Things to do Directory

Make your day out an adventure with a visit to Africa Alive!. Explore the sights and sounds of Africa discovering lions, giraffe, meerkats, hunting dogs and many more animals from the African continent!This summer enjoy our fantastic new “Meet the Meerkat Mob” walkthrough habitat and look out for special appearances from some children’s favourite characters such as; “Alice in Wonderland”; Read more…

Grime’s Graves is the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain. This grassy lunar landscape of 400 pits was first named Grim’s Graves by the Anglo-Saxons. It was not until one of them was excavated in 1870 that they were identified as flint mines dug over 5,000 years ago. A small exhibition area illustrates the history of this Read more…

Ancient House is a museum of Thetford Life housed in a Tudor timber-framed building dated about 1490. We have been a museum since 1924. This magnificent timber framed Tudor merchant’s house was built about 1490, with an extension added about 1590. The house is jettied and timber-framed, using oak, with wattle and daub in-fill with a fine carved ceiling and Read more…

Just 15 minutes drive from Thetford you can enjoy a great family day out at Banham Zoo where you will be amazed and your sense of wonder will be aroused by the extraordinary animals encountered there. There’s so much to see and do at Banham Zoo and always something new to discover! See tigers, leopards, sea lions, giraffe, monkeys and Read more…