2-Hour CJ Sansom’s Tombland Walking Tour in Norwich

Norwich - the view from Kett's Heights

Shardlake's Norwich Tour on Kett's Heights

Paul Dickson with Tombland at the Maids Head Hotel

The Maids Head Hotel

Highlights

Norwich

educational, historical, sightseeing

Group Tour

2 Hours

Easy

English

Description

Take a guided walking tour celebrating CJ Sansom’s best-selling novel Tombland, featuring Tudor lawyer Matthew Shardlake’s visit to Norwich at Kett’s Rebellion (1549).

Itinerary

Highlights of Shardlake's Norwich
- Start at the Maids Head Hotel and visit Tombland, the ancient Anglo-Scandinavian Market Place, Norwich Cathedral Close and Bishop's gate.
- Climb p to Kett's Heights, St Michael's Chapel' remains, with its fabulous view across the city.
- Follow the north side of the river with views of the medieval Cow tower and surviving city walla near the Pockthorpe gate location.
- Witness the site where the Batte of Palace Plain occurred.