Morston
Morston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Morston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
It covers an area of 8.68 km2 (3.35 sq mi) and had a population of 86 in 42 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civil parish of Blakeney. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Morston
9 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.
3.8 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.
2.5 km · church in Blakeney, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Wiveton Hall
Wiveton Hall is a country house in Wiveton, Norfolk, England. It is Grade II* listed.
3.1 km · grade II listed country house in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Blakeney 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.
2 km · medieval building in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St John the Baptist
St John the Baptist and St Mary's Church is the parish church of Stiffkey in the English county of Norfolk. It is dedicated to St John the Baptist and the Virgin Mary; the double dedication is the result of, historically, there being two churches in the churchyard.
3.5 km · Grade I listed church in Stiffkey, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Cockthorpe Common, Stiffkey
Cockthorpe Common, Stiffkey is a 7.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk, England. It is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
2.6 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 07Morston Cliff
Morston Cliff is a 1-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
1.8 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 08Stiffkey Valley
Stiffkey Valley is a 44.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk, England. It is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
2.6 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, England · 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 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Seals. From Morston, take a ferry to see the seals at Blakeney Point for listing and further information of seal colony and viewing trips.
- 01Holkham National Nature Reserve
At 3,900 hectares (9,600 acres), England's largest national nature reserve, comprising of grazing marsh, woodland, salt marsh, sand dunes and foreshore.
- 02Holkham Hall
Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1AB, visitorinformation@holkham.co.uk.
- 03Holkham Beach
Vast, unspoilt sands backed by dunes and pine forest—often ranked among England’s finest beaches.
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Things to do
- 01Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
Wells Next-the-Sea NR23 1QB (on A149), wellswalsinghamrailway@gmail.com.
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Where to eat
- 01The Globe Inn
- 02The Picnic Hut
- 03Wells Crab House
- 04Fortune House Chinese Take Away
16 Northfield Ln, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1LQ,.
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Getting to Morston
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 129 km · London Luton (LTN), 151 km · East Midlands (EMA), 156 km
- London, Essex → Morston15 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £2–2.5
- London → Morston15 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £2–2.5
- Luton, Luton → Morston60 km · quickest by road, 2h · £10–13
- 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 Morston
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 Morston. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Cley next the Sea, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Morston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Morston
- Blakeneyvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, England, UK2.1 km
- Cley-Next-the-Seavillage in Norfolk, North Norfolk, England, UK3.7 km
- Stiffkeyvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Langhamvillage and civil parish in Norfolk, UK2.6 km
- Cockthorpehamlet in Binham, Norfolk, England3.6 km
- Norfolk Coast AONBarea of outstanding natural beauty in England1.8 km