Local area

From Cedar House it's a 10 minute walk into the centre of the beautiful Georgian town of Holt, with fabulous shopping, antique shops, galleries, cafes, pubs and restaurants.

Cedar House is also perfectly located for exploring the beautiful North Norfolk beaches (10 minutes’ drive to Salthouse) and stunning countryside with fantastic food options at many local pubs. A few of our top picks are below!

Activities

We love seal spotting (e.g. with Bean’s Seal Trips) from Morston Quay: https://www.beansboattrips.co.uk; or on the beach at Horsey Gap
Holkham Hall has excellent family activities organised year-round, a great (big) playground, high ropes course, beautiful deer park for cycling and good cafe: https://www.holkham.co.uk
Blickling Estate is the beautiful former home of the Boleyn family. There are great walks and bike rides around the estate and kids’ activities in school holidays: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/blickling-estate
Felbrigg Hall has beautiful grounds and kids’ activities in school holidays too: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/felbrigg-hall-gardens-and-estate
Pensthorpe Natural Park has a fabulous nature walk, bird watching, tractor rides, a great indoor soft play and impressive outdoor play area: https://pensthorpe.com
BeWILDerwood is a massive kids’ play park / tree top adventure: https://www.bewilderwood.co.uk
Holt has fabulous shops, including antiques shops, art galleries, boutique homeware and clothes shops
Take the steam train from Holt to Sheringham on the North Norfolk Railway Poppy Line: https://www.nnrailway.co.uk. For Harry Potter fans, feels like the Hogwart's Express!
Children love crabbing in Blakeney
Cromer Pier is another spot for crabbing and you can try surfing on the beach there too: https://glidesurfschool.co.uk
Holme Dunes is a beautiful nature reserve and beach: https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-in-norfolk/nature-reserves/reserves/holme-dunes
Cycling options abound (e.g. along the coastal road)

Beaches

Holkham - with a beautiful walk through the pine trees and dunes
Wells-next-the-Sea, with parking close to the beach, the beach is vast and very picturesque with colourful beach huts and a popular café. If you're lucky you may see seals too!
Brancaster is another vast sandy beach, where you can also sometimes see seals in the river estuary
Salthouse is our local beach. You can get a fabulous coffee from Salthouse Stores, visit the the Dun Cow pub and eat fresh crab from Cookie’s crab shop.
Cromer and West Runton for fossil-hunting and rock pools

Food and drink (suggest booking all pubs and restaurants ahead)

The Wiveton Bell, Wiveton: https://www.wivetonbell.co.uk
The Wandering Whelk, Holt: https://wanderingwhelk.com
Two Magpies Bakery, Holt, Blakeney and Wells: https://twomagpiesbakery.co.uk
The Feathers pub, Holt: https://www.thefeathersholt.com
The Kings Head, Letheringsett: https://www.kingsheadnorfolk.co.uk
The Dun Cow in Salthouse (beautiful views from the garden): https://www.salthouseduncow.com
Sculthorpe Mill in Fakenham (particularly sunny afternoons for the amazing garden with games on the lawn and live music on Saturdays): https://www.sculthorpemill.uk
The Whitehorse, Brancaster Staithe: https://www.whitehorsebrancaster.co.uk
No. 1 Cromer (restaurant or takeaway) fish and chips: https://www.no1cromer.com
Meadowsweet, Holt: https://www.meadowsweetholt.com
Socius, Burnham Market: https://sociusnorfolk.co.uk
The Gunton Arms, Thorpe Market: https://www.theguntonarms.co.uk
The George and Dragon, Cley-next-the-Sea: https://georgeanddragoncley.co.uk
Eric’s Pizza, Holt, or Thornham (with wood-fired pizza yurt and play area too): https://www.ericsfishandchips.com/holt/
The Cley Smokehouse, Cley-next-the-sea

Walks

Sheringham Park National Trust (where you can also join in the free Park Run on Saturday mornings, 9am)
Cley-next-the-Sea - from the village hall, through the village to the windmill then the beach
The Blakeney to Stiffkey loop
From Blakeney - to Cley, or for a shorter walk to the boat wreck.