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Contents The Official Cromer Town Guide 2019/20 has been designed, produced and published by Falcon Publications on behalf of Cromer Town Council and the Cromer Chamber of Trade and Business. No part A Welcome from the Mayor p5 of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission Diary of Annual Events p7 of the publishers and copyright holders. Every effort has been taken to ensure that the contents of this guide Council Information p9 are accurate, but Falcon Publications cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions. Whilst reasonable care is taken when accepting Cromer’s History p11-13 advertisements, the publisher will not accept responsibility for any resulting unsatisfactory transactions. Cromer Museum p15 Falcon Publications RNLI Henry Blogg Museum p17 DBH 21 Primary Education p19 Diss Business Park Hopper Way Secondary Education p21 Diss p23 Norfolk, IP22 4GT

Health and Welfare p25 Editor: Sarah Veness, 01379 773348 Advertising: Gary Enderby, 01379 773347 Cromer Town Map p26-27 Email: [email protected] The Arts in Cromer p29 www.falconpublications.co.uk

Lifeboats p31 Design & Artwork: Ian Foster, Copy Concept Lifeguards/Beach Safety p33 Email: [email protected] Cover photograph by Andreas Yiasimi (www.andreaspictures.com) Places of Worship p35, 37 Images inside by kind permission of Peter Stibbons and Paul Damen.

Clubs and Societies p39-41

Directory of Advertisers p48-49

| 3 As part of the commemoration of the First World War Armistice, 4 | the service in the parish church included a shower of poppies. Welcome to Cromer

May I welcome and football (at present) at Cabbell Park on Mill you all whether Road. you are a local or Pitch n Putt, Putting & Adventure Golf and Bowls visiting the area. are on offer at Runton Road and bowls also at If you want to relax, then the beach, parks and Suffield park on Station Road. gardens are all in the vicinity of the town, whilst we Our last remaining end of the show and have some great walks for those wanting more cinema offer indoor entertainment as well as local challenging activities. pubs with live music. A wide range of shops are there to serve you, and Train and bus connections and local taxis can there are plenty of independent coffee shops, transport you to other locations or activities cafes and restaurants to satisfy your taste buds. throughout . The Cromer crab is famous throughout the world, The Deep History Coast project tells the story via an feeding off the chalk bed which is approximately app and AR of when Mammoths walked what is 200 metres offshore. You can watch the delicacy now the North Sea. being offloaded from the crab boats on the East beach during the day (though this depends on the During the summer we have two weeks of tides) and they are available to buy from various children's activities and a week of our famous fishermen's shops around town. Paddling, surfing, carnival festivities organised by Cromer VEO, New rock pooling and crab catching are great family Year's Day fireworks from the pier and the Crab and activities with safety on our Blue flag beaches and Lobster Festival in May. All of these are organised seas looked after by the RNLI crews and lifeguards by groups of dedicated volunteers. Cromer has a (during the season) and also HM Coastguard. full year of activities and these can be found at thisiscromer.co.uk. The Henry Blogg museum tells the story of the most decorated and courageous coxswain in the I hope you find this Town Guide of interest and a RNLI, whilst the Cromer museum behind the useful source of information. church informs you of the history of the town and If you are visiting any of our attractions please the story of the West Runton mammoth. remember to use #lovecromer in any social media If sports are more to your liking, we have the Royal posts. Cromer Golf club, the grass and hard courts as well Richard Leeds as squash at Cromer Lawn Tennis & Squash Club, watching cricket at the Overstrand Road ground, Mayor of Cromer

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6 | Diary of Cromer’s Annual Events

January 1st - Fireworks on the Pier August - Cromer Carnival May - Folk on the Pier October - COAST Arts Festival May - The Crab & Lobster Festival & November - Firework Display Art Trail November/December - Christmas Lights May - Norfolk & Open Studios Switch-On June - Cromer Pier Summer Show Opens December - Boxing Day Dip in the Sea For more information contact Cromer & North July/August - Soapbox Derby Norfolk Tourist Information Centre on 01263 July/August - Lifeboat Day 512497

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8 | North Norfolk District Council Council Council Offices Information Holt Road Cromer

