Nicola Hems, curator of The Museum of The Broads, narrates a brief history of The Broads from Roman times to present day.

The Broads is a vast national park of connecting waterways in Norfolk and Suffolk. While it was designated as a world heritage site in the 1970s, the history of The Broads winds its way back a lot further.

In this video Broads expert Nicola Hems explains how the landscape of Roman Britain greatly varied from what you can see today and how the popular misconception that The Broads were natural bodies of water was disproved.

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