Sheringham
National Rail | station code SHM
Sheringham is on the Bittern Line
Sheringham is an attractive and popular seaside town which developed rapidly from a small fishing village when the railway arrived in 1887. There is a large market near the station on Saturday. The Norfolk Coast Path National Trail passes through Sheringham.
A 5 mile standard gauge size steam railway to Weybourne, Kelling Heath and Holt, passing through some of
North Norfolk's most beautiful countryside. The Railway uses Sheringham's original station.
Open Please see the website for train times. Sheringham station is open daily (admission free).
www.nnrailway.co.uk
Sheringham's working lifeboat. Admission free.
Open Daily 1000-1600.
www.sheringhamlifeboat.co.uk
Displays on the history of Sheringham, including the fishing industry, boat building and the development
of the resort following the arrival of the railway. Gallery with views out to sea.
Open Apr-Oct, M-S 1000-1630.
www.sheringhammuseum.co.uk
The history of Sheringham's private lifeboats and the fishermen who manned them including the original 1894 boat.
Shell gallery.
Open see website.
www.sheringham-preservation.org.uk
The design of the maze is based on the ruins of the adjacent Beeston Priory.
Meadows, grass beds, herb and aromatic gardens, ponds and streams. Tearoom.
Open Apr-Oct, ThFSSu 1000-1600.
www.priorymazegardens.co.uk
A landscape park designed in 1812 by Humphry Repton. Woodland garden with rhododendrons and azaleas.
Waymarked walks and viewing towers with stunning views of the coast and countryside.
Visitor Centre. Café. Admission free.
Open Park daily dawn-dusk. Café Apr-Oct Daily 1000-1630, see website for winter.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Bus 9/17/19 from Station to main entrance (near Visitor Centre), 5 minutes journey.
Daily but infrequent (about every 2 hours). Buses also stop in Upper Sheringham.
Operated by Sanders Coaches.
For the easiest walk through the Park take a bus to the main entrance, call at the Visitor Centre for a
map and walk gently downhill towards Sheringham Hall and the Gazebo. Leave the Park near Upper Sheringham for a
bus back to Sheringham or a 1½ mile walk to the station.
The National Trust has a selection of holiday cottages in Norfolk, including some at Sheringham Park:
Extensive ruins of a moated and fortified 15th century manor house in peaceful countryside. A turreted outer gatehouse
was added in Elizabethan times. Download an audio tour from the website before visiting.
Open any reasonable daylight hours.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Bus 9/44 from Station to Bodham Old School (after crossroads), 8 minutes journey,
then 1½ miles walk along footpaths and minor roads. M-S every 45-60 minutes, Sun & BH every 1½ hours.
Operated by Sanders Coaches.
Beyond Bodham the buses continue to Holt, passing Holt North Norfolk Railway station.
The UK's largest privately owned working military museum. A large collection of tanks, working wartime
radio sets, miniature aircraft, Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry militaria and wartime memorabilia.
Working tank demonstrations Sun & BH, also M-F in school holidays. Restaurant.
Open Apr-Oct, Daily 1000-1700.
www.muckleburgh.co.uk
Bus Coasthopper 1 from Station to entrance (shortly after Weybourne village), 8 minutes journey.
Daily, hourly. Operated by Sanders Coaches.
This coastal reserve of reedbeds, pools and wet grassland has an international reputation as a
birdwatching site. Visitor Centre with refreshments and excellent view across the marsh to the sea. Birdwatching hides.
Open Apr-Sep, Daily 1000-1700. Oct-Mar, please see website.
www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk
Bus Coasthopper 1 from Station to Visitor Centre entrance, 18 minutes journey.
Daily, hourly. Operated by Sanders Coaches.
The vaulted basement of a 14th century merchant's house. Admission free.
Open Any reasonable time.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Bus Coasthopper 1 from Station to Blakeney Bus Shelter (¼ mile), 25 minutes journey.
Daily, hourly. Operated by Sanders Coaches.
The marshes are a maze of creeks, mudflats and saltings supporting maritime plants such as sea lavender
and attracting many waders and wildfowl.
Blakeney Point is a 3½ mile long sand and shingle spit opposite the marshes. It forms an important bird
sanctuary with colonies of breeding terns and rare migrants passing through. Seaside plants and seals can also be seen.
Access to Blakeney Point is by ferry from Morston Quay or Blakeney Quay (or a 3½ mile walk from Cley).
There is a small Information Centre and Observation Gallery at Morston Quay, admission free.
Open Information Centre and Tearoom open according to weather and tides (generally about two hours
either side of high tide). Reserve open at all times.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Bus Coasthopper 1 from Station to Morston, Anchor Inn, ¼ mile, 28 minutes journey.
Daily, hourly. Operated by Sanders Coaches.
The longest 10¼" narrow gauge steam railway in the world, running 4 miles from Wells to
Walsingham (30 minutes journey). Refreshments at Wells.
Open Easter-Oct, Daily, please see website for train times.
www.wellswalsinghamrailway.co.uk
Bus Coasthopper 1 from Station to Light Railway Station, 40 minutes journey.
Daily, hourly. Operated by Sanders Coaches.
Note: You may wish to allow time to explore Walsingham with its Abbey ruins and Shirehall Museum.
Wells-next-the-Sea is an attractive harbour town with a popular sandy beach 1¼ miles from the town centre and bus stops.
It is known locally as Wells. The Wells Harbour Railway has closed permanently.
Bus Coasthopper 1 from Station to Wells Buttlands, 42 minutes journey.
Daily, hourly. Operated by Sanders Coaches.
