Places to visit

Beaches

  • Sea Palling Beach – 1.2 miles
  • Waxham Beach – 1.8 miles
  • Horsey Gap – 4.5 miles
  • Walcott beach – 8 miles
  • Hemsby beach – 10.5 miles
  • Great Yarmouth beach – 19 miles
  • Cromer beach – 21 miles

Nature Reserves

  • Hickling Broad and Marshes – 5.8 miles (Norfolk Wildlife Trust nature reserve)
  • Barton Broad and Marshes – 6.5 miles (Norfolk Wildlife Trust nature reserve)
  • How Hill
  • East Ruston Old Vicarage Garden

Children Based Activities

  • Thrigby wildlife gardens (Zoo in Filby)
  • BeWILDerwood (childrens adventure park at Wroxham)
  • Wroxham barns (shops, animals, rides and a small soft play)
  • JR’s – Indoor & Outdoor Play, Bowling & American Diner
  • Pettitts Animal Adventure Park

Local Trails

  • Norfolk Coast path – Hunstanton to Hopton-on-sea (84 miles)
  • Sea Palling to Horsey (3 miles)
  • Cart Gap to Sea Palling (2.5 miles)
  • Sea Palling circular walk which takes you through Eccles and back again (6 miles)
  • Mundesley to Sea Palling (9.5 miles)
  • Sea Palling to Caister-on–Sea (10.5 miles).

These can be found at www.norfolk.gov.uk/trails

Boat hire

  • Potter Heigham – Phoenix Fleet and Herbert Woods
  • Sutton Staithe Boatyard
  • Stalham-Richardsons
  • Wayford Marine
  • Wroxham– Wroxham boat hire, Ferry Marina, Broads tours, Wroxham Launch Hire