Welcome to Visit Trowse Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Trowse


Visit Trowse PlacesVisit Trowse places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Trowse places to visit. A unique way to experience Trowse’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Trowse as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Trowse is 1+1/2 miles (2.4 km) south-east of Norwich city centre. It covers an area of 4.49 km (1.73 sq mi) and had a population of 479 in 233 households at the 2001 census. The population increased to 862 in 374 households in the 2011 Census. When you visit Trowse, Walkfo brings Trowse places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Trowse Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Trowse


Visit Trowse – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 132 audio plaques & Trowse places for you to explore in the Trowse area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Trowse places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Trowse history


Trowse was created (or more accurately expanded) by the Colman family during the 1800s for workers at Colman’s mustard factory. It is also home to another great, old-established Norfolk family business – May Gurney – a major civil engineering and construction company which was acquired by Kier Group in 2013. The parish church is a small flint building, in the Perpendicular style, comprising a chancel, nave, and square tower with a bell and a clock.

Why visit Trowse with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Trowse PlacesYou can visit Trowse places with Walkfo Trowse to hear history at Trowse’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Trowse has 132 places to visit in our interactive Trowse map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Trowse, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Trowse places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Trowse & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 132 audio facts unique to Trowse places in an interactive Trowse map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Trowse Places Map
132 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Trowse historic spots

  Trowse tourist destinations

  Trowse plaques

  Trowse geographic features

Walkfo Trowse tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Trowse

  

Best Trowse places to visit


Trowse has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Trowse’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Trowse’s information audio spots:

Trowse photo Norwich Arts Centre
Norwich Arts Centre is a live music venue, theatre and art gallery located in Norwich, Norfolk . It has a capacity of 260 for standing music concerts and 120 for seated events . In November 2014, it was named “Britain’s Best Small Venue” by the NME .
Trowse photo Crown Point TMD
Crown Point TMD is a train maintenance depot in Norwich, England. It is located on Crown Point Road, a railway maintenance depot. The depot is located in the city centre of Norwich.
Trowse photo The Ferry Boat Inn
The Ferry Boat Inn was a public house and 150-capacity live music venue in Norwich, England, which closed in 2006. It was the first public house in the UK to open in the mid-1980s.
Trowse photo Rosary Cemetery, Norwich
Rosary Cemetery was the first non-denominational burial ground in the UK. Its entrance lies on Rosary Road in Norwich, Norfolk.
Trowse photo Argyle Street, Norwich
Argyle Street was a Victorian terraced street in Norwich, Norfolk. It became a squat lasting from 1979 to 1985. The street was then demolished in 1986. Some newbuild houses were subsequently demolished in 2015.
Trowse photo St Peter Parmentergate, Norwich
St Peter Parmentergate, Norwich (also Permountergate) is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Norwich.
Trowse photo St Etheldreda’s Church, Norwich
St Etheldreda’s Church, Norwich is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. It was built in the 1930s and is now a Grade II listed redundant church.
Trowse photo Dragon Hall, Norwich
Dragon Hall is a Grade-1 listed medieval merchant’s trading hall located in King Street, Norwich, Norfolk, close to the River Wensum. It is thought to be unique in being the only such trading hall in Northern Europe to be owned by one man. The building stands on what was the main road through the city in the 15th century, with river transport links via Great Yarmouth to the Low Countries.
Trowse photo St Julian’s Church, Norwich
St Julian’s Church, Norwich is a Grade I listed parish church in Norwich, England. The church is located in the city centre of Norwich.
Trowse photo Ber Street, Norwich
Ber Street is a historic street in Norwich City Centre between Queens Road and King Street. It was once one of the major routes into Norwich city centre, since the 12th century. The street now exists as a fragmented row of historical buildings and post-war industrial buildings.

Visit Trowse plaques


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Trowse has 213 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Trowse plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Trowse using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Trowse plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.