INTRODUCTION 7 PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK About the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path History 9 - How difficult is the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path? 9 Route finding 10 - GPS 10 - How long do you need? 11 Practical information for the walker Accommodation 12 - Food and drink 15 - Money 18 - Other services 19 Walking companies 19 - Information for foreign visitors 20 Taking dogs along the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path 22 Disabled access 23 Budgeting 23 When to go Seasons 24 - Temperature 25 - Rainfall 25 - Daylight hours 26 Annual events 26 Itineraries Suggested itineraries 29 - Which direction? 30 - Side trips 31 - Extending your walk 31 - Village and town facilities 32 - The best day and weekend walks 34 What to take Keep it light 36 - How to carry it 36 - Footwear 36 - Clothes 37 Toiletries 38 - First-aid kit 38 - General items 38 - Sleeping bag 39 Camping gear 39 - Money 39 - Maps 39 - Recommended reading 40 Sources of further information 41 Getting to and from the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path Getting to Britain 43 - National transport 43 - Local transport 45 Public transport map 46 - Public transport table 47 PART 2: THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE The environment Landscapes 49 - Conserving the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path 51 Government agencies and schemes 51 - Campaigning and conservation organisations 54 - Beyond conservation 55 Flora and fauna Butterflies and moths 56 - Dragonflies 57 - Birds 58 - Flowers 65 Trees 67 - Reptiles 68 - Mammals 69 PART 3: MINIMUM IMPACT WALKING AND OUTDOOR SAFETY Minimum impact walking Economic impact 71 - Environmental impact 72 - Access 74 Outdoor safety Avoidance of hazards 77 - Dealing with an accident 78 Tide tables 79 - Weather forecasts 79 - Blisters 79 - Hypothermia 79 Hyperthermia 80 - Sunburn 80 PART 4: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS Using this guide 81 Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path Thetford 82 Knettishall Heath to Little Cressingham 84 (Stonebridge 89, Thompson 93, Watton 93, Little Cressingham 96) Little Cressingham to Castle Acre 96 (Great Cressingham 96, Swaffham 101, Castle Acre 105) Castle Acre to Ringstead 108 (Great Bircham 115, Sedgeford 118, Ringstead 120) Ringstead to Holme-next-the-Sea ; Hunstanton 122 (Holme-next-the- Sea 122, Old Hunstanton 124, Hunstanton 127) Holme-next-the-Sea ; Hunstanton to Burnham Overy Staithe 132 (Thornham 134, Burnham Deepdale 141, Burnham Overy Staithe 142 Burnham Market 142) Burnham Overy Staithe to Stiffkey 143 (Wells-next-the-Sea 148, Stiffkey 153) Stiffkey to Weybourne 156 (Morston 156, Blakeney 158, Cley next the Sea 164, Weybourne 167) Weybourne to Cromer 169 (Sheringham 169, West Runton 174, Cromer 178) APPENDIX GPS waypoints 183 INDEX 185 MAP KEY 189
