St Mary's Church, Great Yarmouth

Name: St Mary's Church
Address: Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

#9 among attractions in Great Yarmouth

Top attraction, Church, Gothic Revival architecture

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St Mary's church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It is situated on Regent Road in the centre of the town. It was originally built by the Society of Jesus in the late 1840s and it is now administered by the Diocese of East Anglia. The architect was Joseph John Scoles who also designed the Anglican St Mary's church in the Southtown area of Great Yarmouth and it is a Grade II* listed building. ()

Completed: 1850 (174 years ago)Architectural style: Gothic revivalCoordinates: 52°36'27"N, 1°44'1"E

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St Mary's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pleasure Beach, Joyland, Market Gates Shopping Centre, Roller Coaster.

1 miS
Amusement park
Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth
26 min walk • The Pleasure Beach Great Yarmouth is an amusement park located in the seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on the English east coast. It opened in 1909. The largest and most popular ride at the park is the wooden Roller Coaster which opened in 1932.
0.7 miE
Amusement, Amusement park
Joyland, Great Yarmouth
18 min walk • Joyland is a historic free entry amusement park located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on the coast of East Anglia. The theme park opened in 1949 on the site of the former Anchor Gardens next to Britannia Pier.
~1120 ftW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Market Gates Shopping Centre, Great Yarmouth
6 min walk • Market Gates Shopping Centre is based in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It was first opened in 1976.
1 miS
Amusement ride, Amusement, Amusement park
Roller Coaster, Great Yarmouth
27 min walk • Roller Coaster – also known as Scenic Railway or The Scenic – is a wooden roller coaster at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth, UK. The ride was built at the park in 1932 and has remained operational since. It is one of only two scenic railways still in operation in the UK and one of only seven in the world.
~1760 ftSW
Museum, Specialty museum
The Tolhouse, Great Yarmouth
9 min walk • The Tolhouse is a 12th-century building in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The building has been used as a jail and a courthouse and is currently a museum. The Tolhouse is a Grade I listed building.
0.4 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum
Great Yarmouth Row Houses, Great Yarmouth
11 min walk • Great Yarmouth Row Houses were wealthy merchant's residences located on South Quay in the town of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk.
~1760 ftS
Concerts and shows, Museum, Music venue
Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth
9 min walk • The Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth was built by the showman George Gilbert in 1903 and designed by architect Ralph Scott Cockrill.
~770 ftSE
52°36'22"N • 1°44'10"E
Leisureland Arcade, Great Yarmouth
4 min walk • Nightlife, Gambling, Casino
0.4 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum
Nelson Museum, Great Yarmouth
11 min walk • The Nelson Museum was a small museum housed in a Grade II listed Georgian Merchant's house on South Quay in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It was formed from the collection of local agriculturalist Ben Burgess, who was a lifelong collector of Nelson related artefacts.
0.6 miNW
Bridge
Yarmouth suspension bridge, Great Yarmouth
15 min walk • Yarmouth suspension bridge spanned the River Bure at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk from 1829 until its collapse in 1845. The bridge was widened in 1832, which had not been anticipated by the original design. On 2 May 1845 the bridge collapsed under load from a crowd who had gathered to watch a circus stunt on the river.
~1980 ftNW
Church
Great Yarmouth Minster, Great Yarmouth
10 min walk • The Minster Church of St Nicholas is the minster and parish church of the town of Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, England. It was built during the Norman era and is England's third largest parish church, behind Beverley Minster in East Yorkshire and Christchurch Priory in Dorset.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to St Mary's Church?

Nearby attractions include Leisureland Arcade, Great Yarmouth (4 min walk), St. George's Theatre Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth (7 min walk), Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth (7 min walk), Silver Slipper, Great Yarmouth (8 min walk).

How to get to St Mary's Church by public transport?

The nearest stations to St Mary's Church:

Bus

Market Gates, Stand F • Lines: 2, 308 (5 min walk)
Market Gates, Stand D • Lines: X1 (5 min walk)

Train

Great Yarmouth (16 min walk)