Car Hire Great Yarmouth - Mini guide to Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, located on the Norfolk coast, is a traditional seaside resort with wide sandy beaches and a promenade full of amusement arcades, eateries and wet weather attractions. The area also includes twenty one villages set in beautiful coastal and rural surroundings, alongside the tranquillity of the famous national park of The Norfolk Broads.

The Norfolk Broads is a unique area of water, marshes, fen and woodland, and home to some of the rarest plants and creatures in the UK. It is Britain's largest protected wetland. Sailing, motor boating, rowing, canoeing, fishing, walking, sight-seeing and bird watching are just some of the activities to enjoy.

For those who like history, the Nelson museum has a display of memorabilia of the life and times of Lord Nelson, tracing his career from his Norfolk childhood to his famous sea battles. At the Tolhouse Museum and Old Prison visitors can experience life in a ‘real’ 19th century gaol house and see what punishment fitted the crime 150 years ago. Great Yarmouth also possesses one of the most complete medieval town walls in England.

The Great Yarmouth area has a wide range of restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets, including; fresh seafood, steaks, curries, burgers and the traditional seaside favourite, fish and chips. For those who like sport, Yarmouth stadium hosts regular Greyhound and Motor Racing events. There is also horse racing at the nearby Yarmouth racecourse.

Four miles from Yarmouth is Caister Castle with its moat and tower built in 1432. Caister Castle also has the largest private collection of motor vehicles in Great Britain with cars dating back to 1893. For animal lovers, Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens contains a collection of Asian mammals, birds and reptiles in pleasantly landscaped gardens.

Most people travel to Great Yarmouth by road but you can also get there by train from London Liverpool Street station, changing at Norwich.