Betfred Opening Times Norwich
Opening times for all eight Betfred betting shops in Norwich: White Lion Street in the city centre, then Magdalen Street, St Augustines Street and Sprowston Road to the north, Hall Road and Plumstead Road to the south and east, and Dereham Road and the Earlham West Centre to the west. Every shop shows whether it is open right now and how long you have before it closes today.
Checking times…
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Betfred Norwich opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Norwich
- 8 branches
- Closing at 22:00 on a Sunday
- 7 of the 8
- Earliest weekday opening
- 08:00 — White Lion Street
- Latest closing
- 22:00 — 4 shops on weekdays
- Christmas Day
- Every shop closed — required by law
Norwich’s eight Betfred shops keep the same hours Monday to Saturday and do their most interesting business on a Sunday. Seven of the eight close at 22:00 on a Sunday, and three of them — St Augustines Street, Sprowston Road and the Earlham West Centre — stay open an hour later on a Sunday than during the week, something only a handful of shops on this site do. Magdalen Street is the steady exception, 20:30 every day. Full published weekly times are available for every branch.
The 2 Betfred shops in Norwich city centre
The city-centre branch at 7 White Lion Street, between the Market Place and the Castle.
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Betfred, White Lion Street (city centre)7 White Lion Street, Norwich NR2 1QA
White Lion Street runs 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 to 22:00 on a Sunday — the earliest opener in Norwich. A Ladbrokes a few doors along at 12–12a White Lion Street closes at 20:00, two hours earlier, and there is a Paddy Power on Orford Place and a Jennings and a Coral on St Stephens Street nearby. Distances are straight-line estimates from the Market Place. Street View opens at the shop’s position, so you may need to turn the view to face the shopfront.
Norwich Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for all eight branches in one table, nearest the city centre first. Today’s column is highlighted.
Every Norwich branch keeps the same hours from Monday to Saturday, so there is no separate Saturday pattern to learn. The shops fall into three groups: White Lion Street, Hall Road, Plumstead Road and Dereham Road trade until 22:00 every day; St Augustines Street, Sprowston Road and Earlham West close at 21:00 during the week but 22:00 on a Sunday; and Magdalen Street closes at 20:30 every day of the week.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| White Lion Street (city centre)7 White Lion Street, NR2 1QA | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | |
| Magdalen Street65 Magdalen Street, NR3 1LU | 09:00–20:30 | 09:00–20:30 | 10:00–20:30 | |
| Hall Road (Lakenham)55–57 Hall Road, NR1 3HL | 09:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | 10:00–22:00 | |
| St Augustines StreetUnit 5, 28 St Augustines Gate, NR3 3BE | 09:00–21:00 | 09:00–21:00 | 10:00–22:00 | |
| Sprowston Road154 Sprowston Road, NR3 4JQ | 09:00–21:00 | 09:00–21:00 | 10:00–22:00 | |
| Plumstead Road (Thorpe Hamlet)187 Plumstead Road, NR1 4AB | 09:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | 10:00–22:00 | |
| Dereham Road (Bowthorpe)564 Dereham Road, NR5 8TU | 09:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | 10:00–22:00 | |
| Earlham West Centre21 Earlham West Centre, NR5 8AD | 09:00–21:00 | 09:00–21:00 | 10:00–22:00 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Norwich
Full weekly times are published for all eight branches, so this section covers every shop on the page.
Open earliest
White Lion Street opens at 08:00 Monday to Saturday; the other seven branches open at 09:00. On a Sunday White Lion Street opens at 09:00 and everything else at 10:00. For a bet before 09:00 in the city centre, the Paddy Power on Orford Place and the Coral on St Stephens Street also open at 08:00.
Open latest
Four branches close at 22:00 Monday to Saturday: White Lion Street, Hall Road, Plumstead Road and Dereham Road. St Augustines Street, Sprowston Road and the Earlham West Centre close at 21:00, and Magdalen Street at 20:30.
The Sunday twist: St Augustines Street, Sprowston Road and the Earlham West Centre close at 21:00 during the week but at 22:00 on a Sunday. Norwich has three of the handful of Betfreds covered on this site that trade later on a Sunday than midweek.
