Norwich has always been an important shopping centre, and many of the city centre’s shop buildings can reveal a good deal about the city’s social history and its historic trades and industries. Tour guide Annie Ogden will take you on a wlaking tour which explores, among other things, how the city developed as a shopping centre and how some shop buildings have had significant changes of use over the centuries. Perhaps they offer a glimpse of the future, when some of the stores hit by the pandemic and the rise of online shopping will reinvent themselves.

This 1 1/2 hour tour starts at The Forum and ends on Gentlemans Walk.