Coast and Broads

East Cottages, Tucker Street, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9HB
Telephone: 01263 513543
Email: cromer.museum@norfolk.gov.uk
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

Stand in the yard outside a row of fishermen's cottages and imagine what life might have been like one hundred years ago. Discover a lost world lit by gaslight. A world of steam railways; bathing machines and the beautiful, but lonely Empress of Austria. In the new geology gallery find out about the huge creatures that roamed this landscape before humans even existed! The mighty West Runton Elephant, taller than a house and the fearsome Mosasaur, a marine reptile with daggers for teeth!

Prices
Adult £3.50, Concession £2.90, Young Person (4-16) £2.00, Under 4s free.

Opening
March-October open Monday-Friday 10-4pm, Saturday 12noon-4pm & Sunday 1-4pm
November-February open Monday-Friday 10-4pm & Saturday 12noon-4pm

Facilities

• Shop
• Full access to site
• Toilets (accessible to wheelchair users)

The Slipway, West Cliff, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8JT.
Telephone: 01263 824343
Email: secretary@sheringham-preservation.org.uk
Website: http://www.sheringham-preservation.org.uk

Housed in original Victorian long-shore fishermen's sheds recently restored and opened to the public, the centre tells the story of Sheringham’s private (non-RNLI) lifeboats, the fishermen who crewed them and the lives they led. The last of these lifeboats, the Henry Ramey Upcher, may still be seen, housed in its original shed.

Prices
Admission free - donations welcome.

Opening
Open 12-4.00pm Sunday-Friday, Easter to end of September. Closed Saturdays except Bank Holiday weekends.

Facilities

• Cafe nearby
• Restricted access to site

Beach Road, Mundesley, Norfolk, NR11 8BG.
Telephone: 01263 720879

Situated in the former Coastguard lookout, the museum exhibits include the village past and present; its maritime history; lifeboat activity from 1811; shipwrecks; fishing; trade; the rise and fall of the railway 1898-1964; the Mundesley Minefield. The first floor is reinstated as a coastguard lookout of the 1930/1940s with powerful binoculars for visitors to use. Coastwatch has been permitted the use of the lookout to provide a visual watch, which includes radar.

Prices
Adults 50p, Disabled and accompanied children free.

Opening
Open Easter weekend and from 1 May to 30th September, 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm daily.

Facilities

• Wheelchair access to the ground floor only.

The Staithe, Stalham, Norfolk, NR12 9DA.
Telephone: 01692 581681
Email: info@museumofthebroads.org.uk
Website: www.museumofthebroads.org.uk

The museum is situated on the site of an ancient Norfolk wherry loading quay and tells the story of the Broads through the centuries. Also features items associated with the leisure and working life of Broadland and an exhibition of Broads boat design. Car parking and boat mooring for visitors.

Prices
Adults: £4
Concessions (over 60s, disabled, students): £3.50,
Children (5-16): £2.50
Families (2+3): £12

Free admission to carers, friends of the museum and members of the Museums Association

Opening
Open everyday from Easter to the end of October 10.30-5pm.

Facilities

• Shop, cafe
• Free parking nearby: boat mooring for visitors
• Toilets accessible to wheelchair users
• Full access to site

West Cliff, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8JT.
Telephone: 01263 824343
Email: secretary@sheringham-preservation.org.uk
Website: http://www.sheringham-preservation.org.uk

The Gallery contains a unique collection of more than 180 colourful, delicate and stunningly realistic sculptures and arrangements formed from seashells from around the world. These creations were created over 50 years with unbelievable patience and attention to detail by Peter Coke, the actor famously known as Paul Temple in the 1950s radio series.

Prices
Free admission - donations welcome

Opening
Open Easter - 30 September Wednesday - Saturday 12-4pm

Facilities

• Cafe nearby
• Full access to site

The Rocket House, The Promenade Cromer, Norfolk NR27 9ET
 01263 511294  
www.rnli.org.uk/heritage

The RNLI Henry Blogg Museum is popular with people of all ages. It tells the story of Henry Blogg, who saved 873 people from the sea during his long career as coxswain of Cromer lifeboats. At the heart of the museum is the lifeboat, HF Bailey. She is surrounded by displays relating to almost 200 years of RNLI  history. Henry Blogg's dog, Monte, leads younger visitors through the story and activities.

Opening
April-September open Tuesday-Sunday 10-5pm.
October-November and February-March open Tuesday-Sunday 10-4pm.
December and January open for special advertised events only.
School parties and groups are welcome by arrangement.

Prices
Free admission - donations welcome.

Facilities

• Shop
• Cafe nearby
• Toilets (accessible to wheelchair users)
• Full access to site

Glandford, Nr Holt, Norfolk NR25 7JR
01263 740081
www.shellmuseum.org.uk

Sir Alfred Jodrell built this charming Victorian museum for his unique collection of sea shells and artefacts.  But there are other exhibits besides the shells: jewels, old pottery, a sugar bowl used by Queen Elizabeth I and an evocative tapestry depicting the North Norfolk coast by a local fisherman, John Craske.

Prices
Adults £2, Seniors £1.50, Children 50p (under 4s free)

Opening
Open Easter Saturday to 31 October, Tuesday-Saturday 10-12.30pm and 2-4.30pm.
Open Bank Holiday Mondays.

Facilities

• Free parking
• Full access to site

How Hill, Ludham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR29 5PG
01692 678763
toadholeinfo@broads-authority.gov.uk
www.broads-authority.gov.uk 

Small eighteenth century cottage set in the beautiful How Hill nature reserve, showing home and working life on the marshes about a hundred years ago.  Nature trail walks and boat trips available.

Opening
1 April - 31 May and  1 October - 1 November, Monday - Friday 10.30-1pm and 1.30-5pm, Saturday -Sunday 10.30-5pm.
1 June - 30 September, open Monday - Sunday 9.30-6pm.

Prices
Free admission to Cottage; charge for nature trail walks and boat trips.

Facilities

• Free parking
• Toilets (accessible to wheelchair users)
• Full access to site