Out & About
"There is simply so much to see and do"
Stable Cottage makes an ideal peaceful relaxing retreat or touring base for the North Norfolk coast, Norwich and the Broads. The Norwich International Airport is only a 35-minute drive away.
The coast is perhaps the jewel in Norfolk's crown. There are expansive sandy beaches (East Runton's being only 300 metres away) with award winning blue flag ones at Cromer and Sheringham. At Holkham and Wells-next-The Sea, pine woods edge the sand dunes; historic harbour villages such as Blakeney, Cley-next-the-Sea, Salthouse, Morston and Brancaster Staithe - with houses of red brick and flint construction - are all waiting to be explored. To the East there are the villages of Overstrand, Mundesley with further gorgeous seaside beaches.
The seal population at Blakeney Point can be visited by boat from Morston and Blakeney.
We are just a stones throw away from Sheringham Golf Course and Royal Cromer Golf Courses, both set on the cliffs overlooking the sea.
About the same distance from us is the North Norfolk Steam Railway running regular trips through the lovely coastal and countryside scenery through Weybourne to Holt. In 2005 the railway was runner-up in the Best Visitor Attraction in the Tourism in Norfolk Awards 2005.
Just through Weybourne is The Muckleborough Collection, which is the UK's largest Privately Owned Working Military Museum.
Only one mile away is the National Trust's Felbrigg Hall with its lovely house, orangery and lakeside walk. Other attractive National Trust walking and riding can be found within two or three miles at Roman Camp (West Runton) and at Sheringham Park. Within a twenty minute drive is one of the Trust's flagship properties, Blickling Hall and of course Sandringham is nearby.
There are spectacular woodland and coastal walking, riding and birdwatching (including Pedders Way) within a short distance from Stable Cottage and the footpath to Incleborough Hill with its breathtaking coastal views, is just across the common.
If you're looking for theatres, try the Pavilion Theatre at the end of Cromer Pier, famous for it's annual End of the Pier Summer Show. The Little Theatre at Sheringham or the Auden Theatre in Holt or the Theatre Royal in Norwich, eastern England.
A short drive from Stable Cottage lies the edge of the Norfolk Broads and the Broadlands. Britain's finest inland waterway with no locks ideal for sailing. An extensive network of rivers and shallow lakes with small waterside villages can be visited by car but it's best discovered by boat. Day boats can be hired from one of the many boatyards.
