The Hunstanton Heritage Centre contains various memorabilia relating to the town's history, such as: Fossils and other objects found on the beach Posters about the town’s history The Neolithic site St. Edmund’s landing The Le Strange family The railway from King’s Lynn to Hunstanton 1953…
Looking to the future, preserving the past… The Hunstanton Society was founded as Hunstanton Civic Society in 2002 to preserve the heritage of the Victorian seaside town of Hunstanton and to help plan its future. What is it?People actively involved in celebrating their connections with…
The King’s Lynn Civic Society was founded to protect the town's rich heritage and to influence the way the town evolves to meet challenges and change. It wants King’s Lynn to blend historic and modern in the best way possible and its aim is to make…
If you have any interest in, or curiosity about, arts or sciences, please consider joining KLSAS. For more than a century we have been bringing excellent speakers to King’s Lynn to give a fifty -minute talk, usually illustrated, and then answer questions before meeting members and…
Stories of Lynn, Mueum and old Gaol cells, are home to the King’s Lynn Borough Archives, one of the country’s finest borough archives. The Archive contains documents dating back to the 13th century; which includes King John’s royal charter of 1204, and continuing all the way to the 20th century.…
The Lynn Museum is housed in a former Union Baptist Chapel and schoolroom adjacent to the town’s bus station. The museum's stunning centrepiece is a life-size replica of the Bronze Age timber circle Seahenge. Other artifacts include Iceni gold coins, the skeleton of an Anglo Saxon warrior…
The volunteer team at Lynn Museum have completed the mammoth task of digitalising over 1,000 drawings of local scenes by King’s Lynn artist Henry Baines (1823 - 1894). Lynn Museum collections digitalisation team is made up of eight enthusiastic volunteers who spend three hours every…
The group’s meeting are normally held once a month throughout the year. We now meeting in our new home in Peggy’s Room which is part of the St. George’s Hall Complex on the High Street in the centre of the village. Anyone is welcome to join us at the meetings…
The West Norfolk Association, formed in 1981, is a friendly group that shares an appreciation for the historic legacy left by previous generations. It gives support to the work of the National Trust and many of its member are stewards at the local property, Oxburgh Hall.…