Cromer
Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the North Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England.
Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the North Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. It is 23 miles north of Norwich, 9 miles (14 km) northwest of North Walsham and 4 miles east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline.
The local government authorities are North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is on Holt Road in the town, and Norfolk County Council, based in Norwich. The civil parish has an area of 4.66 km2 and at the 2011 census had a population of 7,524.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01The Lighthouse
A pleasant walk eastwards from the town centre and affords fine views.
- 02Amazona Zoo
View and learn about a wide variety of animals from South America.
- 03Cromer Beach
The beach at Cromer is public and free to access and rated very highly.
- 04Cromer Museum
East Cottages, Tucker Street, Cromer, NR27 9HB (near the church), cromer.museum@norfolk.gov.uk.
- 05Cromer Pier and Pavilion Theatre
Cromer Pier is one of the oldest in the country and has been damaged and restored several times.
- 06RNLI Henry Blogg Museum
From Wikivoyage: Cromer, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Cromer has three Amusement Arcades on or near the Promenade. Go gillying – catch edible crabs with a line, bait, weight and net from Cromer Pier, or attend the Cromer Crab Festival. Surf – believe it or not, Cromer and nearby East Runton offer reasonable surfing.
- 01Regal Movieplex
Screen one still has a mighty wurlitzer in it.
- 02Royal Cromer Golf Club
It offers a course as challenging as it is spectacular.
- 03Glide Surf School
Cromer Promenade, Cromer, NR27 9HE, benjaminkewell@glidesurfschool.co.uk.
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Where to eat
North Sea Coffee by the lifeboat museum only serves coffee and cake, but thy're good. It's open daily 8:30AM-4PM.
From Wikivoyage: Cromer, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Cromer
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 137 km · London Luton (LTN), 163 km · East Midlands (EMA), 177 km
- London, Essex → Cromer186 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · £20–26
- London → Cromer186 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · £20–26
- Luton, Luton → Cromer165 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · £18–24
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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 Cromer
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 Cromer. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Cromer – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.