Cromer Town Council Norfolk, NR27 9EN

North Lodge Opening times: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday - 8.30am-5pm, Wednesday - 10am-5pm, Overstrand Road Friday - 8.30am-4.30pm Cromer Tel: 01263 513811 Norfolk, NR27 0AH Website: www.north-norfolk.gov.uk

Clerk to the council: Julie Chance PSLCC, Responsibilities include benefits, council tax [email protected] collections, environment and waste, housing, planning & design, street cleaning and leisure facilities amongst Deputy Clerk: Janet Warner PSLCC AICCM, others. [email protected]

Tel: 01263 512254 Norfolk County Council

Website: www.cromer-tc.gov.uk County Hall

Office Hours: 10am-1pm - Monday, Wednesday, Martineau Lane Thursday, Friday. Norwich, NR1 2DH

It is best to telephone or email to make an Opening times: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm appointment before visiting the offices as the Clerk and Deputy Clerk are often in meetings. Tel: 0344 800 8020 (main switchboard)

Responsibilities include: cemeteries, streetlights, Website: www.norfolk.gov.uk benches, bus shelters, town signs, licences for Responsibilities include: Social Services, Trading marriage, baby naming amongst others. Standards, Fire & Rescue, transport and education amongst others.

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10 | Cromer’s History

A view from the west cliffs in the 1880s. Fishing boats work from the beach, the western prom has not been built and the last of the jetties is still in place.

At the time of King William's Domesday records, Cromer vessels crossed the North Sea, sailed to the 1086, there is no mention of the town of Cromer. Baltic and even to Iceland and Greenland. Instead, we read of Shipden, a town that now lies The trading vessels of Cromer continued to land on beneath the sea. In medieval times we read of its open beach until almost the end of the 19th Cromer, alias Shipden. The natural break in the cliffs century, when the railways offered a more efficient now known as the Gangway was the centre of the means of transport. Undoubtedly sea trade declined town, with fishermen and merchants plying their over the centuries, with the general decline in the trade from the beach below, and sheep farmers importance of the county of Norfolk as a centre for keeping their flocks on the hills behind the town. the wool industry. Fishing continued to be a In 1285 the king granted Cromer a Friday market mainstay of the town, with cod, mackerel and other and a yearly fair of eight days. By the 15th century longshore catches providing a year round return, the town was sufficiently prosperous for the large before the move to the crab and lobster church of St Peter and St Paul to be built, replacing specialisation of today. Tourism began to be of more Shipden's lost church of St Peter. In 1565 Cromer is importance from the beginning of the 19th century, listed as a landing place with a pier, with 117 and it is from that period that the first written guide householders. The merchants traded far afield, and to Cromer dates.

| 11 West Cliff: In 2019 the Friends of Cromer Museum were able to purchase a rare stereo photo - though we can't show it in stereo here - taken by Daniel Savin in the 1860s. The bystanders look down towards the jetty which once stood on the seafront. Don't go to lean on the railings!

The end of the Napoleonic wars provided the With the decline of the town after the medieval opportunity for this influx of visitors. The members of period, the church itself had fallen into a the Gurney family of Earlham Hall were amongst the considerable state of disrepair. The Reformation and earliest visitors of this sort to the town. The mixture the time of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth had of sea views and bathing, the woods and walks also contributed to the deterioration of many church behind the town and the activity on the beach buildings. The church windows had largely been brought those with leisure time and the time to draw bricked up and the chancel demolished. The and paint to Cromer, including a number of artists of Reverend Thomas Gill had resorted to the use of the . gunpowder for this purpose in 1681. The restoration of the church was undertaken in the reign of Queen The coming of the railways and the accompanying Victoria, this work was substantially completed for publicity started by the travel writer and theatre critic the beginning of the 20th century. Clement Scott - who coined the name Poppyland for the area - led to a further rush of visitors in the final Cromer also became known because of its lifeboat decade of the 19th century. Many of those visiting station. Today the offshore lifeboat station is at the the town chose to stay, contributing to local end of the pier, whilst the inshore lifeboat operates prosperity and building substantial houses. Others from the beach. In the 19th century, almost every took the opportunity to develop businesses based coastal town or village in Norfolk had its lifeboat. on the holiday trade. In the 1920s motor lifeboats began to take over The great hotels, few of which remain, date from from the pulling and sailing boats. The building of this time. the pierhead station at Cromer meant that the

