West Runton
West Runton is a village in North Norfolk, England, on the North Sea coast.
West Runton is a village in North Norfolk, England, on the North Sea coast. West Runton and East Runton together form the parish of Runton. The village straddles the A149 North Norfolk coast road and is 2+1⁄2 miles west of Cromer and 1+1⁄2 miles east of Sheringham.
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Worth seeing in and around West Runton
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.
- 01Felbrigg Hall
Felbrigg Hall is a 17th-century English country house near the village of that name in Norfolk. Part of a National Trust property, the unaltered 17th-century house is noted for its Jacobean architecture and fine Georgian interior.
3.5 km · Grade I listed house in Felbrigg, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Cromer Pier
Cromer Pier is a Grade II listed seaside pier in the civil parish of Cromer on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk, 25 miles due north of the city of Norwich in the United Kingdom. The pier is the home of the Cromer Lifeboat Station and the Pavilion Theatre.
3.9 km · grade II listed building in Cromer, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Cromer Hall
Cromer Hall is a country house located one mile south of Cromer on Holt Road, in the English county of Norfolk. The present house was built in 1829 by architect William Donthorne.
3.5 km · country house in Cromer, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Sandcliff Hotel, Cromer
The Sandcliff Hotel is an AA 3 star hotel located on the seafront in the English town of Cromer, within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.
3.3 km · building in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia - 05Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill is the highest point in the English county of Norfolk. The hill is located 0.75 miles south of the village of West Runton on the North Norfolk coast.
1.5 km · hill near Cromer, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Sheringham Museum
Sheringham Museum at the Mo is a museum in the town of Sheringham, Norfolk, England. The current museum opened in April 2010 and rehoused the former collection originally held in converted fishermen's cottages behind the main street.
2.2 km · museum in Sheringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Eversley Hotel, Cromer
The Eversley Hotel was a former hotel in the English seaside resort town of Cromer in the county of Norfolk. The hotel closed its doors shortly after the Second World War, and is now used as residential flats and is called Eversley Court.
3.7 km · building in Norfolk, England · Wikipedia - 08Pavilion Theatre, Cromer Pier
The Pavilion Theatre is located on Cromer Pier in Cromer, Norfolk. Originally a bandstand when the pier opened, it was converted into an enclosed pavilion in 1905.
3.9 km · pier pavilion theatre in Cromer, Norfolk, England · Wikipedia - 09Old Town Hall
The Old Town Hall is a former events venue in Prince of Wales Road, Cromer, Norfolk, England. The structure, which is currently used for retail purposes, is a grade II listed building.
3.6 km · theatre in Cromer, Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10East Runton Cliffs
East Runton Cliffs is a 20.6-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Cromer in Norfolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
1.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to West Runton
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 136 km · London Luton (LTN), 161 km · East Midlands (EMA), 173 km
- Stations
- Sheringham railway station, 2.2 km · Cromer railway station, 3.4 km · West Runton railway station, 300 m · Sheringham railway station (North Norfolk Railway), 2.5 km
- London, Essex → West Runton184 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · £20–26
- London → West Runton184 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · £20–26
- Luton, Luton → West Runton163 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · £18–24
- 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 West Runton
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 West Runton. 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 West Runton
- Cromertown in Norfolk, England4 km
- Sheringhamseaside town in Norfolk, England1.9 km
- North Norfolknon-metropolitan district in Norfolk, England, UK3.8 km
- Beeston Regisvillage in Norfolk, England1.7 km
- Felbriggvillage in Norfolk, England, UK4 km
- East Beckhamvillage in Norfolk, England, UK3.5 km