Hunstanton

Further west from Blakeney Point, along the A 149, Hunstanton (consisting of Old Hunstanton and New Hunstanton; pop. 4,200), offers a magnificent view of the Wash such as can be had from nowhere else. The huge shallow-water inlet is the remnant of an even more extensive arm of the sea, which once also covered what are now the Fens. Hunstanton is a quiet modern seaside resort with a good sandy beach. The cliffs are of interest to geologists for their variegated coloring (red and white limestone, reddish-brown sandstone). The church in Old Hunstanton (Decorated) contains some fine monuments.