Harbour House guidebook

Philippa & Michael
Philippa & Michael
Harbour House guidebook

Food scene

Great local pub only a short walk away from the cottage. Make sure to book in peak season. The menu changes daily, using many seasonal ingredients and seafood/fish dishes. Slightly more fancier/expensive than traditional pub food.
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Stiffkey Red Lion
44 Wells Rd
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Great local pub only a short walk away from the cottage. Make sure to book in peak season. The menu changes daily, using many seasonal ingredients and seafood/fish dishes. Slightly more fancier/expensive than traditional pub food.
Great drinking pub nearby in Morston. They have stopped serving pub food but have fish & chips, and sometimes pizza. Check their website. £
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Anchor Inn Morston
The Street
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Great drinking pub nearby in Morston. They have stopped serving pub food but have fish & chips, and sometimes pizza. Check their website. £
Great cafe and restaurant located in the market town of Holt. £
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Byfords
1-3 Shirehall Plain
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Great cafe and restaurant located in the market town of Holt. £
Contemporary food and informal cafe opening in evenings as well.
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Bang in Wells
2 Staithe St
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Contemporary food and informal cafe opening in evenings as well.
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Kings Head Letheringsett
Holt Road
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Beautiful pub/restaurant with outside area as well. They have a good menu with a menu for dogs too!
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The Globe Inn Wells-next-the-Sea
The Buttlands
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Beautiful pub/restaurant with outside area as well. They have a good menu with a menu for dogs too!
Formal dining for food only in Holkham, lovely outside terrace. £££
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The Victoria Inn
Park Road
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Formal dining for food only in Holkham, lovely outside terrace. £££
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Thornham Deli
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Great fish and chips in Thornham or Holt, can be very busy but can click and collect to avoid queues.
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Erics
Thornham Road
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Great fish and chips in Thornham or Holt, can be very busy but can click and collect to avoid queues.
Great restaurant in Brancaster over looking the marshes, serving seafood. ££
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The White Horse Brancaster Staithe
Main Road
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Great restaurant in Brancaster over looking the marshes, serving seafood. ££
We enjoy eating at this pub/restaurant in Cley. The food is delicious and has a varied menu. The garden is great in the summer, and they sometimes do pizzas. Dog friendly inside and out.
Three Swallows
Newgate Green
We enjoy eating at this pub/restaurant in Cley. The food is delicious and has a varied menu. The garden is great in the summer, and they sometimes do pizzas. Dog friendly inside and out.
Good family pub/restaurant, family-friendly with pub classic dishes. £
Chequers Inn Binham
Good family pub/restaurant, family-friendly with pub classic dishes. £
Great spot for breakfast, brunch or lunch in nearby Binham. £
The Parlour
Great spot for breakfast, brunch or lunch in nearby Binham. £
Good pub and restaurant with classic pub classics and pies with outside seating.
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Three Horseshoes Warham
69 The St
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Good pub and restaurant with classic pub classics and pies with outside seating.

Local shop

Quaint local shop with fresh coffee and pastries/cakes. Local produce and gifts available to buy. Short walk from the cottage, definitely worth a visit. Recommend walking as it is difficult to park and road is very tight, can park on the side of the road near the bridge.
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Stiffkey Stores
Wells Road
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Quaint local shop with fresh coffee and pastries/cakes. Local produce and gifts available to buy. Short walk from the cottage, definitely worth a visit. Recommend walking as it is difficult to park and road is very tight, can park on the side of the road near the bridge.
Less than 8 minutes drive before you enter Wells-next-to-sea town centre.
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The Co-operative Food - Wells-next-the-Sea
Polka Road
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Less than 8 minutes drive before you enter Wells-next-to-sea town centre.

Beach

Great local beach, arrive early to get a space in the main car park near the beach. There is an overflow car park but it is a long walk.
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Wells Next The Sea Beach
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Great local beach, arrive early to get a space in the main car park near the beach. There is an overflow car park but it is a long walk.
Beautiful beach only a short drive away. There is a long walk from the car park to the beach (no amenities nearby). Breathtaking views. There is a visitor centre near the car park with a cafe.
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Holkham beach
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Beautiful beach only a short drive away. There is a long walk from the car park to the beach (no amenities nearby). Breathtaking views. There is a visitor centre near the car park with a cafe.
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Brancaster
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Sightseeing

