Any people from Norfolk?

[vickster]

I'm definitely a local born and bred although I only have five fingers and toes!

Across both hands and feet?

 

[Brains]

I'm definitely a local born and bred although I only have five fingers and toes!

Not 'NFN' then !

 

[Saluki]

Place gets over run with bloody tourists.
Norfolk is lovely, coastal breeze can be cold of that North Sea but dont let that put you off.

As for pub and shop.... That can change any day in a village.. Melton Constable area is very Norfolk as is Swafham area.
You'll need to learn the language

Swaffham is ok though. Proper town but not madly busy. Best of both worlds with cafes and shops but not big like Norwich. I would live there.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Swaffham is ok though. Proper town but not madly busy. Best of both worlds with cafes and shops but not big like Norwich. I would live there.

I quite like Dereham too though i prefer inland, Brancaster aside.. What a beach

 

[MichaelW2]

When you enter it, Diss appears.

 

[Dayvo]

I'm definitely a local born and bred although I only have five fingers and toes! Travelled a lot but absolutely love home. Live in a village about six miles north of Norwich and usually head to the coast via the small lanes. Beware the surfaces can be awful, coast road I find is mostly ok to ride on from Wells to Cromer. I think you may have trouble finding a small village with both a shop and pub.

Not sure if Loddon and Beccles are large villages or small towns, but both fit the bill for a shop and good pubs, and are respectively about 16 and 10 miles from the coast (Lowestoft).

 

[Saluki]

Both are fine. Not much in Loddon. Good pub and a bit of walking by the river. Beccles has more to do

 

[MichaelW2]

Not sure if Loddon and Beccles are large villages or small towns, but both fit the bill for a shop and good pubs, and are respectively about 16 and 10 miles from the coast (Lowestoft).

Loddon is really a large village, Beccles is a small market town.

 

[Broughtonblue]

Thanks for your replies, we are after a character property, a little different from the new builds, with a decent amount of land. Village life with a pub etc...... next question

Seen 2 lovely looking places on the net in a place called Hemsby, so googling it, I take it this won't give us the sedatery village life as seems a bit like skegness, full of holiday parks and amusements?

 

[Shortandcrisp]

Lived and living in Cromer for 46 of my 59 years. Biased I know, but love the place and wouldn’t live anywhere else.
There’s a ridge called Cremer’s drift that runs along the coast which is a bit of a ball ache if you’re cycling from the coast inland, but very manageable and not exactly of Peak District proportions!
If you’re looking for somewhere a little quieter and less touristy, I’d recommend Northrepps, Southrepps, Aldborough or West Beckham, or somewhere like Overstand which is a coastal village a mile and a half East of Cromer. Of the larger towns Sheringham is very nice or Wells next to sea further West.
I’m the Secretary of North Norfolk Wheelers. We have four organised rides a week if that’s your thing. North Norfolk has miles and miles of criss crossing country lanes mostly traffic free. Not exactly ideal if you’re worried about average speed and flinty mud on the roads during winter can provoke the puncture fairy, but I love it!

 

[Jenkins]

Hemsby's still in the holiday park and tourist area associated with Great Yarmouth. For a quieter life you'd need to go either further inland or to the north.

 

[Shortandcrisp]

Addendum - Hemsby wouldn’t be my first choice in that part of Norfolk. Try somewhere like Winterton, Somerton or Sea Palling. Happisburgh is lovely, but falling into the sea at a rapid rate of knots.

 

[beepbeep]

great local pub in Binham .....The Chequers

 

[swee'pea99]

Happisburgh is lovely

And pronounced, obviously, Hares-bruh, as I discovered when I baffled a local by asking if this was the way to 'Happysberg'.

 

[MichaelW2]

If you buy a cheap property on the NE coast you should consider it as renting from the sea.