Wells-next-the-Sea

Wells-next-the-Sea is ideally situated offering you a wealth of activities to participate in as well as places of historical importance to visit. Places of interest to you include :

• The birth-place of Lord Nelson at the nearby Burnham's.
• National Trust properties
• The Palladian mansion of Holkham Hall and its deer park.
• The pilgrimage centre of Little Walsingham
• The Wells and Walsingham light railway
• The extensive ruins of the 12th century Benedictine priory at Binham
• Holt, one of the country's best preserved Georgian market towns
• Leisure and fitness centre. The Splash Leisure complex at Sheringham has a heated wave pool.
• Holkham beach with breathtaking panoramic views
• Pretty stilt-high beach huts at Wells
• North-Norfolk RSPB birdwatching sites at Cley, Titchwell, Snettisham and Holkham Nature Reserve.
• The Pensthorpe Nature Reserve and Gardens, located just outside Fakenham and home to the BBC's highly popular 'Springwatch' in recent years.
• Peddars Way walking

Local Activities include :

Boating, bowls, birdwatching, canoeing, cycling, golf, horse-riding, sailing (and sailing club), swimming, tennis, tenpin bowling, water skiing, wind-surfing. rambling.

Here are some useful links about the area :

visitnorthnorfolk.com

wellsguide.com

National Trust

Countryside access in Norfolk

Where to go in North Norfolk

English Heritage

Traveline

NR23.co.uk