Come to Sunny Hunny! (Hunstanton)

Member Name: mreyre

Product:	Hunstanton
Date:	28/10/00 (119 review reads)
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Advantages: Always Sunny!

Disadvantages: (Except in winter!)

I live just outside King's Lynn, which is about 35 mins drive away from Hunstanton (or "Sunny Hunny" as the locals call it).

Therefore, I have been to Hunstanton on many a Sunny weekend, and in the Winter-time, too. My tip is to set out EARLY. You not only miss the traffuc jams on the A47, particulalrly in peak season, but also, you get the best parking spaces. Aim to arrive before 9.30 a.m. and you can park right on the sea front for £2.50 all day. That is a very good price in peak season, but they have recently started charging the same in winter months, which is not very encouraging for us locals!

If you don't want the hustle and bustle of a "normal" seaside town, then drive a little further and follow the signs to "Old Hunstanton." That's where you get the best views of what Hunstanton is famous for - the red cliffs. Also, you have the luxury of a huge unspoilt beach, when the tide is out, it really is peaceful first thing on a Sunday morning.

If you fancy a walk, leave your car parked at the top of the Old Hunstanton cliffs (make sure your handbrake is on - lol!), and walk along the beach to "New" Hunstanton. This is the more commercialised part of the town, it has all the shops, from gift shops to bakers to Woolworths and Boots. It also has the usual seaside-type shops, fish and chips shops, ice cream and doughnut vendors and arcades.
Finally, it boasts "Jungle Wonderland", which is a great indoor play facility for children, and the "Sea Life Centre". If you've never visited one of these places before, this "branch" is well worth the entrance fee - you can spend a couple of hours in here if you listen to all the "talks", and the cafe is great, clean, reasonably priced and with very good baby-change facilities.

If you happen to go on a market day, this adds to the fun, as well as an indoor market (Azam Bros.), which has some g
ood quality clothes. Most Sundays, motorcycle fans congregate on the Green, which is a sight in itself - particularly on a fine Summer Sunday.

If you walk from Old Hunstanton to the New Town along the road way instead of the beach, you will walk past a new addition for the Millenium, which is called Boston Square. This has been surrounded by much controversy, as with all these Millenium Funded projects, buut I think it's great. It is a multi-sensory garden, with lovely ideas - the main feature being a fountain which responds to pressure pads which you walk on and make the water go up and down. My two-year old loves it, anyway! There is also an interactive sun-dial, which I had never seen before!

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