The Walk
Cliff car-parkSt Mary's Church
Old Hunstanton
Lifeboat Station
The Cliffs
North Promenade
The Green
Pleasure Beach
Water Sports
Hill Street
Youth Hostel
Union Church
Council Offices
St Edmund's
The Gardens
The Squares
Mail to the webmaster
| A walk round Hunstanton - The Cliff Car-park. | |
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| You can start this walk from the cliff car-park, which is also a stop on the Coast Liner bus. Park up, or get off, then walk back South towards the town. | |
| Near the entrance to the car-park you will find this beacon, erected to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada. |
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Just beyond the beacon is the coastguard lookout point, with the lighthouse just beyond. This is the highest point on the coast for several miles in each direction. |
| The lighthouse was built at the end of the 1830s, though there has been a light here since 1665. It is no longer used as a light; the lantern was removed when radar took over the task of controlling the approaches. It was taken out of service in 1921 and is now a private residence. |
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Walk back to the ruins of St. Edmunds Chapel.
These are the remains of a chapel established in 1272 at the reputed spot where
the Christian martyr St Edmund came ashore in 855 after being shipwrecked.
He was the King buried at Bury St. Edmunds.
The clerics at the chapel used to show a light at night to help guide
seafarers attempting to enter the Wash.
There was a bell hanging from this arch but it was stolen in the nineteen sixties. |
| The chapel is now the site of a memorial garden. |
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To follow my prefered route,
walk out of the car-park back along the entrance drive and straight
across Cliff Parade to King's Road.
This is a quiet residential part of town with modern buildings.
Take the first turning left into Bernard Crescent.
After a few yards it divides into a "T".
Almost opposite the road you are on, slightly to the right, is a
drive that becomes an alley through to the main Cromer road
and Old Town Way.
Go straight across both into Chapel Bank, which leads to
Old Hunstanton Church.
For a shorter alternative, either leave the car-park at the north end to rejoin the route at the Lifeboat Station or walk towards town along the grass on the seawards side of the road to reverse the route and arrive at the squares and the gardens |
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