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A small rural village surrounded by National Trust
land. The village has a small shop and a very good pub /
restaurant. All kinds of walking and rambling can be enjoyed
around here taking you through beautiful gentle countryside around the
village.
For fishing try the the lakes at Blickling
and the Bure Valley Lakes. Close by are the park, woods, lake and
gardens of Blickling Hall just 1.50 miles north-west of Aylsham built
between 1616 and 1627 and is a masterpiece of Jacobean architecture. Anne
Boleyn is believed to have lived in an earlier house on the same
site and it is said that her ghost returns by coach on the anniversary
of her death.
The market town of Aylsham some three miles
away has a colourful market square where lively traders offer a good
range of merchandise on market days. The town also has a small
supermarket. On its outskirts is the Bure Valley Railway (15 inch gauge)
which runs from Aylsham to Wroxham, passing
through 9 miles of glorious countryside. There are many fine properties
in and around the area, evidence of the town's wealth in times past.
Wolterton Hall is a fine Georgian
country house home to the Walpole family, distant cousins of Nelson on
his mother's side, whom he visited regularly. Open to the public on
certain occasions.
Up the road is Mannington
a 15th century medieval moated manor house. Here you will find the
heritage Rose Gardens with their display of hundreds of different
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