Day-by-day trail itinerary
Norfolk Coast Path: 10-day itinerary
Ten quick kilometres that are more town than coast. The start is sand and shingle under low sandy cliffs at Hopton, with rock groynes and boulder defences on the beach, and it firms up onto promenade at Gorleston. Then the trail turns its back on the sea. It leaves the seafront, follows the west bank of the Yare inland past the port, crosses the river on the town bridge and threads through the middle of Great Yarmouth before coming back out to the seafront, which is roughly three miles of pavement and road in the middle of a coastal walk. Nothing underfoot will slow you down and nothing much will lift you either. The compensation is that this is the easiest place on the whole route to buy anything or get on a train.
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A practical starting point
10 days from near Corton to near Clenchwarton
Use these daily distances and overnight stops as a starting point, then customise the trip in the planner.
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Day 1: near Corton → California
17.7 km · 19 m ascent · 4h13–5h57 (about 4h57, incl. ~50m of stops)
Via Hopton-on-Sea, Gorleston-on-Sea, Bradwell, Great Yarmouth, Caister on Sea -
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Day 2: California → Sea Palling
16.4 km · 0 m ascent · 3h52–5h28 (about 4h33, incl. ~46m of stops)
Via Scratby, Ormesby St Margaret, Hemsby, East Somerton, Winterton-on-Sea, Horsey, Waxham -
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Day 3: Sea Palling → Mundesley
16.2 km · 33 m ascent · 3h53–5h28 (about 4h34, incl. ~46m of stops)
Via Eccles on Sea, Lessingham, Happisburgh, Walcott, Bacton, Edingthorpe, Paston, Knapton -
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Day 4: Mundesley → East Runton
15.3 km · 132 m ascent · 3h53–5h29 (about 4h34, incl. ~46m of stops)
Via Gimingham, Trimingham, Sidestrand, Northrepps, Overstrand, Cromer -
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Day 5: East Runton → Cley next the Sea
17.5 km · 50 m ascent · 4h15–6h (about 5h, incl. ~50m of stops)
Via West Runton, Beeston Regis, Sheringham, Upper Sheringham, Weybourne, Salthouse -
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Day 6: Cley next the Sea → Wells-next-the-Sea
16.5 km · 0 m ascent · 3h53–5h29 (about 4h34, incl. ~46m of stops)
Via Blakeney, Morston, Stiffkey, Warham -
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Day 7: Wells-next-the-Sea → Brancaster Staithe
18.3 km · 18 m ascent · 4h21–6h08 (about 5h07, incl. ~51m of stops)
Via Burnham Overy, Burnham Market, Burnham Norton, Burnham Deepdale -
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Day 8: Brancaster Staithe → Hunstanton
18.8 km · 81 m ascent · 4h36–6h30 (about 5h25, incl. ~54m of stops)
Via Brancaster, Titchwell, Thornham, Holme next the Sea, Old Hunstanton -
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Day 9: Hunstanton → King's Lynn
27.6 km · 6 m ascent · 6h31–9h12 (about 7h40, incl. ~1h17 of stops)
Via Heacham, Wolferton -
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Day 10: King's Lynn → near Clenchwarton
16.5 km · 5 m ascent · 3h54–5h30 (about 4h35, incl. ~46m of stops)
Via West Lynn, Clenchwarton
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