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Start: Wells Harbour Car park. (NR23 1AT) Grid ref. TF 916 437
(S/E) From the car park, walk East along The Quay and turn right (South) along Staithe Street until its end at Station road. Turn right along Station Road Westwards using Mill Road which can be found at the Bus terminus. Keep to the pavement of this road as it exits the village.
(1) Where it turns a sharp right continue straight ahead into the grounds of the Holkham Hall estate. A large gate bars the way across the track but there is a pedestrian gate on the right hand side which is open during daylight hours for public access into the estate. Keep straight ahead on this track through the parkland ignoring all other turnings.
(2) Continue past the front of the hall and follow the road around to the left, past the southern end of the lake. At the head of the lake take the track off to the right and continue to the gatehouse. Once again there is pedestrian access through a wrought iron gate.
(3) Immediately after the gate turn left and follow a track on the left which leads along the boundary wall to the estate. After half a mile there is a track on the right, take this and continue to the road crossing. Cross directly over and follow this track as it twists round and down to Burnham Thorpe church of All Saints. Pass by the church, following the road around to the left.
(4) Then take the first right which curves around onto Walsingham Road. This soon joins the country lane down to Burnham Market, turn right onto this and the field on the right is the location of the former medieval church of St Peter.
Continue along the country lane and at the road intersection bear around to the left. At the junction the former station building is directly opposite. Turn right and down to the next junction where the Nelson pub is on the right and the church of Burnham Ulph is directly across the road. Turn right and follow the road to the junction.
(5) Tune left and immediately right up Bellamys Lane. At the top of the hill, on the left is St Margaret's Church. Take the lane left down the side of the church and proceed across to the next road. Turn right and follow the road until it bears to the right where there is a footpath off to the left following the field boundary and then crossing another field to emerge opposite the lane into Burnham Norton village.
(6) Follow the lane through the village and at the junction on the lane along the edge of the marsh, turn right. As this turns left continue straight ahead along a footpath following the marsh edge. This meets up with the Norfolk Coast Path that then crosses a field to emerge along the road into Burnham Overy Staithe.
(7) Follow the road through the village to the Hero pub. Opposite the pub a lane leads down to the waterfront. Turn right and once again follow the waymarkers for the Norfolk Coast Path which leads along the defence banks and out to the coast.
(8) The path leads over the sand dunes and down onto the large sandy beach. Follow the beach through to Wells. Depending on the state of the tide will determine whether one can walk a straight line across the beach or whether one needs to head to Holkham Gap and follow the dunes around. Either way there is always a vast expanse of sand to walk along. After 7.5 Km along the beach, reach Beach Road car park on your right.
(9) Turn right and walk South along Beach Road to reach back Wells Harbour Car park. (S/E)
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