Cow Tower
The Cow Tower is an artillery tower by the River Wensum in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Built between 1398 and 1399 by the city authorities in response to the threat from France and indigenous English rebels, the tower was intended to defend the north-eastern approach to Norwich with hand cannons and bombards.Photo: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: Medieval artillery tower in Norwich, England, UK
- Also known as: “Blockhouse known as the Cow Tower” and “Cow Tower, Norwich”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Norwich Cathedral and The Swan Pit And Sluice The Great Hospital.
Norwich Cathedral
Church
Photo: Aleister Crowley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Norwich Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. Norwich Cathedral is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Cow Tower.
The Swan Pit And Sluice The Great Hospital
Reservoir
Photo: Adrian S Pye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Swan Pit And Sluice The Great Hospital is a reservoir.
Carrow Road
Stadium
Photo: Mls11, Public domain.
Carrow Road is a football stadium in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and is the home of EFL Championship club Norwich City. The stadium is east of the city, near Norwich railway station and the River Wensum. Carrow Road is situated 1 mile south of Cow Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thorpe Hamlet and Norwich.
Thorpe Hamlet
Suburb
Thorpe Hamlet is a suburb of Norwich, to the east of the city centre, in the Norwich District, in the English county of Norfolk. 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 Blofield.
Norwich
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Norwich, a two-cathedral city, is the capital of the English county of Norfolk, within the larger region of East Anglia. It lies some 185 km NNE of London, and as well as being a convenient base for exploring the Broads and the North Norfolk Coast is also…
Heartsease Estate, Norwich
Suburb
Photo: Jon Welch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Heartsease is a housing estate located in Norwich, Norfolk and takes its name from the heartsease, a common European wild flower.
Cow Tower
- Categories: tower, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Norwich District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.63421° or 52° 38′ 3″ northLongitude
1.30828° or 1° 18′ 30″ eastOpen location code
9F43J8M5+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 100217555OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q5179414
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Cow Tower” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “靠塔”
- German: “Cow Tower (Norwich)”
- German: “Cow Tower”
- Urdu: “کو مینار، ناروچ”
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