Norwich: a medieval church for every week of the year

With more medieval churches surviving than any other city north of the Alps, Norwich has roughly one ancient church for every week of the year.

The center, boasting one medieval church for every week of the year, is comfortably explored on foot.

The Cathedral of Norwich, built from 1096 onwards, houses the second-largest cloister in England and a spire visible from much of the city.

A short walk away, Norwich Castle, a Norman fortress transformed into a museum, dominates the center from an artificial hill in the middle of the city, visible from every nearby street.

Continuing on, you walk along Elm Hill, a cobbled street with Tudor half-timbered houses among the best-preserved in England.

Toward evening, the Norwich Market, a covered market active since the twelfth century, remains one of the oldest and largest permanent markets still operating in the United Kingdom.

Norwich today boasts approximately thirty-two medieval churches still standing within its historic walls—a concentration no other British city of comparable size can claim.

Norwich Market, with its colorful stalls arranged in a layout virtually unchanged for centuries, remains one of the most photographed covered markets from above in all the United Kingdom.