12 | lifeboat could launch in almost any weather, and photographic exhibition. The Museum owns the Cromer took over responsibility for much of the largest collection of the negatives taken by this coastline to the east, and in particular for the remarkable north Norfolk - and London- Haisboro' Sands. The work of Coxswain Henry Blogg photographer. An exhibition at the Castle Museum and his crew became known nationally, and has proved enormously popular over the winter months been continued by his successors led by Henry and much of it has now transferred to Cromer. 'Shrimp' Davies, Richard Davies, Billy Davies and Working in the first half of the twentieth century, she today's Coxswain, John Davies. photographed kings, queens and government ministers whilst in London - and fishermen and local Cromer remains a very popular spot for visitors. Of residents in Sheringham and in Cromer. course it is not possible to guarantee the sunshine and warmth of overseas destinations, but the In November 2018 three new plaques were added in summer can offer open beaches, country walks, the town, to recall men who had served in the forces safe sea bathing and a variety of interesting places in the First World War. In 2019 another three will be to visit. A sunny weekend winter morning will see added, including a plaque for the lady lighthouse hundreds of people take the walk out on the pier keepers of the 19th century and for suffragette and a number of other events are held throughout the year. The Boxing Day swim and the New Year's Day fireworks now bring thousands to the seafront in the coldest of weather! Folk on the Pier, usually the second weekend of May and the Crab and Lobster festival on the third weekend of May are now well established attractions. The half term weekend in October is the time for the COAST arts festival.

The major works on the seafront have all been completed, though the storm of January 2017 did cause some damage - and removed a large number Major Michael Abbs of the Royal Anglian Regiment of wooden beach huts again. However, repairs were recalls the sacrifice of the two Hastings brothers at the quickly done and the promenade made ready for the Second Battle of Gaza spring and summer season. In fact January 2017 Emily Dickinson who worked in Cromer as a proved quite adventurous, with the New Year's Day governess. The third plaque will recognise the work fireworks having to be postponed from the 1st to the of Cromer historian and geologist Alfred Savin, who 8th - but the town was as packed as ever for a collected many fossils from the local beaches, great display. including those he contributed to the Natural History At Cromer Museum, you can enjoy the Olive Edis Museum in London.

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14 | Cromer Museum

Cromer Museum offers you the chance to step The exhibition features her portraits of both the inside this cosy Victorian fisherman’s cottage and rich and famous as well as local fishermen and imagine what it was like to live in Cromer at the end their families. The display also tells the story of of the 19th century. Edis’ role as the first official female war photographer and her trip to Europe to photograph Browse in the Old Cromer Gallery with its huge women serving during the First World War. archive of historic photographs and illustrations of the town. Discover Cromer’s history as a Victorian Summer Opening Times (Mar – Oct) seaside resort with its fine hotels and scandalous Monday –Friday: 10am – 4pm mixed bathing. Saturday and Sunday: 12 noon – 4pm

Visit the Geology Gallery and see an amazing Admission: Adult £4.10, Concession £3.90, collection of fossils – all found in Norfolk. Enjoy Young Person (4-16) £3.50, Family + 2 adults £14.45 fascinating displays revealing why Cromer is Family + 1 adult £10.85, Twilight ticket £1.50 renowned as a geological area of international Contact Us : importance. Find out about the famous West Web: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk Runton elephant, Britain’s oldest and most Email: [email protected] complete elephant fossil and see some of its actual bones. Tel: 01263 513543

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| 15 Browne’s Tea Room

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Davi es' Fish Shop, Cromer For Cromer Crab, Lobsters, Cockles, Whelks and a range of Wet Fish 7 Garden Street, Cromer 01263 512727 16 | The RNLI Henry Blogg Museum is a lively, interactive museum with a great deal to discover. Dress up as a lifeboat crew member, signal in Morse code, learn the story of Monte, listen to recordings of crew members and create your own ‘medal’ as you explore over 100 years of lifeboat history.