Betfred Norwich Sunday opening times
Sunday in Norwich is long: seven of the eight shops are open until 22:00.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
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| White Lion Street (city centre)7 White Lion Street, NR2 1QA | 09:00 | 22:00 | |
| Hall Road (Lakenham)55–57 Hall Road, NR1 3HL | 10:00 | 22:00 | |
| St Augustines StreetUnit 5, 28 St Augustines Gate, NR3 3BE | 10:00 | 22:00 | |
| Sprowston Road154 Sprowston Road, NR3 4JQ | 10:00 | 22:00 | |
| Plumstead Road (Thorpe Hamlet)187 Plumstead Road, NR1 4AB | 10:00 | 22:00 | |
| Dereham Road (Bowthorpe)564 Dereham Road, NR5 8TU | 10:00 | 22:00 | |
| Earlham West Centre21 Earlham West Centre, NR5 8AD | 10:00 | 22:00 | |
| Magdalen Street65 Magdalen Street, NR3 1LU | 10:00 | 20:30 |
Seven branches close at 22:00 on a Sunday, including the three that close at 21:00 during the week. Magdalen Street closes at 20:30. Sunday openings are later than usual — 10:00 at every branch except White Lion Street, which opens at 09:00 — so for an early Sunday bet the city-centre shop is the one.
Betfred Norwich bank holiday opening times
Betting shops in England can trade on every bank holiday bar one. Premises licences issued under the Gambling Act 2005 carry a condition that gambling facilities cannot be provided on Christmas Day, so all eight Norwich branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Norwich branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would take up to two hours off the Norwich branches. Dates in the tables below update automatically.
Easter opening times
Betting shops have been allowed to open on Good Friday since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and there is no Easter Sunday restriction in Great Britain. Across the Easter weekend, expect each Norwich branch to follow its usual pattern for that day.
| Day | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal weekday times |
| Easter Saturday | Saturday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal Saturday times |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March | — | Normal Sunday times |
| Easter Monday | Day after Easter Sunday | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
May and August bank holidays
The early May, spring and summer bank holidays all fall on a Monday. Check the window card or the Betfred shop finder the week before; a 20:00 bank holiday close would take up to two hours off the Norwich branches.
| Bank holiday | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Early May bank holiday | First Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Spring bank holiday | Last Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Summer bank holiday | Last Monday in August | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
Christmas and New Year opening times
The festive fortnight is the only stretch of the year when Norwich times move far from the weekly pattern. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally finish early, Boxing Day — the biggest racing day of the winter — runs close to normal, and New Year’s Day starts later.
| Day | Date | Next date | Usual pattern in Norwich |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, every shop |
| Boxing Day | 26 December | — | Normal opening, close around 20:00 |
| Substitute bank holiday | When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend | — | Normal times for that day |
| New Year’s Eve | 31 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | — | Later start around 10:00, close around 20:00 |
Each Norwich branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. The live countdowns on this page follow the standard weekly times and the Christmas Day closure only, so check the window card before travelling on 24, 26 or 31 December or 1 January.
How the live opening times work
Everything live on this page reads the clock in Norwich (UK time), not the clock on your device, and compares it against each shop’s published times. That keeps the status right even if you are checking from abroad.
The panel at the top
The top panel covers the city-centre branch at 7 White Lion Street. It tells you whether it is open right now and how long until it closes. The other seven branches have their own live rows in the section below.
The shop rows
Open now means the shop is inside its published times and the countdown shows how long is left. Closed shows when it opens next. Counters stop taking cash bets a few minutes before closing so staff can settle slips, so if you are collecting winnings, aim to arrive ten minutes before the time shown.
Map, directions and Street View
Each row has three buttons. Map drops a pin on the shop, Directions plans a route from wherever you are, and Street View shows the street around the shop so you can spot the frontage before you set off. Tap “Use my current location” and the lists re-order themselves so the closest shop is always at the top, and the directions button points to the nearest of all eight Norwich branches.
Betfred across the rest of Norwich
Seven more branches serve the rest of the city: Magdalen Street, St Augustines Street and Sprowston Road to the north, Hall Road in Lakenham and Plumstead Road in Thorpe Hamlet to the south and east, and Dereham Road and the Earlham West Centre to the west.
Betfred in North Norwich 3 shops
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Betfred, Magdalen Street65 Magdalen Street, Norwich NR3 1LU
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Betfred, St Augustines StreetUnit 5, 28 St Augustines Gate, Norwich NR3 3BE
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Betfred, Sprowston Road154 Sprowston Road, Norwich NR3 4JQ
Betfred in Lakenham and Thorpe Hamlet 2 shops
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Betfred, Hall Road (Lakenham)55–57 Hall Road, Lakenham, Norwich NR1 3HL
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Betfred, Plumstead Road (Thorpe Hamlet)187 Plumstead Road, Norwich NR1 4AB
Betfred in West Norwich 2 shops
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Betfred, Dereham Road (Bowthorpe)564 Dereham Road, Norwich NR5 8TU
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Betfred, Earlham West Centre21 Earlham West Centre, Earlham, Norwich NR5 8AD
Magdalen Street, just north of the river, is the nearest of these to the city centre but keeps the shortest hours, closing at 20:30 every day. Hall Road is the nearest Betfred to Carrow Road, about half a mile from the ground. Dereham Road and Earlham West are a short distance apart on the western side of the city, near the University of East Anglia; Dereham Road trades until 22:00 all week, Earlham West until 21:00 on weekdays and 22:00 on a Sunday.
