Norwich is the most complete medieval city in
Britain. It has, for much of its 1500 years been
almost a separate kingdom – you don’t go
through Norwich to get to another important
city or area – and this relative isolation has resulted
in a mixture of architecture, character and
customs that is unique. Almost every street has
beautiful buildings wherever you look – up,
down or straight ahead. The beauty is in the
details too – an ‘odd’ balcony here, a beautiful
gable there, and somewhere else an intricate
footscraper or lovely doorway.
While the author encourages the reader to get
out and discover all this for themselves, this is
not a conventional walking guide. The many
photographs, lavishly produced, would be sufficient
for many simply to sit at home and enjoy
their tour of the city, and such ‘armchair walkers’
would be equally entertained.
The eleven walks included have been chosen to
give a wide variety of scenery whilst taking in
most of the city’s important locations. Famous
people, city enterprises, local customs, historical
facts and interesting stories are woven into the
walks. Each is highly illustrated.
Stephen Browning was educated in
Norfolk before gaining an honours degree
in History from the University of
Kent at Canterbury. It was here that he
organised his first book, ‘Canterbury for
the Disabled’, with the help of about 30
other students. After training as a
teacher at the University of Birmingham
School of Education, he spent much of
his working life promoting teacher exchanges
between the United Kingdom
and the overseas Commonwealth. He
also worked for the Council for Education
in the Commonwealth, a body that
operates within the two chambers of
the British government – the Lords and
the Commons. He has written extensively
about best practice in education
both in the UK and the 50-plus countries
of the Commonwealth. He has
written, or contributed to, a number of
books about the English Language,
mainly for the Asian market.
Imprint: Halsgrove. ISBN 978 1 84114 854 0, hardback, 214x230mm, 144 pages. Published July 2009.
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