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Opening times
The Great Hospital is a residential care home and therefore access to the public is limited.
Summer 2008 Open Days
Eagle Ward and St. Helen's Church will be open to the public from 10 am to 12pm on the following dates:
- Friday 6 June
- Friday 4 July
- Friday 1 August
- Saturday 2 August
Please enter via the church, in Bishopgate. Admission is free, donations welcome. Closest car park: St. Helen's Wharf, by the Adam & Eve P.H.
Services at St. Helen's Church
- 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, 10.30am Holy Communion
- 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month, 10.30am Book of Common Prayer Communion
- 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month, 9.30am Morning Prayer
- 5th Sunday (when occurring), 9.30am Holy Communion, 10.30am Morning Prayer
The church is also open between 10am and 12pm on Friday mornings during June, July, and August.
Virtual access
To view extensive virtual models of the Great Hospital as well as its history, original documents and their translations created by historians and IT specialists at the University of East Anglia visit:
Group visits and tours
Tours of the Great Hospital can be arranged by appointment, at a charge of £50 for a group of up to 25 people.
To book a tour please telephone Jane Neville or June Bannister on 01603 622022.
