Local history enthusiasts are being invited to try their hand at archaeology with a new initiative being launched by Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust. The new project will see placements on offer for volunteers to take…
As part of The National Lottery Open Week 2025, the Winter Gardens in Great Yarmouth threw open its doors for tours of the landmark building ahead of its restoration. Members of the Great Yarmouth Borough Council project team organised four…
Winter Gardens Illuminate! is a collaboration between Out There Arts and Great Yarmouth Borough Council to get local young people excited about the Winter Gardens and an opportunity to work with professional artists to follow a creative brief. The Winter…
With planning permission successfully granted, work on installing Great Yarmouth’s exciting new sculpture trail is set to begin next month. With almost all of the sculptures already completed and delivered, a contractor is now set to be appointed to install…
Trees in a Great Yarmouth street have been cut back after residents’ suffered from noise, smell and mess as starlings repeatedly returned to roost in the area over winter. Five Holm Oak trees in Kent Square in the town have…
People are being invited to discover more about Great Yarmouth’s fascinating history with six new talks by the town’s Heritage Guides. The one-hour talks take place at 1pm on the second Tuesday of January, February, March, October, November and December…
With work rapidly progressing at Great Yarmouth’s new landmark £17m library and learning hub at the former Palmers department store, two very special guests enjoyed a tour of the building to see the ambitious regeneration project taking shape. Former Palmers…
One of the UK’s leading horticulturists has paid a visit to the Winter Gardens in Great Yarmouth to lend support to its regeneration, offer guidance and review the proposed planting scheme. Richard Barley, Director of Gardens at the Royal Botanic…
Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced that beach wheelchairs are now available to book for free at two locations. The special wheelchairs have large pneumatic wheels which allow them to slide over the sand giving people with limited mobility easy…
