Independent Trails: Fact File. NCP1

Norfolk Coast Path ~ Hunstanton to Cromer

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The North Norfolk Heritage Coastline goes through an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This 46-mile trail offers three days peaceful walking along sandy beaches and beside saltmarsh, saltings, creeks and dunes. The north Norfolk Coast is famous for its flora and birdlife and the trail passes through several internationally recognised nature reserves. Besides several attractive villages the path also passes several of the windmills that Norfolk is famous for, three stately homes, the ruin of a Carmelite Friary and a Roman Camp.

Trail Facts

Total distance: 46 miles (74km)
Duration: 4 nights, 3 days
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 15 miles (24km)/16 miles (25.5km)
Waymarking: The route is a waymarked National Trail and is very easy to follow.
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Hunstanton
End of holiday: Cromer
Code: NCP1

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Hunstanton, where your first nights accommodation has been booked.

Day 2: Hunstanton to Burnham Overy Staithe. 16 miles (25.5km)

Day 3: Burnham Overy Staithe to Blakeney. 15 miles (24km)

Day 4: Blakeney to Cromer. 16 miles (22.5km)

Day 5: Depart from Cromer after breakfast

What's included?

• 4 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses.
• Full English breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer along the trail.
• Maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, detailed instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

Travel Information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.
Most convenient major city and International airport: London
Outward journey from London to Hunstanton: There is a fast and frequent rail service between London Kings Cross and Kings Lynn (2 hours 15 minutes), then bus or taxi from Kings Lynn railway station to Hunstanton.
Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: There is a frequent train service from Cromer to London Liverpool Street. The journey takes about 2 hours 30 minutes.

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