Gloucester Shipwreck Heritage Walks in Great Yarmouth

The University of East Anglia has secured £249,776 in funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to create digitally augmented heritage walks in Great Yarmouth. The project will bring to life the 1682 loss of the Gloucester warship off the town’s coast, which carried the future King James II and his royal court. The programme will develop a series of guided and self-guided walks, alongside the town’s first augmented reality (AR) heritage trails, allowing participants to explore Great Yarmouth’s 17th-century streets, buildings, and waterfront. Led by Professor Claire Jowitt and Dr Benjamin Redding, the project will be delivered in partnership with the Time & Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life and Great Yarmouth Borough Council.

For further information see UEA-led heritage project to bring Great Yarmouth’s maritime past to life | UEA

A North West View of the Jetty at Yarmouth by John Butcher, 1796. Time & Tide Museum, Great Yarmouth (C) Norfolk Museums Service.