Henry Blogg, the RNLI’s most decorated crew member, became known as the ‘greatest From April-September, the museum is open lifeboatman of all time’. Tuesday-Sunday, from 10.00am-5.00pm. In He joined the Cromer October, November, February and March, opening lifeboat crew in 1894 at times are Tuesday-Sunday, 10.00am-4.00pm. the age of 18 and Please contact the museum to find out about our retired at the age of 71, events and activities, book group visits and school after 53 years of workshops or to confirm Bank Holiday Monday dedicated service. openings – www.rnli.org.uk/HenryBlogg , During this time he e-mail [email protected] or telephone helped save 873 lives, braving savage storms, 01263 511294. winds and waves to snatch men and women from danger. The lifeboat, HF Bailey, in which Henry served as Coxswain, is the centrepiece of the gallery displays and it was in this boat that Henry and his crew carried out some of the most dramatic rescues of World War II.

Admission to the museum is free.

| 17 18 | Primary Education

Suffield Park Infant and Nursery School Parents are welcome in our school at all times and often offer help in many ways. We are keen to develop ...Our classrooms are a place of joy... and lessons are and establish links within the local community and a buzz of excitement - Ofsted 2015. welcome individuals or groups which will enhance our Suffield Park Infant and Nursery School is a children’s learning experiences. community school for children between the ages of If you would like to visit contact the school on 01263 four and seven. We share a campus with Cromer 513296 or email [email protected] Junior School and Cromer . Nichola Stewart has been the head teacher since March 2017 and our Cromer Junior School school has been consistently rated as ‘good’ by Cromer Junior School is a medium sized school for Ofsted. children aged seven to eleven from in and around The school has a purpose built Nursery which takes Cromer. We are currently rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted with babies from eight weeks old to four years and at this Outstanding Behaviour and Safety. Whil de Neve has point the children transfer over to the main school been Headteacher since 2013. The school usually has which admits children in the September preceding two classes in each year group. Many of our children their fourth birthday. The Nursery offers five sessions start Year 3 after Suffield Park Infant and Nursery of differing times to suit the needs of our parents, School and most of our Year 6 children transfer to including two three hour sessions, which also includes Cromer Academy. day care. The Nursery is divided into three rooms for We are fortunate to have a modern building that is each different age group; staff have a wealth of very well equipped as a modern learning environment. experience and are well qualified. The outside area has exciting play areas to keep In the main school we have three form entry which children busy outside of the classroom. We teach a means we have nine classrooms, a library and a broad curriculum, enhanced by frequent visitors and specialist resource base (SRB) for children who have visits. Our ASD Base (Autistic Spectrum Disorder speech and language difficulties. The SRB supports Specialist Resource Base) is extremely successful in children within the mainstream community. All providing a top quality experience for children that join teaching areas make the most of new technologies us from a wide catchment area. which enhances teaching and learning. We are always very keen to explore opportunities for The school is set in beautiful grounds with an area for linking with organisations or individuals within the Forest schools, adventure playground and gym trail. local community. For further information or to arrange There is a football pitch, large school field and shaded a visit, please contact the school office 01263 areas on our playground. 512155 or [email protected]

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20 | Secondary Education

Cromer Academy Cromer Academy is rated as Good overall by Ofsted, with Outstanding grades for personal Cromer Academy is a secondary school at the heart development, behaviour, and welfare; and for of the local community. We believe all our students leadership and management. We are continually are 'exceptional, without exception' – making it our seeking to develop this through a commitment to goal to unlock their potential, wherever it may lie. high-quality teaching and learning, and giving The school is committed to the total development students experiences that raise their aspirations of its students, with equal emphasis on high and self-belief. The staff at Cromer Academy are academic standards, equipping students with the highly talented and completely dedicated to their broader skills to succeed outside of school, and students, seen in the advances in student encouraging them to take part in a wide variety of extracurricular activities.

We believe that to ensure individual students thrive academically, all in the school community must have high aspirations. They should also be given the opportunity to develop as individuals and have their successes celebrated at every level.

