Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse

Former workhouse and rural-life museum with farm displays, historic buildings, and open grounds.

Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse is the best reason to range a few miles outside Dereham. The former workhouse tells a hard story about poverty and parish welfare, while the farm side broadens the visit into rural Norfolk life.

It is a fuller, slower museum than the town-centre stops. Families come for the farm and grounds; adults should leave time for the workhouse rooms and the social history behind them.

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