Hunstanton Beach
The town beach below the green and the promenade, the only west-facing resort sand in Norfolk and the one that watches the sun set over the Wash. It also carries the longest dog ban on this coast, seven months rather than the usual five, so out of season is the time to bring a dog. Walk north past the end of the prom for Old Hunstanton, which is open all year.
Hunstanton to Holme-next-the-Sea and back
5.5 MI · 2H 45M · 92% OFF-ROADFive and a half miles there and back, a flat two and three quarter hours on firm sand, boardwalk and the dune path of the Norfolk Coast Path, ending where the Peddars Way reaches the sea at Holme. It starts at the cliff-top car park at the north end of Hunstanton by the lighthouse, pay and display, and there is a small alternative car park at Holme beach if you want to halve it. Dogs run free on the open sand north of the lighthouse all year, there is fresh water at the sailing club end, and the Holme dunes hold ground-nesting birds in spring and summer, so keep to the marked path and read the signs where cordons appear.
Hunstanton, Ringstead and the Peddars Way
7.3 MI · 3H 30M · 82% OFF-ROADSeven and a quarter miles and about three and a half hours inland, climbing gently off the coast onto the chalk to Ringstead village and returning along the last miles of the Peddars Way, the 46-mile Roman road that ends at Holme-next-the-Sea. Start at the cliff-top car park at the north end of Hunstanton and walk out through Old Hunstanton; the route can be cut to five miles by returning down Ringstead Road. The Peddars Way is a broad green track with no stiles, but the field sections cross sheep and cattle ground where leads are needed, there is no water for four miles in the middle, and the Gin Trap Inn at Ringstead is the only stop.