Students at Cromer Academy take part in many community-based activities. These include community service, supporting charity attainment at the school in the last few years. events, and organising events with local primary schools. Parents, carers, and members of the local Cromer Academy headteacher Antony Little, community are encouraged to come into the school students, and staff are always interested in finding throughout the academic year, which is vital in ways to engage with the local community. If you ensuring that the local community is invested in the would like to know more about the school or just school and gives an opportunity to showcase the want to come in and see what has changed then outstanding work done by our students. please contact the school office.

| 21 22 | An Inspirational Place to Study

Paston College has a strong history of high Career Focused Vocational Courses achievement which sees our students progress to A perfect hands-on alternative to A Levels. These outstanding destinations. We offer expert teaching, courses allow you to focus on one subject and guidance and support to help ensure you achieve develop the practical skills needed for your future your aspirations. career. Following its merger with in Courses are available at Level 3 (equivalent to A December 2017, Paston College has continued to Levels), Level 2 and Level 1 in subjects including build on its success and now offers a variety of new Art & Design, Business, Computing, Creative courses for young people and adults to provide Media, Health & Social Care, Performing & more choice than ever before. Production Arts and Sport. A Levels Part-time Leisure Courses for Adults We offer 27 A Level courses with a wide range of Explore a hobby, hone a skill, find a passion. We subject choices in areas including Art & Fashion, offer a wide range of part time adult courses for Business, Drama, English & Humanities, French, you to learn something new, develop your skills or Maths, Media & Science. just have fun. Our specialist teaching staff ensure students do Inclusive Learning consistently well on their A Levels with courses offering excellent progression to university, From September 2019, Paston College will be employment and apprenticeships. offering a new provision for students who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities. Around 25% of those who apply to university are accepted at some of the country’s leading For more information or to discuss Inclusive institutions including Oxford, Cambridge and Learning opportunities at Paston College, contact Durham. [email protected] or 01603 773 311

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| 23 A warm welcome awaits you

Owned and operated by the Reynolds family for over 50 years, Ivy Farm is situated in the heart of a conservation area known as ‘Poppyland’, just minutes from sandy beaches and country walks, a heaven of peace, tranquillity and natural beauty. High quality 2 or 3 bedroom caravans for hire, also luxury Barn Conversions and Log Cabins, all equipped to a high standard. Barns and Cabins open all year. Pets welcome. Our Tourer and camping fields are both quiet and secluded with luxury sanitation blocks. Our facilities include an outdoor heated swimming pool, children’s play area and recreation area with BBQs. Graded  by English Tourist Board and regular Excellence in Service to Tourism Award winners. 1 High Street, Overstrand Telephone us for a FREE brochure or visit www.ivy-farm.co.uk Telephone: 01263 579239

24 | Health and Welfare

Doctors Pharmacies

Cromer Group Practice Cromer Pharmacy

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Advice 54-56 Church Street, Cromer NHS 111 Service Tel: 01263 512231

111 is the NHS non-emergency number. It is Lloyds Pharmacy available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones. 51 Church Street, Cromer For immediate life-threatening emergencies Tel: 01263 512171 continue to call 999.

Opticians Dentists Cromer Eyecare Corner House Dental Practice 20 High Street, Cromer 24 Norwich Road, Cromer Tel: 01263 512345 Tel: 01263 512390 www.cromereyecare.co.uk www.cornerhousedp.co.uk

Lords of Cromer Enslin Ltd Dental Surgery 14 Garden Street, Cromer 17-19 West Street, Cromer Tel: 01263 515482 Tel: 01263 515229 www.lordsopticians.co.uk

Out of Hours Emergency Dental Advice Telephone NHS advice service on 111

| 25 Cromer Town Centre

© Cromer Chamber of Trade and Business 26 | | 27 28 | The Arts in Cromer Antiques Roadshow courtesy of Paul Damen

Beautiful Cromer, with its big skies, sweeping same month the town’s Crab and Lobster Festival beach and impressive pier, has long been holds a very popular art trail. To celebrate the 50th immortalised in paintings and photographs. anniversary of the Cromer Carnival in 2019, Providing inspiration to many, Cromer is also home renowned local artist Samuel has painted a picture to a range of art galleries and artists themselves to be used on the brochure cover, as seen below. and these provide many opportunities to view an Music and theatre also play a big part in Cromer eclectic mix of art in the town. Each May, many of life with the town’s grade II-listed pier providing these artists take place in the annual Norfolk and home to the Pavilion Theatre which offers a wide Norwich Open Studios event allowing the public range of concerts and productions throughout the into their studios to see how they work. In the year, including the famous End of the Pier Show. Folk on the Pier, held in May, is a fantastic celebration of folk music and is always well- attended.

