The North Norfolk coast

A pictorial record of the landscape from Kings Lynn to Blakeney Point

An illustrative map of the area explored produced for a café at Burnham Deepdale where we enjoyed an excellent welcome and cake to savour	The old harbour at Kings Lynn, which is the gateway to the North Norfolk coast
The River Great Ouse connects the harbour at Kings Lynn with the Wash	Perhaps the ‘best address’ in the area – Sandringham, the Queen’s house
Remnants of ancient heath lands on the Royal Estate near Wolferton	Water Birds close to the RSPB Reserve at Snettisham
Snettisham Beach is where the mud of the Wash changes to sand	Village Cricket on the Green at Snettisham
Female Red Deer swimming across a lake to be fed at Snettisham Farm Park	The Victoria Resort of Hunstanton is the only town on this coast built next to the open sea until Sheringham, about 30 miles to the east
The famous ‘striped cliffs’ of Hunstanton made up of chalk and sandstone	Hunstanton’s north beach, looking towards the Lighthouse
North of Hunstanton the beach lease the mouth of the Wash, curves to the east and faces the open North Sea near to Holme next the Sea	Further along the coast is Tichwell RSBP Reserve, a feature which is the Avocet, the RSPB’s emblematic bird, once saved from near extinction
A powerful illustration of this landscape of salt marsh is the number of boats, apparently left stranded far from the open water	Beaches, like this one at Brancaster looking towards Scolt Head Island, are a good walk from the Coast Road
Colourful beach huts at the eastern end of Holkam Bay near to Wells	A mile long channel connects the beach to the harbour at Wells next the Sea flanked by a sea wall with a small railway and road for vehicles behind
Wells - what was once warehouse use to load grain on to boats is now apartments	The East harbour at Wells is now used by pleasure craft
The harbour channel at Blakeney looks tranquil at mid-tide	Sunset over the channel and marsh at Blakeney
Cley next the Sea is at the end of the causeway the leads to Blakeney Point	The Notice Board near to the car park for the Point – the start of a difficult but rewarding walk on shingle and sand
Towards the end of the Point is a large colony of both Grey and Common Seals	Grey Seals seem to like being photographed
The view from the end of Point back inland towards Blakeney	Sheringham is the last place east along the north facing coast of Norfolk

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