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
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| A walk round Hunstanton - The Formal Gardens | |
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| Just north of the Green, between Cliff Parade and the drop down to the sea you will find the formal gardens. They are excellently maintained with a pleasing but unostentatious display of formal bedding. | |
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The town war memorial is just at the entrance to the gardens. Pause for a moment to remember all those who died in our wars. |
| Here, too is the memorial to those who lost their lives in the great flood at the end of January 1953, when a very high tide and a storm surge driven down the North Sea by ferocious winds combined to sweep away coastal defences from a huge swathe of the East Coast. |
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The gardens themselves are a compact mix of traditional formal beds and grass with the occasional exotic. |
| The bedding is scrupulously maintained all year but is a particular delight in spring. |
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| Walk on through the gardens and you will arrive at a playground. For a shorter walk, continue ahead along the top of the cliffs to the Cliff car-park. But it's really not much further to turn right beside the playground, pass by the bowling green and pitch-and-putt course, cross the road at the top, Cliff Parade, and so come to the squares. | |