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family are going to GY for Easter break, anything worth seeing/doing there? Going to be staying in a cottage.
Not been there for years.
TIA
Not been there for years.
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you could go to - the seal life centre/ boat trip to seals/ blakney seal centre ( these 3 sugegstions arent good if you dont like seals), visit the broads (not sure if theres boat trips from yarmouth but theres boat trips from oulton broad, 5 miles south of g.y., next to lowestoft, in suffolk.), donkey ride on beach, go to lowestoft down the road (a much better place because thats where i'm from) go to cromer there a nice beach and . . . quaintness. oh theres carlton marshes also in suffolk just outside oulton (good for bird watching and walking around in . . . well marshes.)
you could go to - the seal life centre/ boat trip to seals/ blakney seal centre ( these 3 sugegstions arent good if you dont like seals), visit the broads (not sure if theres boat trips from yarmouth but theres boat trips from oulton broad, 5 miles south of g.y., next to lowestoft, in suffolk.), donkey ride on beach, go to lowestoft down the road (a much better place because thats where i'm from) go to cromer there a nice beach and . . . quaintness. oh theres carlton marshes also in suffolk just outside oulton (good for bird watching and walking around in . . . well marshes.)
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Great Yarmouth is (at least on the face of it) a total dump. The sea front is full of shabby buildings, which have either closed down or function as 'chips with everything' caf�s. The main road which leads to the seafront has little to offer except yet more caf�s, loads of 'pound shop' type places and several amusement arcades. Even the leisure centre (which has had a bit of an overhaul recently) is rather outdated. (The swimming pool has a wave machine but that's about it).
Don't despair though. The area does have its attractions; it's just that they don't exactly leap out at you. Here are a few pointers:
1. If you're in GY when the market is open, it's well worth a visit. (It's one of East Anglia's better open air markets, as long as you can get away from the smell of chips coming from the covered area).
2. The Heritage Quarter is well worth a look:
http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/img/HQ_GPFin al_low%20res.pdf
(In particular, don't miss the 'Time & Tide' museum).
3. If the weather's good, and you want to find a really good beach, head to Yarmouth's southern suburb of Gorleston. (Unless, like me, you're a naturist. In which case I'll see you on Corton naturist beach, just south of GY!)
4. You can't fail to notice Europe's largest off-shore wind farm. There's a small exhibition about it, in a building on the sea front. (It's quite interesting, even though it only takes a few minutes to go round it).
For further ideas, see here:
http://www.great-yarmouth.co.uk/
Chris
Don't despair though. The area does have its attractions; it's just that they don't exactly leap out at you. Here are a few pointers:
1. If you're in GY when the market is open, it's well worth a visit. (It's one of East Anglia's better open air markets, as long as you can get away from the smell of chips coming from the covered area).
2. The Heritage Quarter is well worth a look:
http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/img/HQ_GPFin al_low%20res.pdf
(In particular, don't miss the 'Time & Tide' museum).
3. If the weather's good, and you want to find a really good beach, head to Yarmouth's southern suburb of Gorleston. (Unless, like me, you're a naturist. In which case I'll see you on Corton naturist beach, just south of GY!)
4. You can't fail to notice Europe's largest off-shore wind farm. There's a small exhibition about it, in a building on the sea front. (It's quite interesting, even though it only takes a few minutes to go round it).
For further ideas, see here:
http://www.great-yarmouth.co.uk/
Chris
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Bit surprised that people are calling it a dump but there again i havn't been there for years. I suppose it depends the place you are staying at and also what you make of a holiday. I went to Benidorm some years ago, Spanish Blackpool, couldnt stand the place but we made the most of it and after a few drinks it didnt seem to bad.
Have Fun.