Mousehold Heath is a freely accessible area of heathland and woodland which lies to the north-east of the medieval city boundary of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk.
A view of Norwich Cathedral from St James' Hill
Heathland
Woodland at the southern tip of the heath
Woodland on the heath (in January 2022)
Norwich is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about 100 mi (160 km) north-east of London, 40 mi (64 km) north of Ipswich and 65 mi (105 km) east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with one of the country's largest medieval cathedrals, it is the largest settlement and has the largest urban area in East Anglia. The population of the Norwich City Council local authority area was estimated to be 144,000 in 2021, which was an increase from 143,135 in 2019. The wider built-up area had a population of 213,166 in 2019.
Norwich Cathedral is one of the great Norman buildings of England
Norwich Castle's 12th-century keep
St Ethelbert's Gate at Tombland was built as penance for riots which occurred in the 1270s
Mousehold Heath, Norwich by Norfolk-based artist John Crome
