Slow Norfolk & Suffolk: Local, characterful guides to Britain's special places

Slow Norfolk & Suffolk at a Glance

ISBN-13: 9781841623214

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Table of Contents

GOING SLOW IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK

1. The North Norfolk Coast

Getting around, The end of the line: Cromer and Sheringham, Saltmarshes and samphire: from Salthouse to Stiffkey, Wells-next-the-Sea and Holkham, The Burnhams, Brancaster to Hunstanton

2. Northeast Norfolk Coast and the Broads

Getting around, The coast: Overstrand to Caister-on-Sea, Into the broads proper: North Walsham to the River Bure, Barton Broad, Hickling Broad and around

3. North Central Norfolk

Getting around, Aylsham and northwards, west of Aylsham, Holt and around, Walsingham to Fakenham, East Dereham and around

4. Northwest Norfolk and the Wash

Getting around, The northwest corner: Hunstanton to Castle Rising, East from Sandringham and Castle Rising, West into Fenland

5. Norwich and the Yare Valley

Getting around, Norwich, Along the Yare - south bank, Along the Yare - north bank, Away from the Yare

6. The Waveney Valley

Getting around, Diss and around, Diss to Harleston, Harleston to Beccles, Beccles and the lower Waveney Valley

7. Breckland to Bury

Getting around, Around Swaffham, The Breck-Fen border country, and into Breckland proper, Bury St Edmunds and around

8. Central and South Suffolk

Getting around, Framlingham and around, West of Earl Soham to Stowmarket, North of Stowmarket towards Diss, Between Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Hadleigh, The Stour Valley - East Bergholt to Sudbury, The Stour Valley - west

9. The Suffolk Coast

Getting around, Southwold, Dunwich and around, Aldeburgh, Orford and Britten country, South of Orford

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About the Author

Laurence Mitchell is a freelance travel writer based in Norwich; he has lived in East Anglia for over 30 years.

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