Norfolk beaches for toddlers

[Natasha198]

Hi, please can someone recommend good areas in norfolk with nice sandy beaches? I know Sheringham is nice but wanted to see what else is around. We're hoping to go end of June and would like some fun activities to do with our DS who will be nearly 3 by then. thanks!

Holkham!

Holkham and Wells are perennially popular but can be flipping busy.

Cromer, which isn’t far from Sherringham.

Holkam, Wells, sherringham, cromer.

But with littlies, beaches get boring very quickly. Research NT properties with somewhere to run around

Wells. But I would advise that you park in the carpark, follow the path but don’t go straight onto the beach. It will be HEAVING in June. If you follow the path into the woods for 5 minutes you can easily get down onto the beach and it will be much quieter.

Gorleston (small and simple for families) and Great Yarmouth (classic tack) both have enormous, sandy beaches which never feel that busy even when busy. You can walk to the sea or stay well away from it and still have plenty of sand.

Go to a quieter beach, Sea Palling, Walcott, Bacton, Mundesley. Spoiled for choice of sandy beaches in Norfolk, enjoy OP.

Holkam or Wells for huge sandy beach.

Cromer or Sheringham for nice enough beach and great little seaside town.

Really?? My DD is 4 and has always loved spending hours on in the beach. She potters finding shells, looking at seaweed, digging, running around after balls/frisbees, flying kites, paddling, building sandcastles etc

It’s mostly observation I’m basing my feelings on this on. We go to Cornwall in the summer. People with toddlers - even those with beach shelters and lots of equipment - don’t seem to linger long on the beach.

We only did short beach trips with ours as a toddler. We figured we’d do stuff we liked while he was still highly compliant. Started with body boarding at 7, hiking at 5

Another votes for Sea Palling! It only small but has a fish and chips shop, café, general beach tat shop and arcades. We loved it there.

Mundersley has a great beach and a park very near the beach. Plus a great beach cafe.

I suppose it depends on the toddler.
DD never napped from her 2nd birthday, so maybe lots are heading off for their naps etc. (we just napped her on the beach before 2 LOL)
Maybe they head off for lunch, where we always take a packed lunch etc.

I highly recommend West Runton.
The car park isn’t far to walk to the beach. Toilets not too far. There is a small friendly cafe / shop with fossils on display to look at.
the beach itself has some sandy areas and rockpools to explore. It’s also not too big as with toddlers sometimes a big sandy beach is too big an area for them to disappear in.

Mundesley has a toddler friendly, easily accesible beach, a pretty village and a crazy golf course, which ticked all of my boxes when the kids were that age.

Didn't like Holkham or Wells as you have to trek for miles with all your stuff and the sand bars/tides seemed very unpredictable.

I'd avoid Wells and Holkham. The beach is massive, but it's miles to the actual sea.

Somewhere like Mundesley or Cromer would be far more suitable for a toddler. There are great beaches all the way down from there into Suffolk. Slightly tackier around Great Yarmouth and I'd avoid Lowestoft as it's a bit run down, although improving slowly

Cromer has a kiddies fair, slot machines and pirate climbing playground on the promenade. Plus the pier for crabbing.

At that age DD loved looking in all the rock pools.

Old Hunstanton, Brancaster, Overstrand, Mundesley, Winterton, Horsey , Sea Palling, Waxham, Happisburgh…

Runton, Sheringham and Cromer are quite pebbly at high tide.

Sheringham is a pretty town, there is the zoo at Cromer.

Old Hunstanton, park at the Le Strange Arms. There's a lifeboat station and a beach cafe with facilities, but it's not overrun like Wells/Cromer etc

Waxham is shallow for quite far out. Sea Palling is great, sandy and a few eateries around there. Quiet, you have Walcott and Bacton, sandy and lots of shells. Mundesley is great too, has a tiny arcade, crazy golf, cafes, pub. That whole eastern coast is quiet if that’s what you’re looking for.

Hunstanton has a sandy beach and some lovely rock pools by the cliffs.

We like Wells for a sandy beach day, we sometimes hire a beach hut too. Then if we want more fun for the day we go to Hunstanton, visit the aquarium and the funfair.

DS is 5 and had always had to be dragged off the beach after 6 hours. Never known a kid get bored playing in sand and sea.

Holme next the sea is lovely and has shells to collect and woodland around it.

Winterton on sea is also lovely (pictured) it's not far from Hemsby and Yarmouth if you want to add in some basic fairground rides.

Blakeney and Wells both nice too, Gorleston is good, Wells and Gorleston are good for crabbing

Gorleston