Walk · Norfolk

Wells and Stiffkey saltmarsh loop

Wells Next the Sea

8.7MILES

3h 35mON FOOT

40mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 77% 23% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 42%Lane & track 35%Road with traffic 23%

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

The Quay at Wells-next-the-Sea, by the harbour office

Parking

Pay and display on the quay and in the larger long-stay car park behind it; the quay spaces go first, and the town's free street parking is residents-only in season

Directions to the start →

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.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORFOLK

GRID · 52.9563, 0.8508

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/GUIDE/759444/HIKING-AROUND-WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA

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