The Halls Norwich

The Halls are pleased to announce that they are participating in The Wedding Voucher Book.

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We are delighted to announce the creation of a new interactive trail for The Halls.

In association with Norwich 12, local author Saul Penfold and illustrator Mike McEwen have produced a fun-packed visitors document that brings the history of The Halls to life.

Crammed with facts, drawings and activities this item should provide lots of fun for children and adults.

The education pack for The Halls is aimed at Key Stage 2/3 History and Citizenship and Key Stage 2 Science, Music, Art and Design.

Click here to download a version with additional notes and resources for teachers.

• Visitor Pack

Saul Penfold, author of The 3 Serpents of the North Door, is a freelance writer specialising in educational materials and is always happy to consider new projects. If you would like to contact him click here to email.

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St Andrew's and Blackfriars' Halls Group

We are pleased to announce that we now have some volunteers who will be able to act as informal guides to The Halls. This is only a very small team at present so they won't be available every time you visit, please check their schedule in the Visiting The Halls section of this website.

If you have a deep love of Norwich and its history and are interested in being a volunteer guide at The Halls please contact us.

We are excited to announce that a new web-based guide to the history of our buildings has now been launched.

The Norwich Blackfriars' Online - www.norwichblackfriars.co.uk - is a comprehensive guide to The Halls featuring 3D computer models of the friary as well as plans, drawings and maps.

The project was created by the Virtual Past team at the University of East Anglia (UEA) for Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART) with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Harry Watson Bursary. Generous support was also provided by the Norfolk County Record Office.

Michael Loveday, Chief Executive of Norwich HEART, said: “The Norwich Blackfriars Online site is a hugely valuable new resource making a massive amount of historical information about the buildings widely available for the first time. By combining modern technology and history in an innovative way we are able to tell the fascinating story of The Halls to new audiences – showing once again that heritage isn’t dull or stuffy.”

Professor Carole Rawcliffe at UEA, who managed the project, said: “It is important for academics to make their research more widely available to the public in a lively and accessible format that does justice to our fine city. Norwich boasts an unrivalled combination of historic buildings and archives, yet many of these outstanding resources remain unexplored. The work of our Virtual Past team aims to bring them alive and to promote our heritage.”

The Norwich Blackfriars Online is the second of a planned series of historic websites on each of the Norwich 12 buildings, following the first which was launched in 2008 and features the Great Hospital. Future websites are therefore planned for Norwich Castle, Norwich Cathedral, The Guildhall, Dragon Hall, The Assembly House, St James Mill, St John’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Surrey House, City Hall and The Forum.

For more information please see www.norwich12.co.uk

Ambitious plans are underway to invest in The Halls' future as a multi-functional arts, concert and conference facility for the city and beyond. If the work goes ahead then the complex will also act as a hub for a range of nearby cultural facilities and the story of these iconic buildings will be told to new generations of audiences and visitors.

If funding allows, the work could begin in early 2011. For further information please visit the Norwich HEART website and the section devoted to Regenerating The Halls.