Reasons to visit North Norfolk for a great holiday experience.
In May, something dark and mysterious is going to happen at the National Trust’s Felbrigg Hall near Cromer in North Norfolk. As part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, the landscape theatre company, WildWorks, will be presenting Wolf’s Child. This production is described as a “grown-up fairy tale.” Tickets are available now from the Festival website.
Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Nick Acheson presents a new video about the North Norfolk Salthouse to Cley reserve. There is a quick glimpse of the new Simon Aspinall Centre presently under construction. The video certainly makes you want to visit now that spring is coming in fast.
This is another bumper year for seal pups at Blakeney Point. Dave Byford’s excellent video provides a close-up of some of the seals and provides a view of the beautiful environment in which they live.
Of the many eateries in Wells in North Norfolk, The Globe Inn comes out a clear winner for me. The recent refurbishment has been a great success and this is a comfortable and relaxing place to dine. The menu is varied, and The Globe serves excellently prepared and presented food made with locally sourced produce. Try The Globe when you are next in Wells – it must rate as one of the best North Norfolk pubs.
Sarah Sands, a journalist on the London Evening Standard, has been singing the praises of North Norfolk. In a very positive article about the Victoria Inn at Holkham she also extolled the virtues of North Norfolk in general.
It is great news that the Norfolk Wildlife Trust appeal to raise over £2m to purchase more marsh between Salthouse and Cley has been successful. Pope’s Marsh has now been purchased and work will start soon on the new Simon Aspinall Wildlife Education Centre to be built on the same site as the present NWT visitor building.
Businesses in North Norfolk that I have used over the years that have provided good and reliable service.
Steve and Liz at BIRDscapes Gallery at Glandford have published the programme of exhibitions for 2014. If you haven’t visited the Gallery before I highly recommend that you do as the work on show is always a delight.
Galton Blackiston the TV chef proprietor of Morston Hall is to expand his fish and chip restaurant in Cromer.
To the casual visitor Overstrand is a pleasant but unremarkable Norfolk coastal village. There is a good beach, a village shop and post office, a clifftop cafe and a good public house; a great place to spend a summer’s day. However, there is more to Overstrand than meets the eye. I will be detailing some of the village’s unusual features in a later article. The Sea Marge Hotel is an impressive building at the eastern end of the high street and is a unique place to stay and a great place to dine.