Helen’s guidebook
Sightseeing
Wells is a bustling seaside town right on the quayside and boasts an expansive beach with attractive beach huts.
Take a harbour boat tour on the restored Lucy Lavers lifeboat and meander the shops in Staithe Street.
219 locals recommend
Wells-next-the-Sea
Wells is a bustling seaside town right on the quayside and boasts an expansive beach with attractive beach huts.
Take a harbour boat tour on the restored Lucy Lavers lifeboat and meander the shops in Staithe Street.
Visit the home of the Earl of Leicester and beautiful nature park. The Victoria restaurant offers local game on the menu and the Adnams shop is well worth a visit.
11 locals recommend
Holkham
Visit the home of the Earl of Leicester and beautiful nature park. The Victoria restaurant offers local game on the menu and the Adnams shop is well worth a visit.
Holkham beach
Walk for miles on the golden sands of one the UK's best beaches.
A traditional village, next to North Creake, famously known as the birthplace of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson.
Burnham Thorpe
A traditional village, next to North Creake, famously known as the birthplace of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson.
A great place to explore for sailors, paddleboarders, walkers and birdwatchers. A footpath follows the creek for a mile to the dunes and golden sands of Gun Hill / Holkham. A ferry service also runs to Scolt Head. Enjoy refreshments in the local Hero pub.
30 locals recommend
Burnham Overy Staithe
A great place to explore for sailors, paddleboarders, walkers and birdwatchers. A footpath follows the creek for a mile to the dunes and golden sands of Gun Hill / Holkham. A ferry service also runs to Scolt Head. Enjoy refreshments in the local Hero pub.
Sample local mussels, oysters and crab from the harbour. A great place to sail and paddleboard.
22 locals recommend
Brancaster Staithe
Sample local mussels, oysters and crab from the harbour. A great place to sail and paddleboard.
For keen birdwaters, the RSPB reserve is a must. Enjoy the freshwater and salt marshes that stretch towards Brancaster beach and are home to thousands of birds.
60 locals recommend
RSPB Titchwell Marsh
Main RdFor keen birdwaters, the RSPB reserve is a must. Enjoy the freshwater and salt marshes that stretch towards Brancaster beach and are home to thousands of birds.
A traditional seaside town and the only east coast seaside resort where you can watch the sun set directly over the sea. Old Hunstanton as a lovely beach popular for walking and kite surfing.
9 locals recommend
Hunstanton Cliffs
A traditional seaside town and the only east coast seaside resort where you can watch the sun set directly over the sea. Old Hunstanton as a lovely beach popular for walking and kite surfing.
This village is renowned for its 18th Century windmill and wild bird habitat stretching down to Salthouse. Walking access to the seals at Blakeney Point starts in Cley as does the world's longest chalk reef which begins just offshore from Cley beach.
10 locals recommend
Cley Windmill
The QuayThis village is renowned for its 18th Century windmill and wild bird habitat stretching down to Salthouse. Walking access to the seals at Blakeney Point starts in Cley as does the world's longest chalk reef which begins just offshore from Cley beach.