Day-by-day trail itinerary
Norfolk Coast Path: 8-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
8 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 → Winterton-on-Sea
22.9 km · 19 m ascent · 5h26–7h41 (about 6h24, incl. ~1h04 of stops)
Via Hopton-on-Sea, Gorleston-on-Sea, Bradwell, Great Yarmouth, Caister on Sea, California, Scratby, Ormesby St Margaret, Hemsby -
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Day 2: Winterton-on-Sea → Bacton
22.6 km · 10 m ascent · 5h21–7h33 (about 6h17, incl. ~1h03 of stops)
Via Horsey, Waxham, Sea Palling, Eccles on Sea, Lessingham, Happisburgh, Walcott -
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Day 3: Bacton → Sheringham
24.2 km · 179 m ascent · 6h05–8h35 (about 7h10, incl. ~1h11 of stops)
Via Edingthorpe, Paston, Knapton, Mundesley, Gimingham, Trimingham, Sidestrand, Northrepps, Overstrand, Cromer, East Runton, West Runton, Beeston Regis -
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Day 4: Sheringham → Stiffkey
24.0 km · 26 m ascent · 5h43–8h04 (about 6h44, incl. ~1h07 of stops)
Via Upper Sheringham, Weybourne, Salthouse, Cley next the Sea, Glandford, Wiveton, Blakeney, Morston -
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Day 5: Stiffkey → Burnham Deepdale
23.2 km · 18 m ascent · 5h30–7h46 (about 6h29, incl. ~1h05 of stops)
Via Warham, Wells-next-the-Sea, Burnham Overy, Burnham Market, Burnham Norton -
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Day 6: Burnham Deepdale → Hunstanton
19.8 km · 81 m ascent · 4h50–6h50 (about 5h41, incl. ~57m of stops)
Via Brancaster Staithe, Brancaster, Titchwell, Thornham, Holme next the Sea, Old Hunstanton -
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Day 7: 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 8: 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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