Cley next the Sea
Cley next the Sea is a village and civil parish on the River Glaven in the English county of Norfolk.

Cley next the Sea is a village and civil parish on the River Glaven in the English county of Norfolk.
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Worth seeing in and around Cley next the Sea
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Blakeney Chapel
Blakeney Chapel is a ruined building on the coast of North Norfolk, England. Despite its name, it was probably not a chapel, nor is it in the adjoining village of Blakeney, but rather in the parish of Cley next the Sea.
1.5 km · Ruined building on the North Norfolk coast of England · Wikipedia - 02St Nicholas Church, Blakeney
St Nicholas is the Anglican parish church of Blakeney, Norfolk, in the deanery of Holt and the Diocese of Norwich. The church was founded in the 13th century, but the greater part of the church dates from the 15th century when Blakeney was a seaport of some importance.
1.2 km · church in Blakeney, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Margaret's, Cley
St Margaret's is the Anglican parish church of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, in the deanery of Holt, the Archdeaconry of Lynn and the Diocese of Norwich. The dedication is to St Margaret of Antioch.
700 m · church in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Randall's Folly
Randall's Folly was a building on the coast at Salthouse, Norfolk, England. No trace of it remains, largely because of coastal erosion.
3.6 km · building on the coast at Salthouse, Norfolk, England, of which no trace remains · Wikipedia - 05Wiveton Hall
Wiveton Hall is a country house in Wiveton, Norfolk, England. It is Grade II* listed.
700 m · grade II listed country house in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Blakeney Guildhall
Blakeney Guildhall is a building in the coastal village of Blakeney in the north of the county of Norfolk. The property is in the care of English Heritage but is managed by the local parish council.
1.7 km · medieval building in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07The Shell Museum
The Shell Museum in Glandford, Norfolk is the oldest museum in the county and holds one of the country's largest collections of sea shells. It was founded by Alfred Jodrell.
2.3 km · Shell museum in Glandford, England · Wikipedia - 08Bayfield Hall
Bayfield Hall is a Grade II* listed building which stands in a small estate close to the village of Letheringsett and the hamlet of Glandford in the English county of Norfolk within the United Kingdom. The house that stands today was built in the last part of the 18 century replacing an earlier manor house thought to have been built in the 16 century.
3.3 km · English country house in Letheringsett with Glandford, North Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Wiveton Downs
Wiveton Downs is a 28.9-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Wiveton, west of Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk. Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review site, and an area of 6.5-hectare is a Local Nature Reserve.
2.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia - 10Glandford (Letheringsett Road)
Glandford is a 1.1-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Sheringham in Norfolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and it is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
2.8 km · Geological site in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Cley Marshes Visitor Centre
Cley Marshes Visitor Centre, Coast Road, NR25 7SA (off the A149 Coast Road, signposted),.
- 02Pinkfoot Gallery
High Street, Cley, NR25 7RB (on the corner of A149 New Road and High Street), info@pinkfootgallery.co.uk.
- 03Seals at Blakeney National Nature Reserve
- 04Cley Windmill
See Cley Windmill towering over the marshes.
- 05The Shell Museum
Glandford, The Shell Museum Glandford, Church House, Glandford, NR25 7JR, glandfordshellmuseum@outlook.com.
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Things to do
- 01Walk the Norfolk Coast Path
Walk from Cley to Blakeney along the Norfolk Coast Path, a dividing line between the salt and freshwater marshes.
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Where to eat
- 01Wiveton Hall
A café serving cakes and coffee during the daytimes.
- 02The Wiveton Bell
Blakeney Road, Wiveton, NR25 7TL, info@wivetonbell.co.uk.
- 03Cookie's Crab Shop
Salthouse, The Green, Coast Road, Salthouse, NR25 7AJ,.
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Getting to Cley next the Sea
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 131 km · London Luton (LTN), 153 km · East Midlands (EMA), 160 km
- London, Essex → Cley next the Sea179 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · £19–25
- London → Cley next the Sea179 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · £19–25
- Luton, Luton → Cley next the Sea155 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £17–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Cley next the Sea
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cley next the Sea. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundFerry tours depart from Morston Quay, in the next village.
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Next door to Cley next the Sea
- Blakeneyvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England, UK1.6 km
- Salthousevillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.2 km
- Morstonvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.7 km
- Glandfordhamlet in Norfolk, UK2.2 km
- North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interestarea of European importance for wildlife in Norfolk, England2.9 km