ENGLAND ON SEA
TOP TIP
NORTH NORFOLK COAST
The Poet Laureate and founder member of the Victorian Society Sir John Betjeman once claimed that his love of architecture was inspired by seeing St Peter’s Church in Belaugh from his father’s boat as a child. When he penned his 1954 poem Norfolk he went further, fondly recalling “those languorous miles of ash and alder-shaded lanes” and “the lap lap lapping of the weedy Bure”. The authorities clearly agreed. The county’s northern coast was designated an official Area of Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1967, blessed as it is with abundant wildlife, 42 conservation areas and those famous big skies.
In fact, the Norfolk Coast boasts all the features one might require from a holiday. The A149 Coast Road strings together a stretch of quaint, picturesque villages, while the beaches