This is a 6 day/7 night (8 days in total to include arrival and departure days) self guided walk along the Peddars Way National Trail.  This will be organised by Explore Norfolk UK, so all you have to do is turn up and enjoy the peace and quiet along this historical countryside trail.

Pricing and deposit are per person.  

Please note: Some accommodations require minimum stays, limiting your starting days for this walk. You'll see available options when selecting your dates!

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 official Peddars Way trail is 46 miles which stops at Holme-next-the-Sea, but as there is no accommodation here, you need to continue to walk to Hunstanton, so you will be walking approximately 49 miles.  However, with the extra mileage to and from the path, the whole walk is about 56 miles.  This is a 6 days walking trip

All the mileage below includes walking to and from the path where necessary.

Day 1 - 11 miles/17.7 km

Day 2 - 9.7 miles/15.6 km

Day 3 - 8.3 miles/13.3 km

Day 4 - 13.4 miles/21.5 km

Day 5 - 11.6 miles/18.6 km

Day 6 - 9-11 miles/14.4 - 17.7 km(depending on how you walk back to re-join the path) 

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! 

Today you walk through woodlands and open countryside, with a small stretch of road walking to reach Gt Cressingham.

Mileage includes 2 miles from the path to Swaffham

Some road walking today along quite lanes, along with ancient paths as you head towards Swaffham.

Arrive in the Georgian town of Swaffham for your overnight stay.

This mileage includes the 2 mile from Swaffham to the path

As you approach Castle Acre from the south, look out for the amazing ruins of Castle Acre Priory which you’ll see from the road. You might like to stop and visit if you have time, or wander around the castle ruins which are on the right hand side as you walk up the main street towards the Bailey Gate. 

This day is the hilliest part of the walk (!), it does involve a little bit more road walking from Castle Acre, but then you're on to quiet tracks all the way to Gt Massingham. 

The mileage includes the walks off the path to and from the accommodation.

The walk starts off along some extremely straight tracks, as well as open landscape in the form of heathland, past ancient burial grounds to arrive in Sedgeford, the village full of flint stone and pan tiled cottages!

  Slightly different mileage depending on which way you re-join the Peddars Way.

Very much a straight walk from here to Ringstead over undulating countryside and long straight tracks again until you head down towards the sea at Holme and on to Hunstanton. A short walk today! 

Departure day