Group Example Only      3 days Quality Walking Challenge

Location:  The sea front, Cromer

Group Size: 40, possibly a few more depending on room allocations.

Accommodation Style:     Quality Hotel
(other accommodation styles are available please contact us via Enquiries)

The hotel is a family run establishment overlooking the sea in Cromer, the " Gem of the Norfolk Coast. " There are twenty three bedrooms, most of which are en-suite, including family, double, twin and single rooms. All of our bedrooms have a television and tea and coffee making facilities.

The hotel has a good sized bar and dinning room that can cater for approximately fifty people and is an ideal venue for our fund raising event. Meal and bar opening times can be flexible for group bookings to suit the days activities or the itinerary of the group.

Friday       arrival – Meet in the bar at 9.00pm

Saturday  full English breakfast 8.30 am, picnic lunch, three course dinner 7.00 pm

Sunday    full English breakfast 8.30 am, picnic lunch, three course dinner 7.00 pm

Monday full English breakfast 8.30 am, picnic lunch

Changing facilities will also be made available on the Monday Evening.

Together we will be walking the 50 miles stretch of the Norfolk Coastal path from Hunstanton to Cromer. The whole of this stretch of the coastal path is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, due to the harsh beauty and remoteness. Much of the coast is in the hands of the National Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, which signifies the area’s importance for birds and flowers. The area is therefore not just beautiful for walkers, but is also a delight for naturalists and birdwatchers. All of which will combine to make this an interesting challenge!

Saturday Hunstanton – Burnham Deepdale 16.25 miles

From the Victorian resort of Hunstanton we will stroll through the wild sections of marshes, sand dunes, beaches, cliffs and attractive villages. Passing along the coast where St Edmund made his historc landing, we’ll make our through Holme Dunes Nature Reserve to Thornham Village. The path now veers inland skirting around the Roman Beacon of Beacon Hill, before veering back towards the familiar coast of Titchwell. We continue along past the Roman Fort of Branodunum; the base of the Roman Fleet! We finish the day in Burnham Deepdale with its fishermen's huts and mussel beds.

Sunday Burnham Deepdale – Blakeney 17.5 miles

From the birthplace of Horatio Nelson we are straight away back into a world of marsh, birds, sand , sea and sky. Following the Sea Bank we soon get onto one of the finest and largest beaches in the country! This leads us nicely into the last working port in the area Wells-by-the-Sea, and the colourful fishing port provides a strange distraction. Eager to be moving on, the route passes through the masses of Sea Lavender and Samphire to Stiffkey and eventually to the viewpoint of Blakeney Point.

Monday Blakeney – Cromer 17 miles

Leaving the bustling village of Blakeney behind we are off on our final leg of the challenge. Passing the prominent windmill at Cley, next to the sea, we follow the sea bank back out to the coast. Here the coast is shingle and whilst it is lovely to walk along by the sea with the waves chattering over the pebbles, it is hard going and after a while we will probably resort to the easier paths by the bank where you are compensated with fine inland views. Onwards we pass by Weybourne:

"He who would old England win, must at Weybourne Hope begin."