Cromer has hit the headlines many times - the Alan Partridge film Alpha Papa was filmed extensively on the pier and the pier itself was the focus of the BBC’s Christmas 2018 trailer. The Antiques Roadshow also filmed in the town in 2018 with episodes still being shown.

| 29 30 | Lifeboats

Cromer's All Weather Lifeboat 'Lester' and Inshore Lifeboat 'George and Muriel' on exercise for lifeboat Day 2018. Lifeboat Day is a Sunday at the end of July or beginning of August, depending on the tides.

There are two lifeboats stationed at Cromer. with pride for their years of service afloat and The ALB (all-weather lifeboat) is at the end of the ashore. pier and is launched down the slipway; it covers up The lifeboat station at the end of the pier can be to 100 miles out to sea and along the coast to the visited most of the year. It is normally manned from flank stations at and Wells. The 10am to 4pm from Easter through to October, ILB (inshore lifeboat) is kept in the renovated 1902 although it is often open at additional times. boathouse at the bottom of the Gangway. The ILB Groups wishing to visit should contact the Lifeboat covers inshore services for swimmers and small Visitors Officer by emailing boat sailors up to its flank stations at Sheringham [email protected]. and . The shop at the pier lifeboat station offers a wide The Cromer lifeboats have a long and distinguished range of presents, including many of specific local service, with the names Henry Blogg, Henry interest. The station website at 'Shrimp' Davies and Richard Davies standing out as [email protected] has a wealth of other long serving coxswains and Lewis 'Tuna' Harrison information about the station. and Dr Paul Barclay amongst those we remember

| 31 32 | Folk on the Pier May 2019 RNLI Lifeguards Keeping watch Through the summer season RNLI Lifeguard station operate to cover Cromer’s east and west beaches. They’re always happy to give safe swimming advice.

The north Norfolk coast is a beautiful place to visit kayaking, stay between the black and white flags. in the summertime, its numerous beaches being Red Flag: If this flag is raised at the lifeguard hut or one of the main attractions. RNLI lifeguards patrol on the beach it means NO SWIMMING. It is unsafe on six beaches in the area during the summer to enter the water if the red flag is flying. months, keeping them safe for locals and tourist alike. Cromer east beach is patrolled by RNLI Orange Windsock: This means that there are lifeguards from mid-May to mid-September. Cromer strong winds blowing out to sea, and that it is not west beach is patrolled from early July until early safe to use inflatables. Do not take inflatables into September. During these periods beaches are the water if the windsock is flying. patrolled between 10am and 6pm, seven days If you are going swimming or surfing in the sea this a week. summer, make sure you always go with a friend. If

If you are planning a day out at the seaside, it is you should find yourself in trouble or out of depth, important to remember to always swim at a raise your hand in the air, shout for help and wait lifeguarded beach. The lifeguards will operate a flag for a lifeguard to come to your assistance. If you system to keep all water users safe: have a bodyboard, surfboard or inflatable, do not let go of it as it is keeping you afloat. Red and Yellow flags: These flags will be raised to indicate the safest area to swim. Make sure you When you get to the beach, go and speak to the always stay in between the red and yellow flags lifeguards and ask them about the tides, weather when swimming or bodyboarding, where the forecast and the best times for you to swim safely. lifeguards can see you. They are very friendly and are happy to help! Emergency only calls for lifeboat assistance should Black and White Flags: The black and white flags be made by dialling 999 and asking for indicate the zone for surf craft. If you are surfing or 'Coastguard'.

