement
King's Lynn PE34 4PL
England
Hours
February 1 to December 24
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open9:009:009:009:009:009:0010:00
Close17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Brancaster
Brancaster is a region of saltmarshes and sandflats that includes the site of a Roman fort, Branodunum. It is preserved and protected by the National Trust.
Address
Dial House
Brancaster Staithe
King's Lynn PE31 8BW
England
Tips
Be aware of tide schedule when crossing over salt marshes and sand flats at low tide.
Parking
Pay
Transit
Bus: Sanders/Dunthrone/First Eastern Counties Coastliner Hunstatno-Wells with connections from King's Lynn.
Castle Rising
Of this once mighty Castle Rising stronghold (4.5mi/7km northeast of King's Lynn) there remain a Norman keep and the defensive wall. The parish church is Late-Norman with a beautiful west front.
Hours
March 21 to November 1
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
November 2 to March 20
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosedClosed10:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close 16:0016:0016:0016:0016:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Cost
Family 12.00
Adult 4.00
Concession or reduced rate 3.30
Child 2.50
Child 4 & underFREE
All values are in local currency
Tips
15% discount for groups of 11 or more.
Disabled
Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Taped tours for rent.
Facilities
Gift shop
Transit
BritRail: King's Lynn
Cholmondeley Collection of Model Soldiers
King's Lynn has a number of interesting sites and places to stay.

Among these is an impressive collection of 20,000 model soldiers. The display featuring many different scales and the craftsmanship of famous makers. As well as the models, there is a collection of watercolors and prints by leading military artists of the late 19th century.
Address
Cholmondeley Collection of Model Soldiers
Houghton Hall
Houghton
King's Lynn PE31 6UE
England
Hours
April 8 to September 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosedClosedClosed14:00ClosedClosed14:00
Close 17:00 17:00
Always opened on:
Spring Bank Holiday - Britain (last Monday, May )
Summer Bank Holiday - Britain outside Scotland (last Monday, August )
Custom House
Leading north from Queen Street is King Street with the former Custom House, built in 1683 by Henry Bell in Palladian style with a statue of Charles II above the door.
Greenland Fishery
South of Bridge Street is the Greenland fishery, the wooden office of the Greenland sailors built in 1605, testimony from the town's illustrious period when the Greenland sailors set sail from the port of Lynn.
Greyfriars Tower
The octagonal late 14th century Greyfriars Tower, reached by way of the High Street and St James's Street, is a relic of a former priory in King's Lynn.
Houghton Hall
This fine classical house is famed as being the home of the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.

It holds fine examples of work by Colen Campbell, a pioneer of the Palladian style, and William Kent, the famed interior decorator.
Hours
April 8 to September 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosedClosedClosed13:00ClosedClosed13:00
Close 17:30 17:30
Always opened on:
Spring Bank Holiday - Britain (last Monday, May )
Summer Bank Holiday - Britain outside Scotland (last Monday, August )
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)
King Street
There are a number of handsome Tudor and Georgian houses in the area around King Street. One of the most picturesque spots is where the old ship canal flows into the Ouse.
Long Sutton, England
(Near King's Lynn)
Long Sutton is a small market town with an interesting church, Holy Trinity, dating back to 1493.
Long Sutton - Butterfly and Falconry Park
In Long Sutton visitors can wander through a tropical house containing over 500 exotic free-flying butterflies. The park also features falcons, hawks, owls and vultures in flying displays twice daily. On weekends there is a special dog display team.
Address
Butterfly and Falconry Park
Long Sutton
Spalding PE12 9LE
England
Hours
March 22 to August 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
September 1 to October 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Cost
Adult 3.90
All values are in local currency
Parking
Free
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Museum
To the north of Grayfriars Tower in Old Market Street is the Lynn Museum with exhibits on local history.
Address
King's Lynn Museum
Market Street
King's Lynn PE30 1NL
England
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:0010:0010:0010:0010:00Closed
Close 17:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Cost
Adult .70
All values are in local currency
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities
Gift shop
Red Mount Chapel
To the east of Lynn Museum on the Walks the Red Mount Chapel can be seen, an octagonal brick building, once frequented by pilgrims on their way to Walsingham.
Saturday Market
In Saturday Market, near the river, is the principal church of King's Lynn, St Margaret's, with massive west towers which give it almost the air of a cathedral. It was built by the bishop of Norwich in the 12th century, when the town was known as Bishop's Lynn. The west front is particularly fine. It contains two very fine brasses, probably of Flemish workmanship. These magnificent 14th century pieces represent a vintage scene and a peacock feast (Peacock Brass).
Snettisham Park Farm
The Park Farm at Snettisham not far to the north of King's Lynn provides interesting insights into aspects of country life such as cattle rearing, wool production and sheep shearing.
Address
Snettisham Park Farm
King's Lynn PE31 7NQ
England
Hours
February 1 to October 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Cost
Family 18.00
Adult 5.50
Senior 4.60
Child 16 & under 4.50
Child 2 & underFREE
All values are in local currency
Parking
Free
Disabled
Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities
Gift shop
South Gate
King's Lynn's medieval South Gate (mid-15th century) on the road heading south to London has been preserved.
St Nicholas's Chapel
In St Anne's Street is St Nicholas's Chapel, rebuilt in English Perpendicular style between between the 1380s and 1415. There is interesting window tracery and a late 15th century brass lectern.
Hours
June 1 to September 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosedClosedClosedClosedClosed
Close
Tips
Open at other times by key available locally at True's Yard or Tudor Rose Hotel.
Thoresby College (Clifton House)
In Queen Street are Thoresby College, a priests' seminary founded in 1500, with a 17th century front (now a youth hostel) and Clifton House, a Georgian house with an Elizabethan watch-tower.
Trinity Hospital
Opposite the Castle Rising parish church is an almshouse, founded by Henry Howard in 1614 for women. It comprises nine rooms grouped around a courtyard, a communal room and a small chapel. The old ladies who still live there dress in Jacobean costume, red coats and black pointed hats.
True's Yard
Two of the last fishermen's cottages in North Street were lovingly restored in 1991 and now house a fishing museum with displays of traditional fishing equipment.
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