Norfolk Air Photo Library

The Norfolk Air Photo Library is maintained by the Norfolk Historic Environment Record (HER) and is open to public by appointment.

The HER is staffed Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.

Email heritage@norfolk.gov.uk to:

Request a cover search for a defined geographical area
Book an appointment to view selected images at the Archive Centre in Norwich
Request digital copies of specific images

Read our privacy notice to find out how we use your personal information.

When making a request, please let us know:

The geographical area you would like to investigate:

Where possible, please include an image with the area of interest clearly marked.
Please provide a national grid co-ordinate or what three words for the centre of the area.

If there are specific dates and/or types of images you would like to view.

More about the images

The library contains over 85,000 images of Norfolk, and consists of several collections.

The largest of these contains over 40,000 photographs taken by Derek A. Edwards between 1974 and 2000. These are images taken of archaeological sites throughout the county and provide an excellent record of Norfolk's heritage.

Other collections include:

Over 8,000 vertical photographs taken by the RAF as part of the National Air Survey of 1946
Over 2,000 vertical and oblique photographs from the 'Floodlight Project' taken by the RAF during and after the coastal floods of February 1953
11,000 vertical photographs taken by the Ordnance Survey for mapping purposes

Any images for which the Service holds copyright are available for purchase.