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Norfolk Coast Cycleway Explorers

Loops off the Norfolk Coast Cycleway

1: Ingoldisthorpe

Expect some fine views along pretty lanes

with this easy and delightful ride passing

through pretty villages and alongside

Houghton Hall with its white fallow deer herd.

2: Sandringham

A loop of contrast with

plenty of off-road

sections, ideal for

mountain bike users

contrasted with riding

through some of the

Sandringham estate

and it’s villages

typified by the well

kept roadside verges

and attractive

cottages.

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How

The Norfolk Coast area of outstanding natural beauty

(AONB) is one of 46 AONBs in the UK, which together

with 15 national parks comprise our finest landscapes,

rich in wildlife and cultural heritage.

The Norfolk Coast Partnership is funded by Defra and

local authorities to bring local organisations together to

conserve and enhance the area’s natural beauty and pro-

mote its sustainable use and enjoyment.

West Newton

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Norfolk Coast Cycleway map © Norfolk Coast Cycling Initiative 2012. First published 1998, based on 1997 NCN Hull to

Fakenham map with kind permission of Sustrans, Bristol. Also based on 1946 Ordnance Survey maps with additional information

obtained from aerial photographs and field surveys by Stirling Surveys. Map production by Stirling Surveys 1998.

This Explorer route is free to use and best used with the general information and map key sheet. Map and information taken from the Norfolk Coast Cycleway map guide priced at £2.50 [01/2016]

This cycleway explorer is from the Norfolk Coast Cycleway map guide — www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/cycling

Ingoldisthorpe Explorer (18 miles)

(1) The Church of St Michael and All Angels at

Ingoldisthorpe is said to have been built

deliberately lopsided, as only God is perfect!

Next is the small attractive village of Shernborne

(2) on the Sandringham estate as is Anmer, its

Church dedicated to St Mary (3).

Take care crossing the (B1153) Great Bircham to

Flitcham road (4) on the way to Houghton. (5)

Peddars Way National Trail (see box below), and

the Tumuli (6) (ancient burial mounds) should also

be visible along this section of road.

Follow the map and signs for Houghton Hall,

which is open to the public during the summer and

near the entrance (7) is the church is St Martins.

As you cycle alongside Houghton Hall park (8)

watch out for the striking white fallow deer.

At Great Bircham (9) the Kings Head and

Bircham Windmill (seasonal opening) (10) offer

refreshments. Continuing on towards Snettisham

crossing the Peddars Way again before com-

pleting the loop near Snettisham Park Farm (12).

along a heathland track (from east joins just after

West Heath Farm (13) After some distance turning

right at a T-junction onto woodland and farm

tracks, continue until emerging at A148 crossing at

Hillington (15). (14) Grimston option.

(16) Flitcham - 'Felix’s Ham' after Saint Felix who

was in residence after arriving from France in

AD630. Bear left in village and left towards B1440

(17), cross main road onto good surface track (18)

(signed Unsuitable for Motor Vehicles) before

joining West Newton road into the village to

complete the loop. (19) Remains of Appleton

Church.

Additional information

Cycle hire nearby:

Heacham; A E Wallis, Station Road

01485 571683 www.aewallis.co.uk

Public Transport: Traveline East Anglia 0871 200 2233

www.travelineeastanglia.org.uk

Rail Station: King’s Lynn 0345 026 4700 www.thameslinkrailway.com

Visitor information:

West Norfolk — www.visitwestnorfolk.com Tourist Information Centres at King’s Lynn 01553

763044 and Hunstanton 01485 532610.

Sandringham www.sandringhamestate.co.uk;

Houghton Hall www.houhgtonhall.com

Bircham Windmill www.birchamwindmill.co.uk

Snettisham Park www.snettishampark.co.uk

DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained here is accurate. The Norfolk Coast Partnership does not accept responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions, or their consequences.

Sandringham Explorer (22 miles)

The Norfolk Coast Cycleway passes through the

Sandringham Estate, this explorer commences

near the Camping & Caravan site at Double

Lodges and onto the estate village of West

Newton (1). Saints Peter and Paul Church having a fine stained glass to the Norfolk Regiment. Take

care crossing the B1440 Sandringham road (2),

the Gothic water tower (3) is now a home

The estate village of Anmer (4) having close links

to Sandringham. Cross the B1153 (5) Bircham road and continue towards Harpley crossing the

Peddars Way (6) and past Tumuli (7) (ancient

burial mounds). Cross the busy A148 junction (8)

with extreme care and into Harpley village, the

Church of St Lawrence (9) having a fine rood

screen and carved roof.

St Andrew’s Church at Little Massingham (10)

where the special tiles around the floor of the

sanctuary were for an early form of heating.

(11) Great Massingham with its attractive postcard green and expansive ponds and the aptly

named Dabbling Duck PH.

Following the map take Lynn Road at junction by

large pond, across the Peddars Way (12) and

Explore a little further . . .

Explore More offers some off-road cycle routes

at norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/cycling

Most of the Peddars Way National Trail from

Suffolk to Holme-next-the-Sea can be cycled

www.nationaltrail.co.uk/peddarsway with simple

alternatives to footpath only sections. However,

please note though that the Norfolk Coast Path is

only Public Footpath.

Cottages at West Newton