The Berkeley Guides:
Berkeley Guide to Europe:
Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
East Anglia
The landscape of East Anglia, northeast of London, is easy to define: flat. Especially in North Norfolk, nothing punctuates the smooth countryside except the stray farmhouse or cathedral. East Anglia's changing economic status has mirrored that of the textile industry over the past millennium. The evidence of the area's onetime prosperity is concrete: Textile money built many of the cathedrals and so-called wool churches in the region. Most towns have experienced enormous population growth but fortunately haven't become polluted and depressed urban nightmares like some of the Midlands' larger cities. On the downside, because East Anglia is still predominantly a rural region, the public transportation system is primitive. Most towns are linked to long-distance walking paths that have been used since medieval times by merchants. If you're into pensive walks, look for Peddar's Way, which runs diagonally across Norfolk (in the northeast), and Weaver's Way, a 56-mile walking path along the Norfolk Coast.
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