Set amidst North Norfolk’s glorious green landscape, this cosy cottage provides the perfect escape for groups of friends and families, aching for a seaside escape. Peruse Docking’s Wednesday market for lush local produce or look further afield to King’s Lynn (17 miles) which holds Tuesday and Saturday markets. