Sailing on the Norfolk Broads
Enjoy an intricate maze of rivers, tributaries and smooth, reed-fringed waters
Explore Norfolk on horseback
Enjoy vast expanses of beautiful coastline, or quiet peaceful country lanes
Get on your bike in Norfolk
Explore country lanes, woodland cycle routes and pretty coastal paths
Walking in Norfolk
Pull on your walking boots and explore Norfolk's walking routes
Norfolk - a birdwatching paradise
Sea watching, coastal marshes, heathland, countryside reserves and the Broads
Tee off in Norfolk
Enjoy a round of gold at a country house course, or by the seaside
Enjoy fishing in Norfolk
With the Broads, rivers and streams galore plus the Norfolk coastline, there's plenty to catch

Activities in Norfolk

The choice of activities on offer in Norfolk is endless, with such a large range of sports and leisure activities Norfolk is one huge adventure playground for all ages. With activities to suit everyone you can enjoy walking, cycling, horseriding, fishing, boating & sailing, birdwatching and more. Find out more in our Outdoor Norfolk promotion and download a handy leaflet showing outdoor activities.

Or how about some spectator sport at the dogs, races, or football ground? Norwich too has a range of sports and leisure to offer.

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Outdoor Norfolk - Cycling near Cromer, Norfolk @ Britainonview / Richard Surman

Outdoor Norfolk campaign

Explore outdoor Norfolk - boating and sailing, walking, cycling, birdwatching, horseriding, fishing, golf

Discover Outdoor Norfolk

Boating and Sailing - Wherries on Barton Broad © Broads Authority

Boating & Sailing in Norfolk

Enjoy boating, sailing, canoeing, kayaking, rowing and more on the Norfolk Broads and Norfolk's rivers and waterways

Go Boating!

Couple birdwatching in Norfolk © Waveney River Centre

Birdwatching & Wildlife

Find out about birdwatching and wildlife watching in Norfolk

Get birding!

Walking in Norfolk

Norfolk is great for walkers. With 2400 miles of public rights of way and long distance paths through beautiful countryside and coastal paths, there's no reason not to get walking in Norfolk!

Get walking!

Cycling in Norfolk

Get on your bike and enjoy cycling in Norfolk!

Get on your bike!

Fishing in Norfolk

Enjoy the tranquility of fishing in Norfolk

Go fishing!

Horseriding in Norfolk

Discover horseriding in Norfolk

Go horseriding!

Golf in Norfolk

Enjoy a round of golf in Norfolk

Golf in Norfolk

Racing at Great Yarmouth Racecourse © Great Yarmouth Racecourse

Norfolk Sports & Leisure Activities

If you prefer to watch rather than get mucky, take in some spectator sport whilst you're here. Hear the roar of the engines and smell the burning rubber as you watch the exhilarating motor sports at Snetterton Race Circuit. Or dress up in your finest, place a bet, and feel the buzz of a different kind of horsepower at one our friendly days at Fakenham or Great Yarmouth Racecourse. And remember to pack your very best cheering voice to watch a match at Norwich City Football Club, where Delia's Canary Catering will help keep your strength up!

But if you don't fancy spectating and prefer to get stuck in yourself, then don't let us hold you back. Norfolk can challenge you on land, in the air or on the water!

Put some power behind your pecs for windsurfing, sailing, rowing, canoeing or jet skiing. There's nothing like getting wet to get you going! Or relish a relaxing afternoon bobbing along the peaceful waterways of the Fens or Norfolk Broads and enjoying Norfolk's wide open landscapes. Or perhaps you fancy a spot of fishing?

To get a totally new perspective on things, get up in the clouds. Here in Norfolk, you can learn to fly, enjoy a tranquil champagne balloon trip, have a go at gliding, hang-gliding, parachuting, or even skydiving! Now that would be something to tell people back home about!

Walking in Norfolk © Britainonview / Rod Edwards

By land of course you are spoilt for choice. Pull on your walking boots and trek for miles - we can boast a National Trail and several long distance paths as well as shorter circular walks around Norfolk's villages and countryside. Or try cycling or riding through our narrow country lanes and peaceful byways. Or how about a round of golf?

If you like your leisure indoors, try karting and even dry-slope skiing! That's not to mention all the leisure centres and sports villages, swimming pools and hotel complexes we can offer. Norfolk is also home to East Anglia's biggest swimming and sports centre - the new UEA Sportspark in Norwich with a massive indoor climbing wall and the Bernard Matthews Olympic pool - one of only 10 Olympic size pools in the country.

The trendy set will love the skateboarding, BMX and inline skating at Great Yarmouth's 14,0000 square feet warehouse with ultra smooth concrete floor. And all ages will have fun ten-pin bowling. But only the really brave will tackle the Go Ape aerial assault course set high in the forest with rope bridges, trapezes and death slides...brilliant, but not for the faint-hearted!

And finally, if you want your whole holiday in Norfolk to be activity based so you can learn a new skill or take part in a new challenge, try a conservation break or perhaps an adventure holiday at the Outdoor Centre near Sheringham on the north Norfolk coast. Set in acres of grass and woodland with activities such as archery, all-terrain bikes, assault courses, air rifles and orienteering you're bound to find something to keep you busy.

Norfolk is the perfect choice for an action packed break.