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.
Six and a half miles in about two and three quarter hours, almost dead flat, running west along the sand from the Wells beach huts, in through the pine belt to Holkham village and back on the raised bank and the Norfolk Coast Path. Start at the Pinewoods car park at the end of Beach Road, a mile north of the town, which is pay and display and busy from breakfast in August; the harbour miniature railway saves the walk back if you prefer. Dogs run free on the open sand between the two beach car parks, but Wells keeps a no-dog area in front of the beach huts that now extends to cover the sands where the seals haul out, and from Holkham Gap westwards the marked breeding zones require leads between 1 April and 31 August.
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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