Cromer Beach
Sand and groynes either side of the pier, under the church tower and the cliff-top gardens, with crab boats hauled up on the east beach. This is one of the few North Norfolk beaches with a summer dog exclusion, and it is properly signed and enforced. Out of season it is one of the best winter beach walks in the county, west towards East Runton.
Cromer to East and West Runton
4.8 MI · 2H 15M · 80% OFF-ROADFour and three quarter miles in a little over two hours, west along the beach below the cliffs to the two Runtons and back on the clifftop path, with the chalk reef and the fossil beds exposed at low water. It starts at the Runton Road cliff-top car park in Cromer, pay and display and the closest to the western beach ramp; check the tide before you set off because the beach section is cut off at high water and the only exits are the gaps at East and West Runton. Dogs run free on the sands outside the restricted zones, the rock pools and freshwater seeps give a drink, but the council excludes dogs from the marked areas of Cromer and West Runton beaches from 1 May to 30 September.
Cromer, Felbrigg and the Roman Camp
7.4 MI · 3H 30M · 80% OFF-ROADSeven and a half miles and around three and a half hours, the one properly hilly walk in Norfolk, climbing off the coast through Felbrigg's woods and parkland to the Roman Camp, the highest ground in the county at 103 metres. Start at Cromer Meadow car park and take the Weavers' Way out of town, or drive to the National Trust car park at Felbrigg, postcode NR11 8PR, and do the shorter parkland half; Felbrigg has water bowls and dog bins at the visitor buildings. Dogs must be on a lead across the whole Felbrigg estate between 1 March and 31 July and in the marked areas at other times of year, sheep and cattle graze the park, and the lake and the woodland streams give a reliable drink.