Sheringham

Sheringham is a seaside resort in North Norfolk, situated to the west of Cromer. There are technically two Sheringhams, one is Lower Sheringham, which is the best known, and the other is Upper Sheringham, which is where the town developed from. Sheringham is well served by road and rail. If you are visiting by train, the town is at the end of the Bittern Line, which goes from Norwich through Wroxham, North Walsham, Cromer, West Runton and then into Sheringham. Sheringham is now the end of the railway line, although there is a steam railway which uses to the old track bed taking passengers to Weybourne and Holt. For those visiting the area by bus, ...

Sheringham is a small seaside town (I'm reticent about using the word "resort"... it isn't big enough) on the north Norfolk coast. Like everywhere else in North Norfolk, it's nice in the summer (occasional stiff breeze notwithstanding) but probably incredible depressing during the autumn and winter. Sheringham is a little different in character to Cromer (the town just to the south-east of it). It has a more open, windswept feel to it somehow, with streets that feel wider, a more traditional layout (as opposed to curiously winding roads that go nowhere in particular), lots of bucket-and-spade shops, vast armies of pensioners trundling along at a ...

As you will have gathered if you have read my review on the North Norfolk Steam Railway, Sheringham is one of my favourite seaside resorts. It's a relatively small resort on the North Norfolk coast, which I think does a good job of providing a little something for everyone who visits, rather than being brashly modern and aimed at the younger visitor in the way I always feel that some other resorts such as Great Yarmouth are. So here is my little guide to a smashing family day out by the seaside.. So, first of all, you need to arrive my train, one way or the other. My preference, of course, would be the preserved steam line which runs from Holt via Weybourne ...