This is a 7 day/8 night (9 days in total to include arrival and departure days) self guided walk along the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path National Trail to Cromer This will be organised by Explore Norfolk UK, so all you have to do is turn up and enjoy the stunning and unique landscape.
Pricing and deposit are per person.
The Peddars Way is an historic Roman road. Follow in the footsteps of the Romans from the middle of Knettishall Heath which is just outside Thetford, all the way to the North Norfolk Coast. On the way you'll come across priory and castle ruins, ancient woodland , heathland and arrow straight Roman roads, as well as old burial mounds and ice age pingo ponds. This is a really peaceful wonderful walk.
The Norfolk Coast Path, by contrast, will take you over sand dunes and beaches, national nature reserves, salt marshes and cliffs, coastal villages and Victorian towns, working fishing ports, as well as presenting you with amazing wildlife. You'll also love the huge skies that only Norfolk can give you!
This trail is approximately 95 miles and is a 7 days walking trip
Day 1 - 13 miles/20.9 km
Day 2 - 18 miles/28.9 km
Day 3 - 18.5 miles/29.7 km
Day 4 - 10 miles/16 km
Day 5 - 12.5 miles/20 km
Day 6 - 10 miles/16 km
Day 7 - 13 miles/21 km
Bed and breakfast accommodation
Luggage is moved for you from one accommodation to the next
A detailed information pack with a guide book, A to Z map, itinerary with places of interest and places to eat in the day and evening, as well as directions to the accommodation and more
Taxi transfer from your accommodation in Thetford to the beginning of the Peddars Way
In case of emergencies
Excluded are lunches, dinners, snacks and drinks
Please make sure you have travel insurance to cover this holiday.
Transport for any rest days.
Travel to/from Thetford and to/from Cromer
Rest days -any costs for rest days or extra activities undertaken.
We can discuss additional rest days/extra nights if required.
If browsing this on a laptop, look to your right for further details and photos of the walk. You'll arrive in historic town of Thetford as this is the nearest town to the start of the walk.
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 walk along the Old Hunstanton golf course, the sand dunes and then over to Holme Nature Reserve, along board walks, through pine forests and onto the sea defence bank towards Thornham. The next stretch of the Norfolk Coast Path takes you away from the coast bypassing Titchwell and arriving back at Brancaster.
From here you have glorious views over the marshes as you head off on yet more sea defences, out towards the sand dunes and arriving at Gun Hill. This next stretch of the Norfolk Coast Path takes in the well-known and beautiful Holkham beach and continues on to your destination of the very popular working fishing port of Wells-next-the-Sea.
Heading through more wonderful salt marshes with incredible views towards Blakeney Point, and a few sea defences and marshes later you reach the quay in the pretty village of Blakeney and continue on to Cley.
A very different day today on the Norfolk Coast Path. Heading on past Cley windmill and 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 arrive at Cromer on the cliff face looking down on the Pier and feel a great sense of achievement!
Departure day
