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==Heritage and status== Norwich claims to be the most complete medieval city in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Visit Norwich">{{Cite web |url=https://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/explore/Norwich.aspx |title=Visit Norwich |website=www.visitnorfolk.co.uk |language=en |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175341/https://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/explore/Norwich.aspx |archive-date=29 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> It includes cobbled streets such as [[Elm Hill, Norwich|Elm Hill]], Timber Hill and Tombland; ancient buildings such as [[St Andrew's and Blackfriars' Hall, Norwich|St Andrew's Hall]]; half-timbered houses such as [[Dragon Hall, Norwich|Dragon Hall]], [[Norwich Guildhall|The Guildhall]] and [[Strangers' Hall]]; the [[Art Nouveau]] of the 1899 [[Royal Arcade, Norwich|Royal Arcade]]; many medieval lanes; and the winding River Wensum that flows through the city centre towards [[Norwich Castle]].<ref name="Visit Norwich"/> In May 2012, Norwich was designated England's first [[UNESCO]] [[City of Literature]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-18016481 |title=Norwich named as UNESCO City of Literature |publisher=BBC |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629203510/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-18016481 |archive-date=29 June 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> One of the UK's popular tourist destinations, it was voted by ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2016 as the "happiest city to work in the UK"<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/careers/gallery/2016/feb/02/the-10-happiest-cities-to-work-in-the-uk-in-pictures |title=The 10 happiest cities to work in the UK β in pictures |last=Seager |first=Charlotte |date=2 February 2016 |work=The Guardian |access-date=3 September 2018 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528155756/https://www.theguardian.com/careers/gallery/2016/feb/02/the-10-happiest-cities-to-work-in-the-uk-in-pictures |archive-date=28 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2013 as one of the best small cities in the world by ''[[The Times]] Good University Guide''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.intostudy.com/en-gb/universities/newton-a-level-programme/living/living-in-norwich |title=What's it like to live in Norwich? {{!}} INTO |website=INTO Study |access-date=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903151006/https://www.intostudy.com/en-gb/universities/newton-a-level-programme/living/living-in-norwich |archive-date=3 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, 2019 and 2020, Norwich was voted one of the "Best Places To Live" in the UK by ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/norwich-norfolk-best-places-to-live-8z880tdmb |title=Best Places to Live 2018 |last=Times |first=The Sunday |newspaper=[[The Times]] |access-date=17 September 2018 |language=en |issn=0140-0460 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917181755/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/norwich-norfolk-best-places-to-live-8z880tdmb |archive-date=17 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/best-places-to-live/scotland-uk/article/norwich-norfolk-best-places-to-live-in-the-uk-2020-0023s8q7c |title=Best Places to Live 2020 |last=Times |first=The Sunday |access-date=2 April 2020 |archive-date=1 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401125952/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/norwich-norfolk-best-places-to-live-in-the-uk-2020-0023s8q7c |url-status=live}}</ref>
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