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Hunstanton Sunset - Photo:
Kim Slater
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Stripey Cliffs at Hunstanton - The Cliff
comprises 3 different rock strata. Chalk
overlies a narrow band of hunstanton red stone
which lies on a bas of Carrstone - Photo:
Val Vannet
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This is the largest holiday
resort in western Norfolk - and the only East
Anglian town to face west! It was established as a
resort in the mid 19th century and
still offers pleasant sandy beaches and shallow
water protected by interesting cliffs. The old
quarter dates from 855AD when St Edmund was
shipwrecked here. The bridge over the River Hun is
reputedly Roman. The town’s golf course is of
championship standard.
A few miles from here stands
the magnificent royal house of Sandringham, bought
by Queen Victoria in 1826 as a residence for the
future Edward VII. It has superlative parkland and
is one of Norfolk’s hottest tourist spots.
Worth visiting are Great
Bircham Mill – boasting five floors and a bakery
with a 200-year-old oven – and Heacham’s
sweet-scented Lavender Distillery.
