Ultimate Itinerary for a Long Weekend Walking in North Norfolk

Walking in North Norfolk is the best way to experience this beautiful stretch of England’s coastline. Here’s the route we did last year with all the details on how you can do the same…

My long weekend cycling and walking in North Norfolk last year, was great. Norfolk totally lived up to the hype and we had a brilliant time exploring the coast. We wanted to make the most of our few days in Norfolk and ended up seeing quite a bit along the North Norfolk Coast Path, although I’d totally go back and see more.

I wanted to put together this guide to your long weekend walking in North Norfolk to help you decide where to go from all the worthy places along the coast.

Go walking in North Norfolk and you can enjoy wide beaches, tidal marshes filled with birdlife and pretty villages. You can indulge in fresh seafood in cosy inns, traditional pubs and crab shacks, and enjoy the open views across hinterlands and wide sands.

With this itinerary for a long weekend walking in North Norfolk you’ll spend 4 days along the North Norfolk coast from Holkham and Wells-next-the-Sea, to Blakeney and Cley.

Day 1: Wells-next-the-Sea

Wells-next-the-Sea was the first stop on our North Norfolk walking weekend. This traditional Norfolk fishing village is one of the most popular spots in the area.

It feels like there are two sides to Wells-next-the-Sea. First up you have the pretty village – all boutique shops, coffee shops and visitors sat around on the sea wall either crabbing or ‘gillying’ as the locals call it, or enjoying lunch time fish and chips.

If you go the other way from the centuries old harbour though, you can either drive or walk the 25-minutes along the embankment to the wide expanse of beach. Wells-next-the-Sea is a popular spot though – the car park had big ‘FULL’ signs when we walked past, so we were glad we’d walked along the embankment along the estuary there. It was an easy quest, and made the journey even better as we enjoyed the birds circling overhead, and the boats marooned with the tide. Apparently there are often seals here too, but no such luck for us.