Walk · Norfolk

Cromer to Overstrand along the clifftop

Cromer

4.6MILES

2h 20mON FOOT

95mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 80% 20% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 58%Lane & track 22%Road with traffic 20%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Cromer Meadow car park, off Cadogan Road behind the parish church

Parking

Large pay-and-display at Cromer Meadow, plus the cliff-top Runton Road car park; both fill by late morning in August and Cromer's street parking is metered throughout

Directions to the start →

Four and a half miles there and back in two and a quarter hours, out along the Norfolk Coast Path east of the pier past the lighthouse and the golf links, dropping into Overstrand for a turn on the promenade before coming home the same way. Start from the Cromer Meadow car park behind the church, the biggest in town and a five-minute walk from the pier; the Coasthopper and the Sheringham train both stop nearby if you would rather go one way. The cliff path is grassy and unfenced with a long drop, dogs can go off lead on the golf-course margin but not on the fairways, and the council bans dogs from the marked areas of both Cromer and Overstrand beaches and requires leads on the proms from 1 May to 30 September.

THE SMALL PRINTBetween 1 May and 30 September North Norfolk District Council excludes dogs from the marked no-dog areas of Cromer and Overstrand beaches and requires leads on both promenades; signs mark the boundaries and you can be fined. Registered assistance dogs are exempt.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · NORFOLK

GRID · 52.9305, 1.2985

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.NORTH-NORFOLK.GOV.UK/MEDIA/1770/NNDC_DOGS_ON_BEACHES.PDF

Cromer to Overstrand along the clifftop

House rules, decoded

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