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About Cromer

Miles of sandy heaven!

Cromer is a safe, charming, seaside town, lively in summer and peaceful in winter. In recent years it has attracted smart restaurants, galleries and boutique guesthouses, adding a contemporary mix to the traditional ‘bucket and spade’ feel that the town is famed for.

It’s a friendly place to live with a great sense of community and lots going on all year round. The long sandy beach is perfect for blowing away the cobwebs – it’s the place of long walks, beach cricket, fish, chips and ice cream – and now a summer surf school. It’s one of seven beaches in the county to feature in the Marine Conservation Society’s Good Beach Guide. Rise early and you’ll spot the fishermen putting to sea for the daily catch.

The elegant Victorian Pier with its famous Pavilion Theatre and RNLI Lifeboat station dominates the sea front, while the long promenade leads to jolly beach huts and the cliff path, up to the lighthouse and on to Royal Cromer Golf Club.

Cromer has a good array of shops, but for serious retail therapy, the fine city of Norwich is a delight and just a quick train ride away.

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Cromer: From the Church tower
Cromer: From the Church tower
Cromer Pier
Cromer Pier
Beachhuts on Cromer beach
Beachhuts on Cromer beach
Cromer seafront
Cromer seafront
North Norfolk landscape
North Norfolk landscape
Crabs
Cromer crabs

NEAR BANK APARTMENTS

All within easy walking distance…

  • Supermarkets: A quality Budgens supermarket is a few metres away – perfect for your daily or weekly shop. A larger Morrisons is within half a mile. A Co-op Food Store.
  • Cromer Railway Station. A five minute walk - frequent trains to Sheringham, Norwich and London. Cromer to London Liverpool Street: 2 hours 45 minutes.
  • Cromer Post Office is just along the pavement.
  • Pavilion Theatre is at the end of Cromer Pier and a great asset to the town.
  • Movieplex Cinema – a two minute walk – four screen cinema showing all the latest mainstream films.
  • Royal Cromer Golf Club. This 18-hole course is set on the rolling cliff top more than 300 feet above Cromer’s beautiful sandy beach.
  • La Griglia Restaurant - a lively, contemporary Italian restaurant perfect for coffee, lunch or dinner.
  • The Rocket House - a towering, fashionable café with fabulous views over the beach and pier.
  • Captains House B+B The former home of Cromer’s seafaring gentry, overlooking the beach and perfect for visiting guests.
  • The RNLI Henry Blogg Museum Celebrating the life of Henry Blogg, the RNLI's most highly awarded lifeboatman who helped to save 873 lives.
  • Cromer Museum Housed in a Victorian fisherman’s cottage – a journey back in time to discover what life was like in the late 1800s.
  • Cromer Parish Church with it's famous Tower open to the public ( 171 steps!)

Cromer events

  • August – Cromer Carnival. The biggest event of the year with a week-long festival of celebration and events culminating in a flying display by the Red Arrows.
  • New Year’s Day Fireworks A stunning annual display from the pier that attracts thousands of visitors.

MORE ABOUT NORTH NORFOLK

  • The North Norfolk coastline is one of Britain’s most beautiful, much of it designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and washed by safe shallow waters. On the coast and inland you’ll find pretty villages, bustling market towns and acres of unspoilt countryside. The diverse landscape includes pine forests, saltmarshes, mudflats and wide sandy beaches, perfect for sunbathers, swimmers, surfers and those who just want to breathe in the air.
  • Cromer is central to all that north Norfolk has to offer and there’s always something to do, for residents and visitors alike. Travel is easy via the Coastal Hopper Bus or by train, and its gently undulating landscape is perfect for cyclists.
  • Just along the coast is Blakeney, Cley and Wells, outstanding centres for wildlife and a paradise for birdwatchers. You can take a boat to Blakeney Point to see the seals or try crabbing on the quayside.
  • Just inland is Holt, a small Georgian town with irresistible galleries, boutiques, cafes and speciality food shops. North Norfolk is home to some fine historic houses, such as nearby Felbrigg Hall, Blickling Hall and Sheringham Park, with the Queen’s residence of Sandringham about an hour’s drive away.

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