When are the Norfolk tulip fields opening in 2023?

Norfolk's tulip fields are set to open on Thursday, with a dazzling display of blooms.

Some of the 9m tulips which have been planted near King's Lynn (Image: Chris Bishop)

All 15,000 tickets for the event, in aid of the Norfolk Hospice, sold out within hours of going on sale. Some 80,000 applied for them.

Roydon Hall Farms, near Sandringham, has planted an 18-acre field with the colourful flowers. 

A view across the tulip fields near King's Lynn (Image: Chris Bishop)

Lindsey Atkin, community and corporate fundraising manager with the Hillington-based hospice, said: "There's 9,250,000 - give or take one or two."

She added the flowers would be cut down after the end of the event, on May 8.

Multi-coloured rows of tulips stretch across the fields (Image: Chris Bishop)

The bulbs then go into storage, before being planted in the autumn to provide next year's supply of flowers to supermarkets and other outlets.

Purple blooms in the tulip fields near King's Lynn (Image: Chris Bishop)

All proceeds from ticket sales fund the work of the nine-bed hospice, which costs more than £3m a year to run.

A view across the tulip fields near King's Lynn (Image: Chris Bishop)

Last year's event raised more than £90,000. There are hopes this year's show will eclipse that figure.