Historic sites

Blickling Estate

United Kingdom Norfolk Aylsham

Blickling Estate
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A Jacobean house of red brick framed by yew hedges, said to stand on the site of the home of Anne Boleyn's family, and to be visited by her ghost every year on the anniversary of her execution. Its long gallery has a remarkable plaster ceiling, and the library is one of the finest in the country.


The gardens, lake and woodland walks make a good day out.

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