Walking in Norfolk

2024 Edition

Walking in Norfolk
2024 Edition
Paperback

£14.95

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Description

A guidebook to 40 easy to moderate day walks in Norfolk. Exploring the coast, Fens, Brecks and Broads, the walks are suitable for beginner and experienced walkers alike.

The circular walks range from 6 to 19km (4–12 miles) and can be enjoyed in 2–4 hours. Some routes use parts of long-distance paths, including the Peddars Way, Norfolk Coast Path, Boudica’s Way and Weavers Way.

  • 1:40,000 OS maps included for each walk
  • Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket
  • Refreshment and public transport options are given for each walk
  • Easy access from Norfolk, King’s Lynn and Great Yarmouth

Table of Contents

Introduction
A brief history
Landscapes
Wildlife
National Parks and AONBs
Getting there and back
When to go
What to take
Food and drink
Waymarks and access
Safety
Maps
Using this guide
Longer walks in Norfolk
1 Northeast coast and the Broads
Walk 1 Winterton-on-Sea
Walk 2 Potter Heigham and Hickling Broad
Walk 3 North Walsham
Walk 4 Happisburgh
Walk 5 Horstead and River Bure
2 South Norfolk, the Yare and Waveney
Walk 6 River Chet and Hardley Marshes
Walk 7 Outney Common and Earsham
Walk 8 Rockland St Mary and Claxton
Walk 9 Surlingham
Walk 10 Burgh St Peter and ‘The Triangle’
Walk 11 Burgh Castle
Walk 12 Shotesham
Walk 13 Fritton Common
Walk 14 Harleston and Redenhall
Walk 15 Cringleford and River Yare
Walk 16 New and Old Buckenham
3 North Norfolk and coast
Walk 17 Sheringham and Beeston Regis
Walk 18 Bodham and Baconsthorpe
Walk 19 Itteringham
Walk 20 Aylsham and Blickling
Walk 21 Old Hunstanton, Thornham and Holme-next-the-Sea
Walk 22 Snettisham
Walk 23 Salthouse and Cley-next-the-Sea
Walk 24 Blakeney and Wiveton Downs
Walk 25 Little Walsingham, Houghton St Giles and Great Snoring
Walk 26 Brancaster Staithe and Barrow Common
4 Central Norfolk and Breckland
Walk 27 Thompson Common and Pingo Trail
Walk 28 Swannington and Upgate Common
Walk 29 Hockering
Walk 30 Shipdham
Walk 31 Santon Warren and Thetford Forest
5 West Norfolk and Fens
Walk 32 Harpley and Peddars Way
Walk 33 Tittleshall and Godwick
Walk 34 Helhoughton and West Raynham
Walk 35 Castle Acre
Walk 36 Roydon and Roydon Common
Walk 37 Narborough and Nar Valley
Walk 38 Beachamwell
Walk 39 Hilgay Fen
Walk 40 The Wiggenhalls

Appendix A Useful contacts
Appendix B Further reading
Appendix C Long-distance walks in Norfolk

 

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About The Author

Laurence Mitchell

Laurence Mitchell is a freelance travel writer and photographer who has lived in Norfolk for over 40 years. The author of both Norfolk and Suffolk in Bradt’s award-winning series of Slow travel guides to UK regions, Mitchell has written walking guides to East Anglia for Cicerone as well as Westering, a lyrical account of a slow coast-to-coast walk in Britain. A member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, he has contributed to anthologies and publications such as Geographical, Walk, Discover Britain, Wild Travel and hidden europe. A keen birdwatcher, Mitchell has considerable knowledge of the county’s wildlife and the best places to see it. He also takes an active interest in Norfolk’s long-distance walking routes, having hiked several of them, and has written for Norfolk County Council about them and their history and wildlife. Mitchell’s other interests, each featuring in his books, include landscape archaeology, local history, literature and folklore.

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