Norwich Town and Castle

Bus from Wymondham to the mighty Norwich bus station. Lots of buses from surrounds and buses to London and airports. Not like Eddy Avenue at all. It works.

Norwich is quite a big place 45,000 or so and for those with long memories was home to the Norwich Union Insurance.now all part of the delightfully named Aviva. Much clearer what they do.

The markets have been trading in the one spot for 600 years and although some of the stock looks the same age it’s an interesting part of town.

Castle dominates the town. That was the purpose i suppose and it worked.
Built by Normans not long after the conquest it is now a huge square building (not the original, this one only dates fro the 11th century).

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