The North Norfolk coast

A pictorial record of the landscape from Kings Lynn to Cromer

 

An illustrative map of the area explored produced for a café at Burnham Deepdale where we enjoyed an excellent welcome and cake to savour

The old harbour at Kings Lynn, which is the gateway to the North Norfolk coast

Castle Rising, near Sandringham, once commanded the approach to the North Norfolk coast

Perhaps the ‘best address’ in the area – Sandringham, the Queen’s house

Remnants of ancient heath lands on the Royal Estate near Wolferton

Water Birds close to the RSPB Reserve at Snettisham

Snettisham Beach is where the mud of the Wash changes to sand

Village Cricket on the Green at Snettisham

Female Red Deer swimming across a lake to be fed at Snettisham Farm Park

The Victoria Resort of Hunstanton is the only town on this coast built next to the open sea until Sheringham, about 30 miles to the east

The famous ‘striped cliffs’ of Hunstanton made up of chalk and sandstone

Hunstanton’s north beach, looking towards the Lighthouse

North of Hunstanton the beach lease the mouth of the Wash, curves to the east and faces the open North Sea near to Holme next the Sea

Further along the coast is Tichwell RSBP Reserve, a feature which is the Avocet, the RSPB’s emblematic bird, once saved from near extinction

A powerful illustration of this landscape of salt marsh is the number of boats, apparently left stranded far from the open water

Beaches, like this one at Brancaster looking towards Scolt Head Island, are a good walk from the Coast Road

Colourful beach huts at the eastern end of Holkam Bay near to Wells

A mile long channel connects the beach to the harbour at Wells next the Sea flanked by a sea wall with a small railway and road for vehicles behind

Wells - what was once warehouse use to load grain on to boats is now apartments

The East harbour at Wells is now used by pleasure craft

From Stiffkey, between Wells and Blakeney, the seals on the Point can be viewed in the distance, as well as the boats that take visitors out to see them

Morston, which is east of Stiffkey, is one of the places from where boat trips leave to take visitors out to see the seals as are Wells and Blakeney

The harbour channel at Blakeney looks tranquil at mid-tide

Sunset over the channel and marsh at Blakeney

Cley next the Sea is at the end of the causeway the leads to Blakeney Point

The Notice Board near to the car park for the Point – the start of a difficult but rewarding walk on shingle and sand

Towards the end of the Point is a large colony of both Grey and Common Seals

Grey Seals seem to like being photographed

Cley  beach looking towards Sheringham to the east. Behind the shingle bank to the left of this photograph is a Norfolk Wildlife Trust reserve

Birds on the Norfolk Wildlife Trust reserve near Cley seen from the Visitor Centre, close to the main coast road

The view of the coast from Sheringham Park, which is managed by the National Trust

Cromer, like Hunstanton, is a seaside resort and is the final destination along the North Norfolk Coastal Path