Betfred near Norwich
Norwich is the county city of Norfolk, and the licensing register for the area does not quite match the current listings.
Great Yarmouth, about twenty miles east, has several Betfreds and is covered on its own page — including 70a Regent Road, which some directories file under Norwich. The licensing register lists three Norwich-area addresses that do not appear in current listings: 98 Hall Road, 3 Sovereign Way, and 36 Red Lion Street in Aylsham, a separate market town licensed by Broadland District Council. We have not counted them. In the other direction, 187 Plumstead Road appears in current listings but not in the register extract we hold, which may simply pre-date it; we have included it on the strength of the current listing.
All eight branches are licensed by Norwich City Council. If you are heading for Wymondham, Aylsham or the Broads rather than Norwich itself, use the location button above: the directions button always routes to the nearest of the eight Norwich branches.
Other bookmakers in Norwich
Betfred is the largest bookmaker in Norwich by shop count, with eight branches to five each for Coral, Ladbrokes and William Hill.
Coral has five shops in Norwich, including St Stephens Street, Prince of Wales Road, Drayton Road and Colman Road. Ladbrokes has five, among them White Lion Street, London Street, Ber Street and Dereham Road; William Hill five, including Queens Road, Old Palace Road and Catton Grove Road; and Paddy Power and Jennings one each, on Orford Place and St Stephens Street.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Norwich, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. The city centre around St Stephens Street and White Lion Street has the densest cluster, with a Betfred, a Ladbrokes, a Coral, a Jennings and a Paddy Power within a few minutes’ walk. Every bookmaker in the city is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Norwich
| Trading name | Betfred |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Norwich City Council |
| Branches in Norwich | 8 betting shops |
| In the city centre | 1 of the 8 |
Betfred began in Salford in 1967, when brothers Fred and Peter Done opened their first betting shop, and it runs its estate from Birchwood in Warrington, about 170 miles west. Norwich has eight branches — more than any other bookmaker in the city — and a distinctive Sunday pattern, with seven shops open until 22:00.
For visitors, 7 White Lion Street is the one to know: between the Market Place and the Castle, about half a mile from Norwich railway station, and open from 08:00. For a Canaries match at Carrow Road, Hall Road in Lakenham is the nearest Betfred to the ground.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Norwich?
- Eight, all licensed by Norwich City Council: 7 White Lion Street in the city centre, three to the north on Magdalen Street, St Augustines Street and Sprowston Road, two to the south and east on Hall Road and Plumstead Road, and two to the west on Dereham Road and at the Earlham West Centre. Some directories list nine, but the ninth is on Regent Road in Great Yarmouth.
- What time does Betfred open in Norwich?
- White Lion Street opens at 08:00 Monday to Saturday; the other seven at 09:00. On a Sunday White Lion Street opens at 09:00 and every other branch at 10:00.
- What time does Betfred close in Norwich?
- White Lion Street, Hall Road, Plumstead Road and Dereham Road close at 22:00 Monday to Saturday. St Augustines Street, Sprowston Road and the Earlham West Centre close at 21:00, and Magdalen Street at 20:30.
- Which Betfred in Norwich is open latest on a Sunday?
- Seven of the eight close at 22:00 on a Sunday. Magdalen Street is the exception, closing at 20:30. St Augustines Street, Sprowston Road and the Earlham West Centre all stay open an hour later on a Sunday than during the week.
- Is Betfred open on Christmas Day?
- No. Every betting shop in Great Britain is closed on Christmas Day. It is a condition attached to premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005, not a company decision.
- Are Betfred shops in Norwich open on bank holidays?
- Yes. Good Friday, Easter Monday and the May and August bank holidays are all trading days, usually on normal or slightly shortened hours. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would take up to two hours off the Norwich branches. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally close early, and New Year’s Day opens later.
- Which Betfred is nearest to Carrow Road and Norwich station?
- For Norwich City at Carrow Road, 55–57 Hall Road in Lakenham is the nearest Betfred, about half a mile south-west of the ground. For Norwich railway station, White Lion Street in the city centre is about half a mile away, over the river and up Prince of Wales Road.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Norwich?
- Tap “Use my current location”. Every list on this page then re-orders nearest-first, and the directions button at the top routes you to the closest of the eight Norwich Betfred shops.