Luckily, Norfolk is full of beautiful National Trust sites that look especially glorious when soaked in the sun.

Here are five heritage sites in Nelson's County that are well worth visiting this summer.

Blickling Hall, near Aylsham. (Image: Newsquest)

A Jacobean mansion set in acres of parkland, the Blickling Estate, near Aylsham, boasts formal gardens, a lake and the remains of the original village nearby.

It also has a ghoulish connection to Anne Boleyn.

Henry VIII's second wife was born on the........

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