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.
Eight and three quarter miles and the best part of four hours, flat throughout but exposed, out along the harbour wall and the Norfolk Coast Path to Stiffkey and back over the fields by the Whirligig. Start at the quay in Wells, where the long-stay car park sits behind the harbour and is pay and display all year; the Coasthopper bus makes a one-way version easy. There are stiles and kissing gates on the field return that a very large dog will need lifting over, cattle graze the Freshes and the saltmarsh creeks fill fast on a rising tide, so leads on for the grazing sections and keep an eye on the water.
A large holiday park at the seaward end of Beach Road, sitting between the pinewoods and the beach with the miniature railway running back into town. The park says four-legged friends are very welcome, but does not publish which accommodation takes dogs or any charge. The unrestricted Wells beach is over the dune bank.
A plain, well-liked local on Church Street away from the quay crowds, doing locally sourced food and a proper Sunday roast. The pub states simply that dogs are allowed in the pub, which makes it one of the easier wet-afternoon options in Wells. Tuesday lunchtime is a two-course senior citizens' menu.
Chris Coubrough's coaching inn on the Buttlands, with a bar, the Chancery room and a conservatory dining room. Dogs are taken, but not everywhere: the hotel asks you to telephone before you arrive because not all areas are dog friendly, and only some bedrooms accept them. Food is a step up from standard pub cooking.
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