East of England
Norfolk
Norwich District

Norwich Castle

Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of , in the English county of . William the Conqueror ordered its construction in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest of England.
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  • Opening hours:
    July 1st—September 29th: Monday—Saturday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM and Sunday 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
    September 30th—June 30th: Monday—Saturday 10:00 AM—4:30 PM and Sunday 1:00 PM—4:30 PM
  • Email: museums@norfolk.gov.uk
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: historic castle and museum in Norwich, England
  • Also known as: “Norwich Castle Museum” and “Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery”
  • Address: Castle Meadow, Norwich, NR1 3JU
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Norwich Market and Norwich University of the Arts.

Marketplace
Photo: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an outdoor market consisting of around 200 stalls in central , England. Founded in the latter part of the 11th century to supply Norman merchants and settlers moving to the area following the Norman conquest of England, it replaced an earlier market a short distance away. is situated 790 feet west of Norwich Castle.

University
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a public university in Norwich, Norfolk, that specialises in art, design, media, architecture and performance. is situated 800 feet northwest of Norwich Castle.

Movie theater
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cinema City is a Grade I listed cultural cinema in the city of in , England. The building is owned by Norwich City Council and the site is managed by the charity Cinema City Ltd, charity number 288309. is situated 600 feet north of Norwich Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norwich and Thorpe Hamlet.

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, a two-cathedral city, is the capital of the county of , within the larger region of East Anglia. It lies some 185 km NNE of , and as well as being a convenient base for exploring the Broads and the North Norfolk Coast is also…

Suburb
is a suburb of , to the east of the city centre, in the Norwich District, in the English county of . It was constituted a separate ecclesiastical parish on 9 March 1852, from the civil parish of Old Thorpe, and in 1912, was in the rural deanery of .

Locality
The is a wedge-shaped area within the southwestern suburbs of , . The base of the Triangle is at the Colman Road stretch of the outer ring road, which is one mile southwest of the city's inner ring, with the other two sides – Earlham Road and Newmarket Road – pointing into the city centre.

Norwich Castle

Latitude
52.62862° or 52° 37′ 43″ north
Longitude
1.29641° or 1° 17′ 47″ east
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
Inception
1067
Levels
2
Open location code
9F43J7HW+CH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 38329530
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6287326
Wiki­data ID
Q1672292
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Norwich Castle” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Castell de Norwich”
  • Cebuano: “Norwich Castle”
  • Chinese: “諾里奇城”
  • Chinese: “諾里奇城堡”
  • Danish: “Norwich Castle”
  • Dutch: “Norwich Castle”
  • French: “château de Norwich”
  • French: “Château de Norwich”
  • German: “Norwich Castle”
  • German: “Schloss Norwich”
  • Hebrew: “טירת נוריץ‘”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Norwich”
  • Italian: “castello di Norwich”
  • Italian: “Castello di Norwich”
  • Japanese: “ノリッジ城”
  • Japanese: “ノリッチ城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Norwich Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Norwich Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Norwich”
  • Russian: “Замок Норидж”
  • Slovenian: “grad Norwich”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Norwich”
  • Swedish: “Norwich Castle”
  • Turkish: “Norwich Kalesi”

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