Norwich (/ˈnɒrɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ/ (listen)) is a city in Norfolk, England, on the River Wensum in East Anglia, about 100 miles (160 km) north-east of London. Having city status since 1094, Norwich is the county town of Norfolk and unofficially seen as East Anglia's capital. From the late Middle Ages until the Industrial Revolution, Norwich was the largest city in England after London and one of the most important.[3] The present-day population of the city is about 142,000.

The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a 320-acre (130-hectare) campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study.[9] The annual income of the institution for 2016–17 was £273.7 million, of which £35.6 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £262.6 million.[2]