Time and Tide Museum, Great Yarmouth

Name: Time and Tide Museum
Address: Blackfriars' Rd, Great Yarmouth, NR30 3BX, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1493 743930

#15 among attractions in Great Yarmouth

Top attraction, Museum, Specialty museum, History museum

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Facts and practical information

Time and Tide: The Museum of Great Yarmouth Life, located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom, is set in one of the UK's best-preserved Victorian herring curing works and is Norfolk's third largest museum. The museum is centred on Great Yarmouth's rich maritime and fishing heritage, mainly focusing on the history of Yarmouth and the herring curing works. The museum feature various exhibitions including a typical 'Row' from 1913, a Yarmouth quayside from the 1950s and hands on displays, films, audio guides and children's activities. The museum is currently visited by around 30,000 people a year. ()

Coordinates: 52°36'6"N, 1°43'54"E

Address

Blackfriars' RdGreat Yarmouth NR30 3BX United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1493 743930

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Day trips

Time and Tide Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

0.6 miS
Amusement park
Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth
16 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.
0.9 miNE
Amusement, Amusement park
Joyland, Great Yarmouth
23 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.
0.4 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Market Gates Shopping Centre, Great Yarmouth
12 min walk • Market Gates Shopping Centre is based in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It was first opened in 1976.
0.6 miS
Amusement ride, Amusement, Amusement park
Roller Coaster, Great Yarmouth
17 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.
~1310 ftNW
Museum, Specialty museum
The Tolhouse, Great Yarmouth
7 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.
~1210 ftNW
Museum, Specialty museum
Great Yarmouth Row Houses, Great Yarmouth
6 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.
~890 ftNE
Concerts and shows, Museum, Music venue
Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth
5 min walk • The Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth was built by the showman George Gilbert in 1903 and designed by architect Ralph Scott Cockrill.
~1890 ftNE
52°36'22"N • 1°44'10"E
Leisureland Arcade, Great Yarmouth
10 min walk • Nightlife, Gambling, Casino
0.4 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary's Church, Great Yarmouth
11 min walk • 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.
~1350 ftNW
Museum, Specialty museum
Nelson Museum, Great Yarmouth
7 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.
0.8 miNW
Bridge
Yarmouth suspension bridge, Great Yarmouth
22 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.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

When is Time and Tide Museum open?

Time and Tide Museum is open:

Monday 10 am - 4 pm
Tuesday 10 am - 4 pm
Wednesday 10 am - 4 pm
Thursday 10 am - 4 pm
Friday 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday 12 pm - 4 pm
Sunday 12 pm - 4 pm

Which popular attractions are close to Time and Tide Museum?

Nearby attractions include Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth (5 min walk), Great Yarmouth Row Houses, Great Yarmouth (6 min walk), Silver Slipper, Great Yarmouth (7 min walk), The Tolhouse, Great Yarmouth (7 min walk).

How to get to Time and Tide Museum by public transport?

The nearest stations to Time and Tide Museum:

Bus

St Georges Theatre • Lines: 2 (7 min walk)
Market Gates, Stand A • Lines: 293, 580, 730, 73C, 81, Bus Route 6: Great Yarmouth - North Walsham (10 min walk)

Train

Great Yarmouth (22 min walk)