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 Lifeboat station at Old Hunstanton | |
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| At this point the walk passes through a gap in the low dunes and continues along the sandy shoreline. The gap was once a favourite landing-place for smugglers but now provides a convenient launch point for the Hunstanton Lifeboat. | |
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The new lifeboat station houses an inshore rescue vessel. This service was established in 1979, after a gap of nearly half a century without a lifeboat. The lifeboat station here was used for early trials of launches by waterproofed caterpillar tractors. |
| From 1900 to 1931 the lifeboats were housed in the old lifeboat house, now a cafe. The original lifeboats were provided by the Licenced Victualler Association and were called 'Licenced Victualler'. |
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In 2003 the lifeboat station took delivery of a rescue hovercraft, Civil Service No 45, appropriately named the 'Hunstanton Flyer'. This vessel is ideally suited to high-speed rescue in the Wash since it can cross the sand and mud banks at all states of the tide. | From the lifeboat station, turn left to walk south along the dunes towards Hunstanton. If the tide is high or you wish for a shorter walk, leave the dunes at the Cliff car park. You can reach the South car park or the bus station by following the grass at the top of the cliffs into the centre of the town. Otherwise, follow the base of the famous striped cliffs. |