Theme park · Great Yarmouth · Norfolk

Joyland

Joyland is a historic amusement park. Look for it within Great Yarmouth’s built-up area. There are 32 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Great Yarmouth Grey Friary (800 m).

Photo: Joyland, John Fielding from Norwich, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Great Yarmouth

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Theme park in Great Yarmouth

Inside Great Yarmouth

Joyland is inside Great Yarmouth’s built-up area, with 20 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Aim for June to September, when Great Yarmouth reaches 19–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°50 mm

Feb8° / 2°41 mm

Mar10° / 3°38 mm

Apr13° / 5°31 mm

May16° / 7°39 mm

Jun19° / 10°47 mm

Jul22° / 13°49 mm

Aug22° / 13°55 mm

Sep19° / 11°52 mm

Oct15° / 9°67 mm

Nov11° / 5°60 mm

Dec8° / 3°54 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Great Yarmouth, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Great Yarmouth. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Great Yarmouth’s full climate →

About

Joyland

It has articles in 3 Wikipedias.

Type: Theme park
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Great Yarmouth
Official site: joyland.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where to find Joyland

Find Joyland in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that list Joyland

Largest of the 8 is Great Yarmouth, home to 28,979. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Great Yarmouth

28,979 people · 22 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km south of it

Gorleston-on-Sea

24,474 people · 21 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km southwest of it

Bradwell

11,632 people · 19 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km north of it

Caister-on-Sea

9,095 people · 22 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Joyland is	People	Places to visit
Great Yarmouth	It’s in town	28,979	22
Gorleston-on-Sea	2.3 km south of it	24,474	21
Bradwell	2.4 km southwest of it	11,632	19
Caister-on-Sea	3.3 km north of it	9,095	22
Burgh Castle	4.4 km southwest of it	682	20
Hopton on Sea	7.7 km south of it	2,575	3
Filby	7.9 km northwest of it	893	4
Ormesby St Margaret	8.1 km northwest of it	2,741	5

Make a day of it

Pair Joyland with these

There are 32 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 piers and an abbey or priory among them.

Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreat Yarmouth Grey Friary800 m away 2Theme parkTheme parkPleasure Beach1.7 km away 3MuseumMuseum · English HeritageRow 111 House900 m away 4

PierBritannia Pier200 m away 5

CastleCaister Castle5.3 km away 6

MuseumThe Tolhouse Gaol800 m away 7

MuseumTime & Tide Museum800 m away 8

PierWellington Pier, Great Yarmouth1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Joyland

Where is Joyland?

Joyland is in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Joyland?

Historic amusement park in Norfolk, England.

When is the best time to visit Joyland?

June to September are the warmest months in Great Yarmouth, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Joyland?

Within 15 km: Great Yarmouth Grey Friary (800 m), Pleasure Beach (1.7 km), Row 111 House (900 m) and Britannia Pier (200 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Joyland: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Great Yarmouth Grey Friary: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Britannia Pier: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caister Castle: Bob Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Tolhouse Gaol: Carol Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Time & Tide Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wellington Pier, Great Yarmouth: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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