King's Lynn Hotels and Guest Houses

King's Lynn which is located in Norfolk is both a town and a port in England, and has been also known as Bishop's Lynn as well as Lynn Regis, and is referred to as Lynn by the locals. King's Lynn is considered to be the third largest settlements in the area of Norfolk and is the close to the residence of the British Royal Family - just several miles from King's Lynn. King's Lynn is the place where the late Princess of Wales - Diana attended her first school.

While in King's Lynn you can enjoy the culture that the town has to offer, which includes a local newspaper that gets published twice a week, and a daily newspaper which is more widespread. King's Lynn also has various radio stations to offer, and UHF television stations that also broadcast to places close by.

While in King's Lynn you can enjoy the two festivals that the town holds in the summer each year, which are the King's Lynn Festival and the Festival Too.

The Festival Too is one of the three top free music festivals in the entire area of Europe and is held at the Tuesday Market Place and has been attracting crowds of more than 12,000 people each year.

The King's Lynn Festival mainly deals with the classical music genre and is held in historic venues that are located all over the town, and attracts famous orchestras that play anything from Opera to performing stage-plays. You can also enjoy from the literature and poetry festivals that the city has to offer, as well as many staged events by various Shakespeare companies.

You can also enjoy the travelling funfair which is hosted in St. Valentine's Day, which is called The Mart and is hosted in the Tuesday Market Place for about a fortnight and after that it moves on to towns that are close by. It is the first funfair to be held after the winter break, and many familiar rides are brought back and new rides are tested with the crowds so you can see rides you might not see elsewhere.

The Mart used to be a market trading location that attracted people from all over Europe, roughly 500 years ago, but it died down in importance and was changed into a funfair for the locals.

While in King's Lynn you might also enjoy the two cinemas that are located in the center of the town - the bigger cinema called Majestic Cinema which is housed in a building that underwent refurbishing in the previous years, and you can visit the King's Lynn Arte Centre which shows films as well as performances and is one of the venues that is used by the Festival Too during the summer months.

You might also want to take your kids to the large park which was established way back in the 1700s and is called The Walks and nearby there are many pubs and nightclubs for you to enjoy.

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