Walk · Norfolk

Hunstanton to Holme-next-the-Sea and back

Hunstanton

5.5MILES

2h 45mON FOOT

30mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

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

Off-road 92% 8% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 66%Lane & track 26%Road with traffic 8%

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 cliff top by the lighthouse, around 80 spaces; the Holme beach car park at the far end is small, charged and often full by mid-morning

Directions to the start →

Five 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.

THE SMALL PRINTThe council's dog ban and lead requirement apply only to the main beach and promenade between the power boat ramp and the north end of the promenade, 1 April to 31 October; the sand and dunes used by this walk are outside it, but cordoned nesting areas in the Holme dunes must not be entered in spring and summer.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · NORFOLK

GRID · 52.9455, 0.4885

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.WEST-NORFOLK.GOV.UK/INFO/20094/ANIMALS_AND_PESTS/750/DOG_CONTROL

Hunstanton to Holme-next-the-Sea and back

House rules, decoded

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