St Anne's Wharf - Norwich
ABOUT NORWICH - The Cathedral city of Norwich is set in the heart of East Anglia situated on the River Wensum, approximately 115 miles northeast of London and close to the famous and desirable Norfolk Broads and Norfolk Coastline.
Norwich is everything you would wish for in a vibrant regional capital; it is a contemporary yet cultural city with a charming heritage, vibrant night scene, stylish shopping and a vast variety of top class bistros. Norwich has previously been voted the 9th most attractive destination for UK visitors by a national newspaper poll and receives approximately 5 million day visitors per year who are enticed to the city to encounter all its delights in culture, history, leisure and retail.
Norwich has a vivacious city centre which has been voted as one of the top 5 places to shop in the UK. There are two impressive shopping centres Castle Mall (5 minute walk from St Anne’s Wharf) with 380,000 sq ft of gross retail area and Chapelfield (10 minute walk from St Anne’s) which opened in Autumn 2005 with over 90 shops, cafes and restaurants. In addition, Norwich is the home to a recently refurbished colourful Monday to Saturday market situated below the Castle and boasts 190 stalls making it the largest open-air market in the country (8 minute stroll from St Anne’s).
Norwich still has an enchanting array of medieval streets and cobbled lanes with small speciality shops, attractive half-timbered houses and a unique quaintness of areas just off the beaten track.
A blend of galleries, theatres, churches, cinemas, entertainment venues, a buzzing nightlife and a year round programme of festivals, celebrating everything from music and literature to food and beer form part of the make-up of the city giving it a truly cosmopolitan feel.
Norwich is also home to the University of East Anglia (UEA) which has over 14,000 students with approximately 11,000 undergraduates and 3,000 postgraduates including 1,200 international students from 100 countries worldwide. The UEA offers over 300 courses and has an international reputation for academic excellence. St Anne’s Wharf is situated approx 3.9 miles from the main UEA.
Norwich supports more than 50 regional or national headquarters, with companies including Aviva (formerly Norwich Union), Marsh, Virgin, Bayer Crop Science, Colmans, and Adobe Systems. This is combined with Norwich having the highest graduate retention rates in the East of England.
ACCESS - Norwich International is an expanding regional airport and serves the city and the surrounding area. Situated 15 minutes from the heart of the City and 10 minutes from St Anne’s Wharf. Flights to over 400 worldwide destinations acting as a direct economic driver.
Norwich’s railway network is National Express (East Anglia). Regular and direct journeys to London Liverpool Street with a journey time of approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes makes Norwich very accessible. Trains depart every 30 minutes. An hourly direct train between Norwich and Cambridge takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Trains operate to the North Norfolk coast (55 minutes) and the East Coast to Great Yarmouth (45 minutes) also on a regular basis. The train station can be accessed via the new footbridge through the Riverside leisure complex in 3 minutes from St Anne’s Wharf.
By Road - The A11 provides the primary road link between Norwich and London via Thetford. The A47 provides fast road links with the Midlands and the A140 provides access to Suffolk. There are 6 park & ride services in operation. VIEW MAP
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