Beautiful estate and grounds with deer and plenty walks. The cafe is large and children-friendly. You can hire bikes, visit the hall, or take a tractor tour of the grounds. A good outdoor wooden play area for children and high ropes course exists. They hold events over the summer with music and food stalls. There is also a weekly 5km parkrun held there for keen runners.
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Holkham Hall
Holkham Road
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Beautiful estate and grounds with deer and plenty walks. The cafe is large and children-friendly. You can hire bikes, visit the hall, or take a tractor tour of the grounds. A good outdoor wooden play area for children and high ropes course exists. They hold events over the summer with music and food stalls. There is also a weekly 5km parkrun held there for keen runners.
Great trip for young and old. Enjoy a steam train ride from Holt to Sheringham (or vice versa). Check out their website for special events.
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North Norfolk Railway PL (Holt,Station)
Off Cherry Tree Cl
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Great trip for young and old. Enjoy a steam train ride from Holt to Sheringham (or vice versa). Check out their website for special events.
Lovely to walk around and see ruins of Binham Priory. There is a nearby dairy shop, cafe (The Parlour) and local pub (The Chequers Inn).
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Binham Priory
Warham Road
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Lovely to walk around and see ruins of Binham Priory. There is a nearby dairy shop, cafe (The Parlour) and local pub (The Chequers Inn).
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Hindringham Hall
Blacksmiths Lane
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Great kids attractions with a soft play area (perfect for rainy days), slides, dinosaur trail, farm animals, crazy golf, and splash pads for hot sunny days!
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Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure
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Great kids attractions with a soft play area (perfect for rainy days), slides, dinosaur trail, farm animals, crazy golf, and splash pads for hot sunny days!
Beautiful nature reserve with lovely walks and birds (that expect to feed, you can buy bags of feed here). Great for kids with outdoor playgrounds and indoor soft play.
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Pensthorpe Nature Reserve
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Beautiful nature reserve with lovely walks and birds (that expect to feed, you can buy bags of feed here). Great for kids with outdoor playgrounds and indoor soft play.
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RSPB Titchwell Marsh
Main Rd
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Langham Dome
Cockthorpe Road
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Just a short walk down the road (Greenway) from the cottage, you will come to a car park and the marshes. With beautiful walks in both directions to Wells-next-the-sea and Morston. Please be aware of tides when walking on the marshes.
Stiffkey Saltmarshes Car Park
Norfolk Coast Path
Just a short walk down the road (Greenway) from the cottage, you will come to a car park and the marshes. With beautiful walks in both directions to Wells-next-the-sea and Morston. Please be aware of tides when walking on the marshes.
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Brancaster Staithe
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Neighbourhoods

Beautiful market town with a great selection of shops, pubs and cafe as well as amenities.
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Holt
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Beautiful market town with a great selection of shops, pubs and cafe as well as amenities.
Great coastal town with beach, seafront, fish and chips, shops, arcades and pubs. Nicer pubs are located near the green such as The Globe Inn and The Crown.
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Wells-next-the-Sea
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Great coastal town with beach, seafront, fish and chips, shops, arcades and pubs. Nicer pubs are located near the green such as The Globe Inn and The Crown.
Just four miles from Wells-next-the-Sea, on the banks of the River Stiffkey, is Walsingham, with a long history of religious pilgrimage and wealth of historic buildings.
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Little Walsingham
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Just four miles from Wells-next-the-Sea, on the banks of the River Stiffkey, is Walsingham, with a long history of religious pilgrimage and wealth of historic buildings.
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Blakeney
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Holt
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Brancaster
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Burnham Market
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Amenities

Good place to pick up essentials.
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The Co-operative Food - Wells-next-the-Sea
Polka Road
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Good place to pick up essentials.
The Reef Leisure Centre
Weybourne Road

Borgartillaga

Samgöngur

Check tide tides

Please check tide times before heading to the marshes, as they there been a number of incidents of people getting stranded and needing rescuing recently.
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Crabbing

Great activity for children as well as adults. We have nets, buckets, and lines at the house for guests to use. You can walk down to Stiffkey marshes (at the bottom of Greenway road) and turn right. You can crab from the dykes at high tide. You will also find people crabbing on Wells-next-the-sea quay. TIP - buy bacon and leave outside to go hard as the perfect bait. There is no need to use hooks, instead tie knots in the lines.
Samgöngur

Coastal bus

A coastal bus service operates from Stiffkey, with a bus stop just outside the cottage. This goes to Wells-next-the-sea and Cromer. This service is called the Coastal Hopper.
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Stiffkey play park

There is a small play park in Stiffkey which is off the road and can be accessed by walking on the coastal walk or by walking through the village.
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Cockles

Stiffkey is also famous for its ‘Stewky Blues’ cockles, which are given their blue hue by the mud they live in. You will also find samphire growing here which is a local delicacy in many restaurants.
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Local seafood

It’s definitely worth trying the local seafood and fish, such as cockles, crabs and muscles. There is a seafood van on Wells Quay near the car park. Also you may find some places selling seafood on the coastal road if you are taking a trip to Brancaster, however this is seasonal.
Siðir og menning

No takeaways

Unfortunately, there are no takeaway delivery services in this area. However, you can book and collect fish and chips from Wells-next-the-sea.
Gagnlegar setningar

What are Stewkey Blues?

These cockles are found on Stiffkey marshes with shells commonly dyed blue due to the mud.