Theatres · East of England
Hippodrome
Hippodrome is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Great Yarmouth · 1.4 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Hippodrome is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Address: Saint Georges Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2EU. Coordinates: 52.6029°, 1.7353°.
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Heritage listing
The Great Yarmouth Hippodrome is a circus building in Great Yarmouth, England that was built in 1903. Peter Jay bought the building in 1979, and the Jay family continue to produce Circus Spectaculars four times a year, with Jack Jay as ringmaster and producer and Ben Jay as manager.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Great Yarmouth Hippodrome is a circus building in Great Yarmouth, England that was built in 1903. Peter Jay bought the building in 1979, and the Jay family continue to produce Circus Spectaculars four times a year, with Jack Jay as ringmaster and producer and Ben Jay as manager.
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Background
History
The Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth was built by the showman George Gilbert in 1903 and designed by architect Ralph Scott Cockrill. It is one of only two purpose-built permanent circuses in England still in operation, and one of only three in the world with a circus floor that sinks into a pool. It is a concrete construction with brick and terracotta facing. Its facade consists of three bays with two towers including Art Nouveau relief foliage patterns in the arched side panels. The main cornice has a frieze of carved owls. Billy Russell's Hippodrome Circus was a series of three TV programs broadcast by the BBC from Great Yarmouth in July, August and September 1962. The circus director…
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- Coordinates
- 52.6029, 1.7353
- County
- Norfolk
- District
- Great Yarmouth
- Parish
- Great Yarmouth, unparished area
- Postcode
- NR30 2EU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Great Yarmouth
- Nearest railway station
- Great Yarmouth — 1.4 km
- Official site
- hippodromecircus.com
Sources
- osm: w176962786 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Hippodrome building (geograph 4218473).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hippodrome?
- Hippodrome is in Norfolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode NR30 2EU), in the parish of Great Yarmouth, unparished area.
- Is Hippodrome a listed building?
- Hippodrome is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- How do I get to Hippodrome?
- The nearest railway station is Great Yarmouth, about 1.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NR30 2EU.