NHER 51382 (Monument record) - Site of The Nest, formerly Norwich City Football Ground

The Nest was the former home ground of Norwich City Football Club, used for 27 years between 1908 and 1935. The ground was a disused quarry in Rosary Road. Its most noticeable feature was a large concrete wall at one end of the ground, which supported a cliff on which supporters would watch the matches. Thousands of tons of earth had to be shifted before a pitch could be laid and stands erected and then followed the process of dismantling structures at the old pitch on Newmarket Road and moving them by horse and cart to their new home on the other side of the City.
The Nest stood derelict for many years after being declared surplus to requirements before the site was redeveloped after the war. It was occupied for a time by Bertram Books’ factory and offices, but is now a building site for a housing development. A small section of the concrete wall is all that remains of The Nest.
See (S1).
D. Gurney (NLA).