Holt - Norfolk
Holt - Norfolk is a Town in the county of Norfolk.
There are great places to visit near Holt - Norfolk including some great historic buildings, towns, beaches, ancient sites, old mines, woodlands, country parks, airports and ruins.
The area around Holt - Norfolk boasts some of the best historic buildings including Blickling Estate, Duke's Head Hotel, and Warehouse and Training Ship Vancouver in St Margaret's Lane.
Holt - Norfolk has some unmissable towns nearby like King's Lynn, Thetford, Great Yarmouth, Hunstanton, and Wells-next-the-Sea.
There are a several good beaches in the area around Holt - Norfolk like Heacham South Beach.
The area close to Holt - Norfolk boasts some of the best ancient sites including Grimes Graves.
Grimes Graves is one of Holt - Norfolk's best, nearby old mines to visit in Holt - Norfolk.
Places near Holt - Norfolk feature a number of interesting woodlands including Thetford Forest Park.
The area close to Holt - Norfolk boasts some of the best country parks including Thetford Forest Park.
Places near Holt - Norfolk feature a number of interesting airports including Norwich Airport.
The area close to Holt - Norfolk boasts some of the best ruins including St Benet's Abbey.
Holt - Norfolk History
There are some historic monuments around Holt - Norfolk:
Places to see near Holt - Norfolk
History of Holt - Norfolk
With most of the medieval buildings destroyed in the fire the townsfolk set about rebuilding the town. The rebuilding made Holt notable for its abundance of Georgian buildings, that being the style of the day at the time when the town centre was rebuilt. However, the town repaired and retains its Norman parish church, which is dedicated to St Andrew. It has been noted that if the town of Holt had not been destroyed by the fire in 1708 it would now look very similar to the village of Lavenham in Suffolk. The Holt Mid-air collision occurred on 19 August 1968 when two Royal Air Force aircraft collided over the town. A Victor Tanker from RAF Marham and a Canberra bomber from RAF Bruggen in West Germany collided at night. This was following an electrical storm had disabled radar systems. A memorial stone hangs inside Saint Andrew’s Church. Gresham’s School, a public school founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham, originally for boys but co-educational since 1971 is located in the town.
