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Cat Pottery and Railway Junkyard

Cat Pottery 1 Grammar School Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 9JH.
Telephone: 01692 402962
Website: http://www.winstanleycats.uk.com

An intriguing collection of railway and a variety of rare local items, housed in 19th Century workshops, set among the famous hand-made pottery Winstanley Cats.

Prices
Admission free.

Opening
Open all year. Monday-Friday 10-5pm, Saturday 11-1pm. August:, Saturdays in August 11-3pm.

Facilities

  • Free parking
  • Toilets
  • Restricted access to site


Norfolk's Golden Fleece Heritage Museum

Norfolk's Golden Fleece Heritage Museum Worstead Baptist Church, Meeting House Hill, Worstead, Norfolk NR28 9LR.
01692 406725
brianandpat.morgan@dsl.pipex.com 

The Chapel has played an important part in local life since 1717. The collections reflect this with reminders of local home and working life.  Displays cover spinning, weaving and dyeing which were so important in Norfolk prior to the Industrial Revolution. It is normally possible to visit the ‘Weaver’s Loft’ where members of the Worstead Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers have work in progress.


Prices
Free admission - donations very welcome.

Opening
NOTE: the Museum is currently closed while building works are being carried out.

Facilities

  • Free parking
  • Toilets
  • Restricted access to site


Peter Coke Shell Gallery

An entry at The Peter Coke Shell Gallery 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 Shell Museum

The Shell Museum 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


Museum of Straw Work and Crafts

Museum of Straw Work Conifer Cottage, Buck Brigg, Colby/Hanworth, Norfolk NR11 7HH
01263 761615   

Fascinating straw work from all over the world.  Corn dollies of vast variety and many other wonderful ways of using straw such as marquetry, embroidery, Swiss straw lace. Quilling and straw work demonstrated.

Prices
Free admission - donations welcome

Opening
Easter Saturday - 31 October, Wednesdays and Saturdays 11-4pm.
Group visits welcome by appointment.

Facilities

  • Free parking
  • Refreshments provided at workshops
  • Full access to site