Beach Guide
A guide to our local beaches from the North Norfolk coast to popular Southwold in Suffolk. Each beach description gives their own website for information on tides and local events. For more information go www.thebeachguide.co.uk.
You may not be the only visitors on our local beaches though, Horsey, Waxham and North Winterton beaches are populated by seals through the breeding season of November, December and January and many stay throughout the year. So get your bucket and spades ready along with your beach towel and enjoy our coast line!
Links to our top Norfolk resort websites giving you the latest tourist information and event guides.
Local Attractions
Within 4 miles of Lower Wood Farm you can;
- Visit the sandy beaches of Winterton on Sea
- See the Famous lifeboat station at Caister on Sea
- Take out a row boat on tranquil Filby broad
- View Caister Castle and car museum
- Enjoy time at Thrigby Wildlife Park
- Take in the seaside attractions at Great Yarmouth
- Experience stock car, greyhound or horse racing
- Play golf at Caister Golf Club or pitch and putt at Bure Park Caister.
Three local villages of Filby, Ormesby St Margret and Caister on Sea are all within a short drive of two to three miles from Lower Wood Farm. Each village has local traders, pubs, restaurants and takeaways.
Great Yarmouth – 4 miles
Has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea. For hundreds of years it has been a fishing port dependent on the herring fishery, and today it services the offshore oil rigs. The town has a popular beach and two promenades.
- Main market days are Wednesday and Saturday
- See Great Yarmouth What’s on for full details of attractions and events.
Norfolk Attractions
Norfolk is a remarkable county with just about everything to fulfill the dreams of a visitor.
Under big open skies, it is bordered on two sides by the sea, with more than 90 miles of coastline and a selection of excellent sandy beaches with resorts ranging from the bright lights of Great Yarmouth to the tranquil open sands of Holkham.
Inland, there are the miles of waterways featuring the unique Norfolk Broads and its river network, the historic and bustling city of Norwich, delightful market towns and charming villages in unspoilt rural countryside.
And all around are some of the best nature reserves and wild bird sanctuaries in the country as well as the widest variety of attractions to appeal to every tourist.
Walking, swimming, cycling, shopping, sightseeing, relaxing – you’ll find it all in Norfolk. And you’ll love it.
Links to our top Norfolk attractions websites to help you plan your days out.
Restaurants
Links to local restaurant websites to help with booking your dining out experience.
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