Day-by-day trail itinerary
Norfolk Coast Path: 6-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
6 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 → Sea Palling
34.1 km · 19 m ascent · 8h05–11h25 (about 9h30, incl. ~1h35 of stops)
Via Hopton-on-Sea, Gorleston-on-Sea, Bradwell, Great Yarmouth, Caister on Sea, California, Scratby, Ormesby St Margaret, Hemsby, East Somerton, Winterton-on-Sea, Horsey, Waxham -
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Day 2: Sea Palling → East Runton
31.5 km · 165 m ascent · 7h46–10h57 (about 9h08, incl. ~1h31 of stops)
Via Eccles on Sea, Lessingham, Happisburgh, Walcott, Bacton, Edingthorpe, Paston, Knapton, Mundesley, Gimingham, Trimingham, Sidestrand, Northrepps, Overstrand, Cromer -
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Day 3: East Runton → Wells-next-the-Sea
34.0 km · 50 m ascent · 8h08–11h29 (about 9h34, incl. ~1h36 of stops)
Via West Runton, Beeston Regis, Sheringham, Upper Sheringham, Weybourne, Salthouse, Cley next the Sea, Glandford, Wiveton, Blakeney, Morston, Stiffkey, Warham -
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Day 4: Wells-next-the-Sea → Old Hunstanton
34.7 km · 80 m ascent · 8h21–11h47 (about 9h49, incl. ~1h38 of stops)
Via Burnham Overy, Burnham Market, Burnham Norton, Burnham Deepdale, Brancaster Staithe, Brancaster, Titchwell, Thornham, Holme next the Sea -
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Day 5: Old Hunstanton → King's Lynn
30.0 km · 25 m ascent · 7h07–10h04 (about 8h23, incl. ~1h24 of stops)
Via Hunstanton, Heacham, Wolferton -
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Day 6: 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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