Any ideas of what's good to do around Cromer/Mundesley area?

[AllyH]

Will be going to the area on holiday and after any recommendations for things to do with the kids?

steam train from Sheringham to Holt

beaches are lovely if weather nice

is a swimming pool in Sheringham 'Splash' - with a wave machine and it has a shallow end that starts at nothing iirc, so toddlers can pootle about

how old are your children?

shire horse centre at west runton, and west runton beach is great for rock pools

kids are 6 and 4 and hoping the weather will be nice as it's Easter hols we're going!

You can spend a lot of time pottering around Cromer. And Sheringham, as well as the steam trains and Splash, is a lovely town with shops you can poke about in. Felbrigg Hall is a good National Trust house with lovely gardens. If you go along the coast as far as Brancaster you can do a boat trip to see seals.

I could tell you about the best beach in the world (well, not quite) between Cromer and Mundesley but it involves crossing a field, cutting through a wood and then climbing down a cliff . DH grew up around there.

Wroxham Barns isn't too far at all - they have a mini farm thing where you can feed animals and smallscale fairground rides etc.

Will think of more and report later.

might be old enough to appreciate a boat trip on the broads - can hire a boat from Wroxham by the hour I think.

Is a small cinema in Cromer - there should be a kid friendly film on at Easter.

Wroxham barns has indoor and outdoor play - I've not been but my Mum has.

Bewilderwood is great fun, is all outdoors - lots of climbing, zipwires slides type stuff. is a smaller area for younger children too. beware, the entry price not too bad but food extortionate - take a picnic.

Castle museum in NOrwich quite good - not been there for years though.

Agree Sheringham is a lovely town - I grew up there!

Anywhere good for them to take their bikes?

If mountain bikes, then then Kelling and Salthouse Heath, inland between Cley and Kelling - good tracks etc. Also the pinewoods at Wells - excellent for walking, cycling and tree-climbing in. Wells is one of the best beaches in the area - park down by the beach along the beach road, walk along the beach and back through the pinewoods, or through the woods and back via beach - fantastic! Wells also has a lovely quay, with a good chip shop - French's

Get a ferry to see the seals on Blakeney point. Ferries can be booked from Blakeney quay, but actually leave from Morston. or book at Morston in the pub! Or book online beforehand - times are subject to tides- google Bishops Ferries, or Temples Seal Trips.

Cromer has a small interesting museum, which shows ancient fishing life and also the excellent fossilized finds (a wooly mammoth) at west runton, the next beach along, where you can go fossil hunting.

There is a birdwatching centre at Cley, with telescopes and a camera onto the marshes.

Sheringham is sweet, a different version of Cromer, Holt is a v chi chi little Georgian Market town with smart shopping - and a surprisingly good toy dept above the newsagent, Starlings. I think there is also a pottery cafe in Holt.

Hope for good weather. Unless you are v hardy and have proper waterproofs, N Norfolk is not the best in wet weather - though Splash, the Steam Engine Museum at Thursford, and trips to attractions further away will keep you busy.

If mountain bikes, then then Kelling and Salthouse Heath, inland between Cley and Kelling - good tracks etc. Also the pinewoods at Wells - excellent for walking, cycling and tree-climbing in. Wells is one of the best beaches in the area - park down by the beach along the beach road, walk along the beach and back through the pinewoods, or through the woods and back via beach - fantastic! Wells also has a lovely quay, with a good chip shop - French's

Get a ferry to see the seals on Blakeney point. Ferries can be booked from Blakeney quay, but actually leave from Morston. or book at Morston in the pub! Or book online beforehand - times are subject to tides- google Bishops Ferries, or Temples Seal Trips.

Cromer has a small interesting museum, which shows ancient fishing life and also the excellent fossilized finds (a wooly mammoth) at west runton, the next beach along, where you can go fossil hunting.

There is a birdwatching centre at Cley, with telescopes and a camera onto the marshes.

Sheringham is sweet, a different version of Cromer, Holt is a v chi chi little Georgian Market town with smart shopping - and a surprisingly good toy dept above the newsagent, Starlings. I think there is also a pottery cafe in Holt.

Hope for good weather. Unless you are v hardy and have proper waterproofs, N Norfolk is not the best in wet weather - though Splash, the Steam Engine Museum at Thursford, and trips to attractions further away will keep you busy.

crabing at blakeney is fab

yes, then go for a crab sandwich at Weston's Fish shop round the corner, or lunch in the King's Arms: basic good pub grub, excellent real ales and swings in the garden.