How . Norfolk Coast Cycleway Explorers Loops off the Norfolk Coast Cycleway 11 1: Ingoldisthorpe Expect some fine views along pretty lanes with this easy and delightful ride passing through pretty villages and alongside Houghton Hall with its white fallow deer herd. 2: Sandringham A loop of contrast with plenty of off-road sections, ideal for mountain bike users contrasted with riding through some of the Sandringham estate and it’s villages typified by the well kept roadside verges and attractive cottages. West Newton The Norfolk Coast area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) is one of 46 AONBs in the UK, which together This Explorer route is free to use with 15 national parks comprise our finest landscapes, and best used with the general information and map key sheet. rich in wildlife and cultural heritage. Map and information taken from the The Norfolk Coast Partnership is funded by Defra and Norfolk Coast Cycleway map guide priced at £2.50 [01/2016] local authorities to bring local organisations together to conserve and enhance the area’s natural beauty and pro- Norfolk Coast Cycleway map © Norfolk Coast Cycling Initiative 2012. First published 1998, based on 1997 NCN Hull to mote its sustainable use and enjoyment. Fakenham map with kind permission of Sustrans, Bristol. Also based on 1946 Ordnance Survey maps with additional information obtained from aerial photographs and field surveys by Stirling Surveys. Map production by Stirling Surveys 1998. Norfolk Coast Partnership - 01328 850530 - [email protected] - www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk Sandringham Explorer (22 miles) along a heathland track (from east joins just after West Heath Farm (13) After some distance turning The Norfolk Coast Cycleway passes through the right at a T-junction onto woodland and farm Sandringham Estate, this explorer commences tracks, continue until emerging at A148 crossing at near the Camping & Caravan site at Double Hillington (15). (14) Grimston option. Lodges and onto the estate village of West Ingoldisthorpe Explorer (18 miles) (16) Flitcham - 'Felix’s Ham' after Saint Felix who Newton (1). Saints Peter and Paul Church having was in residence after arriving from France in (1) The Church of St Michael and All Angels at a fine stained glass to the Norfolk Regiment. Take AD630. Bear left in village and left towards B1440 Ingoldisthorpe is said to have been built care crossing the B1440 Sandringham road (2), deliberately lopsided, as only God is perfect! (17), cross main road onto good surface track (18) the Gothic water tower (3) is now a home (signed Unsuitable for Motor Vehicles) before Next is the small attractive village of Shernborne The estate village of Anmer (4) having close links (2) on the Sandringham estate as is Anmer, its joining West Newton road into the village to to Sandringham. Cross the B1153 (5) Bircham complete the loop. (19) Remains of Appleton Church dedicated to St Mary (3). road and continue towards Harpley crossing the Church. Take care crossing the (B1153) Great Bircham to Flitcham road (4) on the way to Houghton. (5) Additional information Peddars Way National Trail (see box below), and Cycle hire nearby: the Tumuli (6) (ancient burial mounds) should also Heacham; A E Wallis, Station Road be visible along this section of road. 01485 571683 www.aewallis.co.uk Follow the map and signs for Houghton Hall, which is open to the public during the summer and Public Transport: near the entrance (7) is the church is St Martins. Traveline East Anglia 0871 200 2233 As you cycle alongside Houghton Hall park (8) www.travelineeastanglia.org.uk watch out for the striking white fallow deer. Rail Station: King’s Lynn 0345 026 4700 At Great Bircham (9) the Kings Head and www.thameslinkrailway.com Cottages at West Newton Bircham Windmill (seasonal opening) (10) offer Visitor information: refreshments. Continuing on towards Snettisham West Norfolk — www.visitwestnorfolk.com crossing the Peddars Way again before com- Peddars Way (6) and past Tumuli (7) (ancient Tourist Information Centres at King’s Lynn 01553 pleting the loop near Snettisham Park Farm (12). burial mounds). Cross the busy A148 junction (8) 763044 and Hunstanton 01485 532610. with extreme care and into Harpley village, the Sandringham www.sandringhamestate.co.uk; Houghton Hall www.houhgtonhall.com Explore a little further . Church of St Lawrence (9) having a fine rood screen and carved roof. Bircham Windmill www.birchamwindmill.co.uk Snettisham Park www.snettishampark.co.uk Explore More offers some off-road cycle routes St Andrew’s Church at Little Massingham (10) at norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/cycling where the special tiles around the floor of the Most of the Peddars Way National Trail from sanctuary were for an early form of heating. Suffolk to Holme-next-the-Sea can be cycled (11) Great Massingham with its attractive DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to www.nationaltrail.co.uk/peddarsway with simple postcard green and expansive ponds and the aptly ensure that the information contained here is accurate. alternatives to footpath only sections. However, named Dabbling Duck PH. The Norfolk Coast Partnership does not accept please note though that the Norfolk Coast Path is responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions, or Following the map take Lynn Road at junction by their consequences. only Public Footpath. large pond, across the Peddars Way (12) and This cycleway explorer is from the Norfolk Coast Cycleway map guide — www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/cycling .