Cromer (pop. 5,500) is the best known seaside resort on the North Norfolk coast, with every amenity and facility needed for an enjoyable holiday - a lengthy beach, cliffs, a golf course, a variety of amusements and, inland, the Norfolk Broads. Cromer is also well-known for crab, a source of income for local fisherman and sold in several shops in the town.
The cliffs, formed from strata of the Cromer Forest Bed, are a happy hunting ground for fossil-collectors at low tide. The Perpendicular parish church has a magnificent 160ft/49m-high tower.
Blickling Hall (10mi/16km southwest of Cromer) should be on everyone's list, a superb Jacobean mansion, begun by Jacob Lyminge and completed by Thomas Ivory in 1770. Notable even among so many exceptional features is the stucco work, on the staircase and on the ceiling of the 125ft/38m Long Gallery; also outstanding are the beautiful gardens.
The garden at Blickling Hall is a Victorian parterre garden with herbaceous borders. There is also a secret garden and woodland wilderness.
Address: Blickling Hall, Blickling NR11 6NF, England
Hours:
March 15 to July 27: 11am-5pm; Closed: Mon, Tue
July 28 to August 31: 11am-5pm; Closed: Mon, Tue, Tue
September 1 to November 2: 11am-5pm; Closed: Mon, Tue, Tue, Mon, Tue
Always opened on: Spring Bank Holiday - Britain (last Monday, May ), Summer Bank Holiday - Britain outside Scotland (last Monday, August )
Always closed on: Good Friday - Christian
Tips: Last admission 30 mins before closing.
Parking: Free
Disability Access: Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
The house, home of the Windham family, is set in parkland, with woods and lakeside walks. There is also a restored walled garden with a dovecote, greenhouses, fruit trees and herbaceous borders. The church in the park contains tomb slabs dating from the 16th to the 17th centuries.
Address: Felbrigg Hall, Felbrigg, Cromer NR11 8PR, England
Hours:
March 1 to November 2: 11am-5pm; Closed: Thu, Fri
Always opened on: Spring Bank Holiday - Britain (last Monday, May ), Summer Bank Holiday - Britain outside Scotland (last Monday, August )
Tips: Bank Holiday Sundays & Mondays open 11 am.
Last admission 4:00 pm.
Parking: Free
Disability Access: Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.
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