Local Activities around Burnham Market, Norfolk

• These range from the nature options of bird watching at Snettisham and Titchwell to Seal Trips from Morston Quay out to Blakeney point.
• There are several National Nature Reserves close by including Scolt Head Island  Holkham Nature Reserve and  Brancaster Harbour and Pensthorpe home of the BBC springwatch '08 and '09.
  
• There is also a children's farm at Snettisham Park Farm.
• There are beaches at Brancaster Holkham, Wells Next to the Sea and Hunstanton to name a few.
• Other activity includes visiting the local stately home, seat of the Earls of Leicester, Holkham Hall or the Queen's country residence at not far away Sandringham. Here you can take a ride around the grounds on a train, visit inside when the Queen is not home or even buy some of her meat from the estate shop. 
• If none of that takes your fancy there is plenty more to visit including the Bircham Windmill at Great Bircham.
• Or failing that the new power producing windmills and  Ecotech visitors centre at Swaffham (there are 300 steps to climb!! ).
• Hunstanton Seal Sanctuary and Aquarium has seals, penguins and other sea life
• There is a swimming pool at Hunstanton and the nearest cinema is in Fakenham
• The Wells to Walsingham Steam Railway runs real steam trains over the 30 minute route
• For the more adventurous there are sailing courses run by Norfolk Etc. at Blakeney and by Sail Craft at Brancaster
  
• Sea fishing trips are run by Norfolk Fishing Trips from Brancaster Staithe harbour
• Cycling ,Walking and Horse Riding routes can be downloaded from Norfolk Countryside Access or from DEFRA's Norfolk index
  

Activity holidays

There are plenty of activities that can be arranged in the local area using the cottage as your base.  Our suggestions include;

• Sailing - sailing courses run by Norfolk Etc. at Blakeney and by Sail Craft at Brancaster
• Art holidays - 2,5,7 day courses at local art school - learn to oil paint with Martin Kinnear at the Norfolk Painting School in nearby North Creake.
  

Food and drink

Recommended restaurant in Burnham Market is the Hoste Arms.  It will need booking at weekends and in high season.  There are 2 tea shops and a fantastic Chinese takeaway next to the garage.  There is also the Jockey pub which serves food.

    Outside the village

• Nelson Arms - Burnham Thorpe (birthplace of Nelson)- also serves take away pizzas
  
• The Victoria Hotel Restaurant - Holkham
• Lifeboat Inn - Thornham
• Ostrich Inn - South Creake
• The White Horse - Brancaster Staithe
• Morston Hall - the  Michelin starred restuarant belonging to Galton Blackiston at Morton Hall .
• Wiverton Hall Cafe - Wiverton
• The Hero - Burnham Overy Staithe
• The Yurt - Drove Orchards, Thornham (New summer 2009 - log fire in winter)
  

And if none of that takes your fancy there's great fish and chips at French's on Wells Quay or an ample breakfast served at Burnham Deepdale Cafe

A babysitter can be provided with enough notice and the charge payable locally.