About

Helgate is a pottery, artist studios, garden and community space that offers classes, artist residencies, and studio spaces for local artists. Located in the heart of Norwich we offer a relaxed and inclusive environment where skills and artistic development are nurtured. We do this through readings, screenings, exhibitions, artist-led workshops, classes, and collaborations with the local community. 

Helgate is a pottery, artist studios, garden and community space that offers classes, artist residencies, and studio spaces for local artists. Located in the heart of Norwich we provide a relaxed and inclusive environment where skills and artistic development are nurtured.

We do this through readings, screenings, exhibitions, artist-led workshops, classes, and collaborations with the local community. 

Located within a the historic Queen of Hungary Yard behind off Benedicts Street, Helgate takes it name from Heigham Gate, known throughout the middle ages as Hell Gate or Helgate, which along with Benedict's Gate was one of the nearby north-westerly gateways into the once walled city.

Helgate is run by James Wreford and potter Edmund Davies, with additional teaching from Rachel Kurdynowska and Rollo Timothy George.

Edmund Davies is a studio potter whose practice revolves around the production of functional wheel-thrown pieces. After training in architecture, Davies began working in clay through a membership at Turning Earth, an open-access ceramics studio in Hoxton, London. He moved on to setup his own ceramics studio shared with Andrea Roman and Skye Corewijn in East London, where he worked for three years and established ceramics274, before moving on to run Hoxton Gardenware, a nonprofit that empowers and employs local youth in the production of small-batch terracotta planter pots. His current stockists include TOAST, Permanent Collection, and Workshop.