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Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth is a seaside resort with the usual assortment of tacky amusement arcades. It is easily accessible from Norwich.
Practical information
Great Yarmouth Tourist Information Centre
Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth
Tel (01493) 842 195
Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm, Sun 10am-4pm
Coming & going
BUS
First runs buses in and around Great Yarmouth including buses to Norwich. An all day bus pass for travel in the Great Yarmouth area costs £4.50.
TRAIN
National Express East Anglia trains run between Norwich and Great Yarmouth.
Hostel accommodation
Great Yarmouth YHA
2 Sandown Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 1EY
Tel (01493) 843 991
Sightseeing, museums & tourist attractions
Elizabethan House Museum
This Elizabethan Quayside house depicts family life from Tudor to Victorian times.
Tolhouse Street, Great Yarmouth
Tel (01493) 745 526
Website www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Admission £3.30
Open 5 Apr-31 Oct Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 1.15pm-5pm
Time & Tide – Museum of Great Yarmouth Life
This new museum has displays on local history including exhibits on Great Yarmouth's maritime and fishing heritage.
Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth
Tel (01493) 743 930
Website www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Admission £5.20
Open 14 Jul-31 Oct 10am-5pm daily
Tolhouse Museum
This museum, housed in one of England's oldest prisons, has displays on the history of crime and punishment.
Tolhouse Street, Great Yarmouth
Tel (01493) 745 526
Website www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Admission £3.30
Open 5 Apr-31 Oct Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 1.15pm-5pm
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