Sheringham

Sheringham, on the Deep History Coast, is a traditional seaside town with an award winning family friendly beach, heritage steam railway, shops selling local produce and fantastic coastal and countryside walks.

Sheringham was once an old fishing village and that heritage is still evident today in museums and on murals that decorate the promenade.

Sheringham’s Blue Flag beach is family friendly offers scenic walks along the promenade, which houses a row of colourful beach huts (some are available for hire) as well as facilities such as showers.

The pebble beach reveals sand when the tide is out and the large boulders lining the beach make for great rock pooling. 

Sheringham is also on the Deep History Coast Discovery Trail and has its own Discovery Point. Make sure you take a look at the decorated water tank just by Sheringham Museum. Just off-shore, a few feet under the sea is the longest chalk reef in the world! Stretching for over twenty miles, the reef is part of a chalk stream that reaches right back to the white cliffs of Dover. At 100-million years old, the reef formed at a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth and is now an ideal feeding ground for the famous Sheringham lobster and Cromer crab, which makes gives them a unique sweet taste.

The sea and coast offers many activities and onland, there is plenty to do. If golf's your game, there is a 18-hole golf course in Sheringham, with a back drop of stunning coastal views.

In the town, you will find pubs, cafes, tea rooms, museums and a theatre, as well as plenty of accommodation. In the centre of Sheringham is the town clock, built on the site of an 1862 water well. A market is held on Saturdays throughout the year and Wednesdays from April to November.

The town’s name is Scandinavian origin and has the meaning, The Ham of Scira’s people. In 900AD, Vikings first settled in Sheringham and it is thought that Scira may have been a Viking warlord who was given the land as a reward for his performance in battle. This history is celebrated with the annual Viking Festival each winter most popular for its impressive ceremonial boat-burning finale on the beach.

Sheringham has many other carnivals and festivals all year round including the famous Crab & Lobster Festival and North Norfolk Railways' Steam Gala in the Autumn. 

Nearby is the National Trust’s Sheringham Park, with miles of hilly countryside covered with gorse and purple heather and offers superb sea views.

Great views are also found at the top of Beeston Bump, a large grassy hill which is 103m tall and was formed at the end of the ice age. Sheringham is an ideal base for a traditonal seaside family holiday or weekend break to enjoy the north Norfolk coast and countryside.