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North Norfolk
District in Norfolk, England

North Norfolk

North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England.

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Its council is based in Cromer, and the largest town is North Walsham. The district also includes the towns of Fakenham, Holt, Sheringham, Stalham and Wells-next-the-Sea, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.

Get in

Getting to North Norfolk

There is no airport in the Norfolk Coast area. Norfolk's only passenger airport is at Norwich, where a small number of flights arrive daily from cities throughout the UK and western Europe. Bus route 44/44A/X44/X40/X41 departs from Hellesdon near the airport for Cromer, West Runton and Sheringham. The nearest major international airport is London Stansted, which lies in Essex.

See

Worth seeing

The Norfolk Coast features a series of nationally and internationally significant landscapes, including areas reserved for wildlife. Many of these are publicly accessible with hides or viewpoints for visitors. Restrictions may apply in some areas to protect wildlife, particularly nesting birds during the summer months.

  1. 01
    RSPB Snettisham Reserve

    Snettisham, Beach Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 7RA, snettisham@rspb.org.uk.

  2. 02
    RSPB Titchwell Marsh

    Titchwell Marsh, Main Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 8BB, titchwell@rspb.org.uk.

  3. 03
    Holkham National Nature Reserve

    Muddy creeks meet farmed plains, which meet pinewoods and sandy beaches.

  4. 04
    National Trust Blakeney Point

    Home to England's largest seal colony, with around 4,500 pups born on the peninsula during the winter months.

  5. 05
    See the seals at Blakeney Point

    See England's largest seal colony by boat.

Do

Things to do

Birdwatching at Cley, Blakeney Point, Titchwell and Holme. Visit Seal Colony at Blakeney Point. Walking Walk along the Norfolk Coast Path long distance footpath (84 miles) from Hunstanton past Cromer to Sea Palling. Walk the Paston Way (22 miles) from Cromer closely following the coast to Bacton then inland to North Walsham. Walk the Weavers' Way long distance footpath (61 miles) from Cromer to Great Yarmouth.

Eat

Where to eat

Famous for locally caught seafood including Cromer Crabs.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.