brilliant beaches and coast
seaside resorts and unspoilt beaches
From Hollywood's Shakespeare in Love to the first tourists ever to come to the UK!
There are resorts like Great Yarmouth, kiteflying-friendly Hunstanton, Cromer (home of the last end-of-pier show in Europe) and quieter Gorleston-on-Sea that have traditional family seaside fun along with glorious beaches.
Here you'll find bucket and spade and seabathing, as well as ice creams, sticks of rock and candyfloss. You'll find attractions, amusements and rides for all ages.
On the north Norfolk coast between Cromer and Hunstanton, you'll find huge expanses of flat sand at Brancaster, Holkham and Wells-next-the-Sea and lots of things to do.
Brancaster is renowned for its royal golf course and nearby bird-watching; Holkham is famously featured at the end of the Oscar-winning Hollywood film Shakespeare in Love when Gwyneth Paltrow's character is shipwrecked in 'Virginia'; Wells-next-the-Sea has a topsy-turvy row of almost 100 brightly-coloured beach huts.
More about Norfolk's beaches and coast...
what you'll find on our coast...
dunes and deep history
On the east coast of Norfolk, from Overstrand down to Great Yarmouth, you'll discover dunes, marram grass and spectacular cliffs with fascinating geological evidence of the ice ages. And look out for the seals!
And don't miss our amazing Deep History Coast - where the oldest evidence of humans found outside the Great Rift Valley in Africa was discovered, meaning the first tourists who visited Great Britain came to Norfolk!
And the best thing about beaches in Norfolk is that they're great to enjoy throughout the seasons, are perfect for wildlife spotting and nearly all welcome dog walkers all year round.
