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At the latter there is a caravan park and beach. [2] The railway provided an alternative to the long walk between Wells next the Sea and the beach at Wells Harbour. A bus route once served Pinewoods, but this was withdrawn. [1] The engine shed was located at Pinewoods. [2] Over 80,000 passengers were carried in the first two years of operation.
Wells-next-the-Sea is a port town on the north coast of Norfolk, England. The civil parish has an area of 16.31 km 2 (6.30 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 2,451, [ 1 ] reducing to 2,165 at the 2011 census .
The West Norfolk Junction Railway was opened in August 1866. The line came from Heacham on an 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (29.8 km) single track aimed at exploiting the great arc of coastline between Hunstanton and Yarmouth. 1866 saw the start of a major financial crisis triggered by the collapse of Overend Gurney Bank; the year also saw the outbreak of a "cattle plague" in North Norfolk which impacted ...
The village of Holkham is located on the coast road (the A149) between Wells-next-the-Sea and Burnham Overy Staithe. [3] At one time the village was a landing with access to the sea via a tidal creek to the harbour at Wells.
Following the road around, you arrive in Wells-Next-The-Sea, a town in North Norfolk. The road is built on a small raised bed to prevent flooding as it runs through marshes. This marsh is flat and runs from the dunes in Holkham to the woodland on the estate the other side of Wells. The A149 does not enter Wells, but the B1105 does.
Wells on Sea railway station is located in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk on the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. [1] It was opened in 1982. It is located south of the former level crossing on the A149 Coast Road, close to the former junction with the West Norfolk Junction Railway. The original station, which has been converted to ...
The reserve can be accessed by footpaths from Wells and the local villages [3] including the Peddars Way/Norfolk Coast long-distance trail that traverses the main part of the reserve, and National Cycle Route 1 loops through the core of the NNR between Holkham and Wells. [4] There is a car park near Holkham village at the north end of Lady Anne ...
The area includes; Hunstanton, Wells-next-the-Sea, Blakeney, Sheringham, Cromer and Mundesley. The AONB boundary on the seaward side is the mean low water mark, corresponding to the limit of the planning authority of its local authority partners.