Today I wanted to tell you about a really special place we visited whilst on holiday in North Norfolk. We visited earlier this year and the weather was actually cold. I’m not a huge fan of all this hot weather, I’m far happier to wear loads of layers in the cold! Anyway, my mum used to live in Norfolk, so I was keen to re-visit Wolferton Railway Station in Norfolk. Wolferton Railway Station, Norfolk Wolferton station is situated just 5 miles outside King’s Lynn. It’s famous because it was the closest station to Sandringham House and frequently used by the Royal…
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Although our holiday in Norfolk was a few weeks ago I haven’t managed to write up half the places we managed to visit. Today I wanted to tell you about Pensthorpe Natural Park which was recommended to us by someone we got chatting too. I hadn’t heard of Pensthorpe but it was one of our favourite family days out in Norfolk. Pensthorpe Natural Park Pensthorpe is situated just outside Fakenham, only 20 minutes from where we were staying at Wells-next-the-Sea. I have to admit that the name of the place initially put me off. I knew that the kids wouldn’t be keen…
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We love a heritage railway and on our recent trip to North Norfolk managed to ride on the North Norfolk Railway, which goes from the pretty seaside town of Sheringham to Holt. Sheringham to Holt {North Norfolk Railway} The North Norfolk Railway offers a 10.5 mile round trip by steam train (there are vintage diesel trains on some journeys) through an area of North Norfolk designated as being of outstanding natural beauty. We didn’t have great weather during our holiday but it didn’t stop us wanting to go on the steam train. We arrived at Sheringham and took the first…