Pick up a ‘Walks Tree Trail’ from the Red Mount Chapel or the Walks café when they’re open, or the Tourist Information Office in Stories of Lynn at any time and get tree spotting.
If you would like to be involved in promoting and protecting this unique space, why not join the Friends of The Walks? Come to the Red Mount Chapel to learn more.
A historic urban park in the heart of the town. The Walks is the only surviving listed Grade II 18th-century park in Norfolk and important in a national context.
Fenland Falcons See these majestic birds close up. 12 pm: Flying demonstration.
Miniature Train Take a ride on a model train courtesy of the King’s Lynn Model Engineers Society. A small charge to support the club.
The Militias of Anglia Our enthusiastic members travel throughout the United Kingdom and Europe re-enacting battles with live cannon fire, musket shotte, pike skirmishes, cavalry, and a diverse range of Living History activities.
Our informative and knowledgeable educators are on hand as you visit the soldiers, officers and townsfolk of 1640s King’s Lynn in The Walks and watch mercenary soldiers drill to either defend or attack the town and make ready for the impending siege of King’s Lynn.
The Knights of Skirbeck are here to bring you a spectacular day of medieval military life.
10 am Call to arms. Time to enlist locals to the town militia.
Encampment open for public show and tell (interactive displays of armour, weapons and talks on medieval life), opportunities to try on and take photos, also stocks for those who are misbehaving
11 am What would the town militia wear? A talk on the clothing of the period
12 pm Military rest and eat. Bring a family picnic
12.30 pm Activities restart
1 pm Death of a king. Weapons & how they were used
2.30 pm Dressing of the knight
3 pm Hand-to-hand combat in the arena
2 pm: King’s Lynn Town Band at the Bandstand