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Cromer Church For all enquiries please contact: We are a group of people who have discovered The Church Office, Cromer Parish Hall, 65 Church the good news and transforming power of Jesus Street, Cromer, NR27 9HH and seek to share that with others, to see lives T 01263 512000 | E office@cromer- transformed with Jesus Christ. church.org.uk Cromer Church is in the Church of Website: www.cromer-church.org.uk | Twitter Diocese of Norwich. We meet regularly in our @cromerchurch three buildings. Services are held in the Parish Church in the town centre and at St Martin's in Cromer Methodist Church Mill Road. Many of our regular activities take A warm welcome awaits you at the Methodist place at the Parish Hall opposite Boots Church, Holt Road. On Sundays we usually meet at the following times: Minister: Rev. Sharon Willimott (01692 218657) PARISH CHURCH We offer: 9.00am COMMUNION | Quieter and more Sunday Service: 10.45am traditional Lunch after Morning Service (First Sunday of the 10.45am MORNING SERVICE | All-Age and month: 12.15pm) contemporary with groups for 0-16s Community Matters Cafe (Monday and 7.00pm EVENING SERVICE | Relaxed and Thursday:10.30am-1pm) informal ST MARTIN’S Messy Church for all the family (Third Saturday of the month: 10.30am MORNING SERVICE | Smaller and more 10.30am-12.30pm) intimate Women’s Fellowship (Tuesday: 2.30pm) We also have a regular communion service at Foodbank (Thursday, 1.30pm): 10am in the Parish Church on Wednesdays. www.cromerdistrict.foodbank.org.uk We currently have a particular focus on Families, Community Store (Clothing and Household Items): Children and Youth, however, we run a variety of Call Reverend Sharon Willimott on 01692 groups for people of all ages and backgrounds 218657 including Parent and Toddler Groups, Gospel Choir, Alpha courses, Mother’s Union, regular Bible Study (Friday, 10am) Adult Socials and a group for Vulnerable Adults to We are ‘all people’ friendly with level access and name a few. We have a church coffee shop a loop system in both church and cafe. running throughout the week.

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The Catholic Parish of Sheringham The Church of God in Cromer and Cromer The Church of God in Cromer, at the Chesterfield The Catholic Parish of Our Lady and St Joseph, Hall, Cabbell Road is a Bible-based evangelical Sheringham and Cromer, has services at Our Lady of church, one of a worldwide Fellowship of churches. Refuge, on the Overstrand Road, Cromer (next to the Our services, to which everyone is welcome, are: golf club) and at St Joseph's on Cromer Road, Sheringham. Further details can be found online at Sunday 10.15: The Remembrance of the Lord Jesus www.ourladyandstjoseph.info. The parish email (Communion). Non-members are warmly welcomed address is [email protected] and to observe, but do not take Communion. the Parish Priest can be contacted on 01263 Sunday apart from the first Sunday in the month: 822036. 11.30 Refreshments, followed by Family Service at Weekend masses are on Saturday (anticipated) and 11.50, with Sunday Club for children at the same 6pm at Our Lady of Refuge, Cromer and on Sunday time – a good starting point for visitors. at 9am at Our Lady of Refuge, Cromer and 11am at First Sunday in the month: Neighbourhood Tea at St Joseph's, Sheringham. When possible, a Mass is 5.15 Everyone is welcome to this free tea. This is said at St. Andrew's (C of E), Holt on Thursday at preceded by a Bible study every month except June. 9,30am. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is on Saturday at 9.30am to 10am at St Joseph's, Wednesday: 8.00 Prayer and Bible teaching. Sheringham and on Saturday at 5-5.30pm at Our Third Thursday in the month: 2.30 ‘Chatterbox’ Lady of Refuge, Cromer. informal club for over-50s (although there is no real Cromer Baptist Church age limit!) Quiz, tea and short talk.

