Information on other nearby attractions
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You may wish to combine your visit to the Monument with other historic museums or sites in Great
Yarmouth. Please see separate pages for information on the Norfolk Nelson Museum and Time
and Tide Museum. In addition:
Row 111 House and Merchant’s House (1a & 1b on map)
Location: these museums are situated immediately behind the Norfolk
Nelson Museum. They feature life in the rows many years ago and
contain interesting artefacts from houses that were bombed during
WWII. Run by English Heritage and Norfolk Museums and Archaeology
Service.
Elizabethan House Museum (3 on map)
Location: on South Quay, close to the Norfolk Nelson Museum.
This is a sixteenth-century merchant’s house with interactive 16th, 17th
and 19th century domestic interiors. It was refurbished in 2000.
Run by National Trust and Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service
Tolhouse Museum (2 on map)
Location: in Tolhouse Street, behind the modern library and round the back of
the Norfolk Nelson Museum. This is the oldest surviving domestic building in
Great Yarmouth, later used as a courthouse and gaol. It was refurbished in
2003 and now has displays on the themes of crime and punishment through
the ages, including the historic prison cells. Run by Norfolk Museums and
Archaeology Service
Greyfriars’ Cloisters (1c on map)
Location: round the back of the Norfolk Nelson Museum.
This outdoor site shows the remains of one of Yarmouth’s medieval monasteries.
Maintained by English Heritage
Great Yarmouth Potteries & Smokehouse Museum (6 on map)
Privately run craft pottery with museum of Great Yarmouth curios. Housed in a section of the
medieval town walls, including a former herring smoke house.
St. Nicholas Priory Church
Location: at the north end of the Market Place, close to the river.
The origins of the church date back to 1119, when it was established by
Bishop Herbert de Losinga as an offshoot (or priory) of the Benedictine
monastery at Norwich Cathedral. It is dedicated to St. Nicholas, patron
saint of mariners. It is church of vast, cathedral-like proportions, the
largest parish church in the country, and said to be able to hold 4,000
people. World War II bombing severely damaged the building, but it was
rebuilt after the war from the shell of the original. Nelson, always a
committed Christian, worshipped here on his visits to the town. One Sir William Denny compared the
church to an upturned ship: “The roof is the keel; the walls, the sides; the floor, the deck; the east
end, the prow or forecastle; the central tower, the mast; and the west end, the poop.” Nelson
worshipped here on his visits to the town. Usually open daily from 10 am – 2 pm.
Call 01493 745526 for further information about these sites.
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