This stretch of the Peddars Way starts in a pretty wood on the outskirts of Thetford and takes you across open countryside, pine forests, deciduous woods, along farm tracks and ancient Pingo ponds and the edge of MOD training zones. It’s an extremely peaceful stretch of the walk unless you have the gun fire from the army! 

Once out of Little Cressingham, much of this walk is on very quiet lanes. Hard on the feet but pleasant in amongst the open countryside. As you approach Swaffham you come off the beaten track and head back into woodland and straight tracks. More quiet roads follow as you walk through the pretty village of Castle Acre, walking alongside the ruins of Castle Acre Priory to eventually head towards Gt Massingham, passing the highest point on the Peddars Way! 

This day is the hilliest (!) walk, but starts off along some extremely straight tracks, as well as open landscape in the form of heathland, past ancient burial grounds and an old gun powder store and eventually down towards the sea at Holme (stay the night in Hunstanton). 

This is a beautiful stretch of the Norfolk Coast Path walking alongside the Old Hunstanton golf course with its beach huts, in amongst the sand dunes and then over to Holme Nature Reserve.  Walking along the board walk at Brancaster, hugging the salt marshes and water meadows at Burnham Deepdale, arriving at Burnham Overy Staithe. Depending on your budget, you can either stay in Burnham Overy Staithe or catch the bus to Wells-next-the-Sea.  Or even stay in the Georgian town of Burnham Market.

This stretch takes in the famous and beautiful Holkham beach and continues on to the popular working fishing port of Wells-next-the-Sea. You may grab some fish and chips here and continue on your journey! Heading through more wonderful salt marshes with incredible views towards Blakeney Point, you finally reach the quay in the pretty village of Blakeney. 

A very different day today on the Norfolk Coast Path. Heading on past Cley Nature Reserve, a large chunk of this walk is shingle. It can be hard going, but the landscape and the feeling of remoteness is very different to what you will have seen so far. The landscape changes dramatically from the beginning of the day’s walk to the end. You eventually walk on the cliff tops from Weybourne to Sheringham and then enter developments in the form of West Runton and East Runton static caravan parks. You arrive  at Cromer on the cliff face looking down on the Pier and feel a great sense of achievement! 

This day on the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path takes you along the beach at Cromer and over some beautiful cliffs around Overstrand and Trimingham. As you approach Mundesley you will have come inland slightly and then re-emerge onto the cliff face again to see the long stretch of sand towards Mundesley beach. From Mundesley you walk along the beach below the eroding cliffs and eventually end up on the cliff top walking towards the iconic red and white lighthouse of Happisburgh. 

From here you reach the golden sands of Sea Palling beach, along behind the dunes of Horsey beach where you may spot some seals, to arrive along the windswept SSSI dunes of Winterton. 

Starting out on the beautiful valley floor of Winterton, you walk along the beaches of Hemsby and Caister and into Gt Yarmouth. You’ll walk along the working port of this town, and out onto the golden sands of Gorleston beach to finally arrive at the end of the Norfolk Coast Path on Hopton beach - very different to where you started from!

Depart from Great Yarmouth