This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Beaches Attractions In East Anglia

x
East Anglia is a geographical area in the East of England. The area included has varied but the legally defined NUTS 2 statistical unit comprises the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, including the City of Peterborough unitary authority. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles, a tribe whose name originated in Anglia, northern Germany.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Beaches Attractions In East Anglia

  • 1. Hemsby Beach Hemsby
    Hemsby is a village, seaside resort and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. It is situated some 7.5 mi north of the town of Great Yarmouth. In the 2001 census Hemsby had a population of 2,973 in 1,221 households; the population increased in the 2011 census to 3,275. Hemsby borders the villages of Winterton-on-Sea and Scratby. For the purpose of local government, the parish is in the district of Great Yarmouth.Coastal erosion has destroyed a number of homes and others are threatened. A Norfolk county map dated around 1610 shows a headland, called Winterton Ness, extending into the sea north-east of Hemsby. This headland has now almost entirely disappeared through erosion.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 2. Hunstanton Beach Hunstanton
    Hunstanton is a seaside town in Norfolk, England. It had a population of 4,229 at the 2011 Census, It faces west across The Wash, making it one of the few places on the east coast where the sun can be seen setting over the sea. Hunstanton is 102 miles north-northeast of London, 40 miles northwest of Norwich and 69 miles east of Nottingham.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 3. Cromer Beach Cromer
    Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is approximately 23 miles north of the county city of Norwich, 116 miles north-northeast of London and 4 miles east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The civil parish has an area of 4.66 km2 and at the 2011 census had a population of 7,683.The town is notable as a traditional tourist resort and for the Cromer crab, which forms the major source of income for local fishermen. The motto Gem of the Norfolk Coast is highlighted on the town's road signs.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 4. Sheringham Beach Sheringham
    Sheringham is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat, Latin for The sea enriches and the pine adorns.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 5. Great Yarmouth Beach Great Yarmouth
    Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a seaside town in Norfolk, England. It is located at the mouth of the River Yare, approximately 20 miles east of Norwich. It had an estimated population of 38,693 at the 2011 Census, making it the most third populous place in Norfolk. The town has been a seaside resort since 1760, and was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. It is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the North Sea. For hundreds of years it was a major fishing port, depending mainly on the herring fishery, but its fishing industry suffered a steep decline in the second half of the 20th century, and has now all but disappeared. The discovery of oil in the North Sea in the 1960s led to a flourishing oil rig supply industry, and today it services of...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 7. Heacham Beach Heacham
    Heacham is an English village in West Norfolk overlooking The Wash, between King's Lynn, 14 miles to the south, and Hunstanton, about 3 miles to the north. It has been a seaside resort for a century and a half.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 8. Aldeburgh Beach Aldeburgh
    Aldeburgh is a coastal town in the English county of Suffolk. Located on the North Sea coast to the north of the River Alde, the town was the home of the composer Benjamin Britten and has been the centre of the international Aldeburgh Festival of arts at nearby Snape Maltings, founded by Britten in 1948. It remains an artistic and literary centre, with an annual Poetry Festival, along with several food festivals and other cultural events. A former Tudor port, Aldeburgh was granted borough status in 1529 by Henry VIII. Its historic buildings include a 16th-century moot hall and a Napoleonic-era Martello Tower. Second homes make up about a third of the town's residential property. It is a tourist destination, with visitors attracted by its Blue Flag shingle beach and fisherman huts, where fr...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 9. Dunwich Heath and Beach Dunwich
    Dunwich is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is located in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB around 92 miles north-east of London, 9 miles south of Southwold and 7 miles north of Leiston, on the North Sea coast. In the Anglo-Saxon period, Dunwich was the capital of the Kingdom of the East Angles but the harbour and most of the town have since disappeared due to coastal erosion. At its height it was an international port similar in size to 14th century London. Its decline began in 1286 when a storm surge hit the East Anglian coast followed by a great storm in 1287 and another great storm also in 1287, and it was eventually reduced in size to the village it is today. Dunwich is possibly connected with the lost Anglo-Saxon placename Dommoc. The population of the civil parish ...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 10. Sea Palling Beach Sea Palling
    Sea Palling is a village and a civil parish covering 11.05 km2 in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 19.6 miles south-east of Cromer, 19.6 miles north-east of Norwich and 140 miles north-east of London. The village lies 4 mi east of the A149 between Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 11. Old Hunstanton Beach Old Hunstanton
    Old Hunstanton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.35 km2 and had a population of 47 in 25 households at the 2001 census. The population had risen to 628 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk. This small settlement adjoins to the north of the larger resort of Hunstanton or New Hunstanton. The quiet character of Old Hunstanton remains distinct from and complements that of its busy sibling, with clifftop walks past the disused Old Hunstanton Lighthouse and the ruins of St Edmund's Chapel, built in 1272. King Edmund supposedly built the village. The River Hun runs to the coast just to the east of old Hunstanton. The parish church of St Mary, situated in the grounds of Hunstanto...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 12. Happisburgh Beach Happisburgh
    Happisburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is on the coast, to the east of a north-south road, the B1159 from Bacton on the coast to Stalham. It is a nucleated village. The nearest substantial town is North Walsham 6 miles to the west.Happisburgh became a site of national archaeological importance in 2010 when flint tools over 800,000 years old were unearthed. This is the oldest evidence of human occupation anywhere in the UK. In May 2013, a series of early human footprints were discovered on the beach at the site, providing direct evidence of early human activity at the site.The civil parish shrank by over 0.2 km² in the 20th century by the erosion of its beaches and low cliffs. Groynes were constructed along the shore to try to stop the erosi...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 13. Bacton Beach Bacton
    Bacton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is on the Norfolk coast, some 20 km south-east of Cromer, 40 km north-west of Great Yarmouth and 30 km north of Norwich. Besides the village of Bacton, the parish includes the nearby settlements of Bacton Green, Broomholm, Keswick and Pollard Street. It also includes Edingthorpe, which was added to Bacton civil parish under the County of Norfolk Review Order, 1935. The seaside village is located on the North Norfolk coast between Mundesley and Walcott, Norfolk. Bacton is known for its very quiet sandy beaches offering miles of walking along the beach and cliffs. The England Coast Path passes through the village and also the Paston Way long distance footpath linking Cromer and North Walsham. In the east of the parish can be found ...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 14. RSPB Snettisham Snettisham
    The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is Europe's largest wildlife conservation charity. This is a list of RSPB reserves.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 15. Gorleston Beach Gorleston On Sea
    Gorleston-on-Sea, also known colloquially as Gorleston, is a settlement in Norfolk, England, on the south of Great Yarmouth. Situated at the mouth of the River Yare it was a port town at the time of the Domesday Book. The port then became a centre of fishing for herring along with salt pans used for the production of salt to preserve the fish. In Edwardian times the fishing industry rapidly declined and the town's role changed to that of a seaside resort.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

East Anglia Videos

Shares

x

Places in East Anglia

x

Regions in East Anglia

x

Near By Places

Menu