Burnham Overy Staithe (12 miles)

This is our favourite walk. It is always slightly different, depending on the season, but never disappoints.

The small harbour jetty is the perfect place for crab fishing at high tide and brings back memories for all who have participated in this. My record catch was about 120 crabs; just mud crabs mainly, although a few red ‘Cromer crabs’ do appear, but none are big enough to eat.

These days, a walk out along the path to the beach is the highlight. It’s about 1.5 miles each way, with wonderful views over the estuary and marsh to one side and the grazing areas and bird reserve on the other. It can get windy and cold, but if you wrap up in a coat and hat it is the most enlivening walk.

Once at the beach you can walk left to the point (1/2 mile) overlooking Scolt Head Island and then back around the front beach side. You can walk as far down as Holkham or even Wells-next-the-Sea.

There is a seasonal ferry at high-tide from Overy harbour to Scolt Head, allowing you to explore this area and to enjoy even more deserted beaches and dunes.

Once back at Burnham there is an ice cream van (an institution) and now a coffee stand during the season . For something stronger there is The Hero gastro pub at the top of the lane up fro teh narbour.

You can park on ‘the hard’, but as the signs warn, check for the high tides. Most of the time it’s fine to leave your car there, but with Spring or Autumn high-tides you can find your car sitting in a foot of water if not careful.