Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path

The Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path National Trail combines two contrasting paths, each of which is a superb walk in its own right. The Peddars Way is a fine country walk from Knettishall Heath near the old market town of Thetford to Hunstanton on north Norfolk's Heritage Coast. The trail follows the line of a Roman road, built during Rome's battle against the rebellious Iceni tribe led by the legendary Queen Boadicea. It is an enjoyable mix of country lanes, footpaths and tracks through a varied landscape of open heath and meres, woodland, rich farmland divided by flower-filled hedgerows and pretty flint and carrstone villages.

The Norfolk Coast Path runs from the Victorian resort of Hunstanton to the busy port of Cromer, the hub of Norfolk's crab fishing industry, along a coastline that is famous for its remoteness and wild beauty. It is a wonderfully diverse landscape of sweeping sandy beaches, grass tufted dunes, saltings, reed beds, creeks, tidal inlets and unspoilt villages that claim a maritime tradition that saw them send warships to repel the Spanish Armada.

Magnificent stately homes, monasteries, medieval castles, traditional windmills that once ground flour or pumped water to keep the fertile fens from disappearing beneath the sea, the spectacular seal colonies at Blakeney Point and the prolific birdlife along the coast add to the charm of this scenic National Trail.