Sights in King's Lynn
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St Margaret's Church
A patchwork of architectural styles, this church is worth a look for its two extraordinarily elaborate Flemish brasses. You can also see a remarkable 17th-century moon dial, which tells the tide, not the time. You'll find historic flood-level markings by the west door. Opposite is the 1421 Trinity Guildhall, with an attractive stone facade.
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Purfleet Quay
Near the market square is Purfleet Quay, in its heyday the principal harbour. The odd boxy building with the lantern tower is the 17th-century Custom House, which houses the tourist office. Outside is a statue of Captain George Vancouver (1757-98), a local boy who charted 5000 miles of the northwest coast of the Americas; his family worked in the Custom House.
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Old Gaol House
Explore the old cells and hear grisly tales of smugglers, witches and highwaymen in the town's old jail. Also here is the Regalia Room, which houses the town civic treasures, including the 650-year-old King John Cup, exquisitely decorated with scenes of hunting and hawking.
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True's Yard Museum
North of the Tudor Rose Hotel, on the corner of St Ann's St, is True's Yard, where the two remaining cottages of the 19th-century fishing community that used to be here have been restored and now house a museum detailing the life of a shellfish fisherman around 1850.
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St George's Guildhall
A short hop north from Purfleet Quay is the biggest 15th-century guildhall in England. St George's Guildhall has been variously incarnated as a warehouse, courthouse and armoury (during the Civil War), and now contains art galleries, a theatre and eateries.
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Town House Museum
Petite museum dealing with the history of the town from the Middle Ages up to the 1950s. Next door is the magnificent flint-and-brick town hall, which dates from 1421.
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St Margaret's House
An important historical landmark to tick off is the 15th-century St Margaret's House, once the warehouse or 'steelyard' of the Hanseatic League (the Northern European merchants' group).
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Tudor Rose Hotel
On St Nicholas St is the Tudor Rose Hotel, a late-15th-century house with its original main door.
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Lynn Museum
The town's main museum features displays on maritime life in Lynn and West Norfolk history; highlights include a large hoard of Iceni gold coins and the Seahenge gallery, which showcases a 4000-year-old timber circle that has miraculously survived intact, and explores the lives of the Bronze Age people who created it.
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Town Hall
Across Queen St is the chequer-boarded flint-and-brick town hall, dating back to 1421.
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Green Quay
This fantastic interactive museum introduces you to the wildlife, flora and fauna of the area through a mix of displays, videos and freshwater tank holding some denizens of the Wash (the estuary), with sensitive exhibitions on the effects of climate change and how to preserve the fragile local ecosystems.
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True's Yard
Housed in two restored fishermen's cottages – the only remainder of the bustling, fiercely independent fishing community that once lived in this part of the city – this museum looks at the traditions and difficult lives of the fishermen and their families, who were packed into such cottages like sardines.
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Green Quay Museum
This museum charts life in the Wash (the estuary) with exhibitions on the wildlife, flora and fauna of the area and the effects of climate change.
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