Norfolk beach named among UK’s best winter walks

Travel experts at The Times have scoured the country to choose their top seven picks for winter beach walks with a route from Blakeney Harbour to Cley Beach scooping a spot.

The 14-mile walk follows the flood bank along Blakeney Harbour to Cley before picking up the Norfolk Coastal Path.

The seals at Blakeney Point (Image: Matthew Usher) Writer Chris Haslam suggests keeping an eye out for the “spoonbills, whimbrels and thousand-strong flocks of pink-footed geese”.

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For anyone making a trip in the coming weeks, the winter months see one of the UK’s biggest grey seal colonies call Blakeney home.

The Blakeney Hotel has been given a nod (Image: Newsquest) However, it is suggested to keep at least 100m to 200m away from animals for anyone who hoping to grab a snap of the seals.

The publication also suggests a stay at The Blakeney Hotel, a family-run 60-room hotel which looks out over the estuary and salt marshes of the National Trust nature reserve.