Holt Hall

Activities include pond-dipping, bird-watching, angling for pike, woodland ecology, soil-sampling, sculpture, plastic moulding, engraving, wood carving, candle-making, copper-plating and enamelling, brass-rubbing, and theatre and art work. Outdoor pursuits, including Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme activities, such as canoeing, golf, croquet, archery, orienteering, sailing, and climbing walls are also available, as well as humanities courses.

Standing in a 87-acre landscaped estate, the large grade II listed red-brick house was built in the 1840s by Walter Hamilton Pemberton and enlarged in the 1860s. In the grounds of the Hall, there is a folly that contains elements of a 12th century chapel which originally stood next to the Old Hall that was demolished when two ponds were enlarged to form the lake at the time the new hall was built. Norfolk County Council purchased the site in 1947 and it is now a field studies centre, offering environmental day and residential courses to schools, colleges and universities from around the UK, as well as corporate events, wedding receptions and filming locations.