UK Destinations for a mini-break - assistance required!

[Beads]

Me and Mr Beads are thinking of having a few days away over the weekend. In the UK.

Can anyone recommend any good places to go/stay in the UK...perhaps a little beachy resort?

Thank you in advance.
Beads

[vehelpfulguy]

Well you dont say where you live and I never think it is worth driving hundreds of miles just for a few days away.

If you live near East Anglia then I suggest Hunstanton.

Hunstanton is a fairly small seaside town on the edge of the Wash. It was created in Victorian times when they took the railway there so there are some lovely old Victorian buildings (some of them B&Bs) .

Even though Hunstanton is on the east of England it actually faces West (because it is on the shore of the Wash). So you get GREAT sunsets over the Wash and you can sit on the prom just watching the sun go down.

See map here

http://www.joebridge.co.uk/tourism/misc-images /norfolk-map4.gif

And hunstanton has these amazing red and white cliffs, see here

http://website.lineone.net/~webrex/Hunstanton4 .JPG

The whole of the North Norfolk coast is wonderful, from Hunstanton to Cromer. Lots of huge beaches, quiet, lots of walks and nature.

They filmed the recent series with Stephen Fry called Kingdom there.

There is Holkham beach, where they filmed the final scene for the film Shakespeare in Love

http://www.tournorfolk.co.uk/holkham/holkhamba y.jpg

If you have never been to North Norfolk give it a try.

[Beads]

Vehelpful, you are VERY helpful! Thank you for all of that information, it is fab. I'm an SE london dweller. Will look into it, thank you.

[vehelpfulguy]

And we stayed here in Hunstanton. Rose-Fitt House

http://www.rose-fitt-house-hunstanton.co.uk/

Huge old Victorian house beautifully refurbished.

The big bay window on the right in the picture overlooks the sea and you can lie on the bed and watch the sunset.

Run by a lovely couple as well.

[Buenchico]

(This might be a bit late for this weekend but I'll post it anyway. It will give you another option for a future date):

I also like 'Sunny Hunny' but, since I'm in Suffolk, I can't let a Norfolk town be the only place to be mentioned ;-)

My suggestion is the jewel of Suffolk's coast, Southwold. While it's popular with the wealthy (beach huts sell for over �60,000 within minutes of coming onto the market), it's never taken on the 'snooty' atmosphere that seems to pervade nearby Aldeburgh.

Southwold has a good beach, delightful cliff top walks, loads of good pubs (all serving the local Adnams ales), several decent restaurants, and a charming town centre which is full of independent shops.

Southwold is easy to find by road. (Straight up the A12 from London, turn right and you're there!). By public transport, take a train from Liverpool Street to Halesworth (which sometimes involves changing at Ipswich) and then a bus from Halesworth station to Southwold.

The link I've given above provides basic information, together with details of some of the accommodation available. For further accommodation, see here:
http://www.visit-lowestoft.co.uk/subpages_tran sparency/accommodation_subpages/southwold_area .htm
But to get a real flavour of Southwold's charm, this BBC site has to be the best:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/coast05/walk/

Chris

[Buenchico]

Oops:
The first link seems to have disappeared!
http://www.exploresouthwold.co.uk/

Chris