The Royal Arcade is a grade II* listed[1] shopping arcade in Norwich's city centre which runs from Norwich Market on its west side to the Back of the Inns.

[2] The architect of the Arcade was George Skipper, the designer was William James Neatby of Royal Doulton, and it was built in 1899 on the site of the former Royal Hotel and Angel inn.

[2][3][4] The white surfaces of the arcade are largely made from Carrara Ware ceramics from Royal Doulton.

The Angel is named after James Woodforde who, in his diaries in 1775, described Norwich as "the finest City in England by far".

Woodforde, when he travelled to London, set off from Norwich from the Angel, and often took coffee or supped at the inn also.