You will find that we now meet in a different building! Monday evenings 7.00 approximately every other We’re found on the main road in East Runton, at the month: Cooked meal, followed by quiz. Please phone far end of the village. We are still the same sort of John Bowler on 01362 681977 for dates when this evangelical Church, worshipping God and serving the is arranged. Why not get together a quiz team and Lord Jesus. Whoever you are, you will be welcomed. join us? Information on our website. For more details, see our website at Services and Activities: www.churchofgodincromer.info or the central website Sunday Mornings: 10.30; Afternoon Service: 5.00 pm. www.churchesofgod.info. For local contact phone the church Secretary Peter Hickling on 01263 515186 Tuesdays: Bible study and Prayer: 7.00 pm. or e-mail [email protected] Thursdays (alternately): Women’s Bible Study: 10.30 Oasis Friendship Group: 2.30 Pastor: Jon Davies, 01263 576524 www.cromerbaptist.org.uk

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Health and Welfare Cromer VEO Ltd (Tony Shipp): 01263 512591

British Red Cross: 01603 426361 / 01603 Cromer WI (Judy Roberts): 01263 511372 253403 (Equipment loans only) Friends of Cromer Museum (Audrey Smith): Macmillan Cancer Support North Norfolk (Diane [email protected] Evans): 01263 823889 North Norfolk Model Engineering Club (Gordon Parkinsons Disease Society (Rev. Arthur Ford): 01263 512350 Windridge): 01263 515138 Royal British Legion (Hilary Cox MBE): Clubs and Societies 01263 513820 Aylsham Chess Club (covering Cromer) David Owen: Royal British Legion Cromer Women’s Section 01263 731327 (Pamela Angus): 01263 510195 Cromer and Sheringham Brass Band (Jane Royal National Lifeboat Institution (Richard Leeds): Bussey): 01263 821013 07767 492456 Cromer Community and Hospital Friends (Mike Sheringham and Cromer 41 Club (Anthony Marett): Ayden): 01263 502365 01692 406818 Cromer Flower Club (Hazel Bright): 01263 513408 Sheringham and Cromer Round Table: Cromer and Sheringham Operatic & Dramatic https://sheringham-cromer.roundtable.co.uk Society (Amanda Howell): 01603 738356 Sheringham and Cromer Tangent Club (Laura Cromer Orchestra (Norman Moor): 01263 511600 Girling): 01263 514985

Cromer Society (William Bestelink): 01263 514045 St Johns Ambulance Adults & Cadets Unit (Richard / 07909 690073 Earl): 01692 407069

Cromer Twinning Association (Chairperson - Jilly Slimming World (Jane Keil): 07437 672231 Boocock: 01263 512728, Secretary - Angela Take a Break Baby & Toddler Group (Joyce Wrighton: 01263 577646 Richardson): 01263 512589

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Private Members Clubs Royal Cromer Golf Club: 01263 512884

Cromer Country Club: 0800 358 6991 Suffield Park Bowls Club (John Filby): 01263 514555 Cromer Social Club: 01263 512542

Sports Clubs Youth Organisations Cromer Air Cadets: 01263 515452 Cromer Cricket Club (Richard Cox): 07939 327871 1st Cromer Sea Scouts & Explorers (Beavers, Cubs, Cromer Football Club (Jenna Bedwell): Scouts and Explorers). All groups for boys and girls. 07984 284869 See www.scouts.org.uk/get-involved Cromer Lawn Tennis & Squash Association (Carol Cromer Rainbows, Brownies & Guides: Please Wright): 01263 513741 register your interest at Cromer Marrams Bowls Club (Edna Bunkle): www.girlguiding.org.uk/joinus 01263 511155 Cromer Youth Football Club (Katie Wade): Cromer Sports Centre: 01263 515669 07788 243574 Elderberries Sports & Social Club (Badminton - Local Websites Sheila Saunders: 01263 761142) (Short Mat www.thisiscromer.co.uk from Cromer Chamber of Bowling - Rose Puttock: 01263 649390) Trade includes business and ‘events’ listings. You North Norfolk Beach Runners (Vicky Last): can also read this information by using the Cromer [email protected] App on your Apple or Android phone. The

North Norfolk Table Tennis League (Chris Pooley): ThisisCromer Facebook page also features local 01692 651000 activities. www.cromercarnival.co.uk North Norfolk Tae Kwon Do Academy (Samantha is the site to discover all Parfitt): 01263 711824 about Cromer Carnival. www.cromerdictionary.co.uk Northrepps Clay Shooting Club: 01263 511120 has a wealth of history on the town. Roller Skating (Cromer Sports Hall): www.cromerrnli.org.uk 01263 515669 has current and historical information on the lifeboat stations

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