Walk · Norfolk

Hunstanton, Ringstead and the Peddars Way

Hunstanton

7.3MILES

3h 30mON FOOT

135mCLIMB

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

Off-road 82% 18% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 40%Lane & track 42%Road with traffic 18%

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

Cliff-top car park at the north end of Hunstanton, by the old lighthouse

Parking

Pay and display on the Hunstanton cliff top, about 80 spaces; free verge parking in Ringstead village if you would rather start inland, but it is tight and unsurfaced

Directions to the start →

Seven 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.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORFOLK

GRID · 52.9455, 0.4885

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.NATIONALTRAIL.CO.UK/EN_GB/TRAILS/PEDDARS-WAY-AND-NORFOLK-COAST-PATH/

Hunstanton, Ringstead and the Peddars Way

House rules, decoded

Ashleigh Lodge

Becca's Kitchen

Berni Beans

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