Walking a section of the 133.5km Norfolk Coast Path between Wells-Next-The-Sea and Burnham Overy Staithe in north Norfolk, featuring epic beaches, classic British beach huts, and lots of sailing boats. Wells-Next-The-Sea has been a port for over 600 years, and continues to have a thriving shellfish industry.

It also looks like lobsters are common here judging by the number of pots.

The path heads north by the main channel out to a flash new Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station, opened in 2022 to replace a 123 year old station.

The path headed due north with some sights.

Wells-Next-The-Sea has an attractive sandy beach.

Which is home to ~200 colourful beach hut. They have no electricity, water or bathrooms, and can be rented for the day for £65, or bought for ~£80,000!

Behind the beach is the The Pinewoods, which reflected it’s name.

This is part of Holkham National Nature Reserve, England’s largest national nature reserve.

Joe Jordan Hide is one of two bird hides, though the views in summer inland weren’t very exciting. At other times of the year the area is partially flooded, providing a home for birds.

Holkham Beach is a vast area of sand, though I didn’t spend too long on it as sand walking is hard work.

There was a change of scenery approaching Burnham Overy Staithe.

With lots of scenic stretches of water.

Before arriving into the small village with a population of ~300, a popular place for boat launching at high tide.

I returned a couple of days later at low tide and walked out to Burnham Overy Staithe Beach.

While Eurofighter Typhoons and gyrocopter flew overhead…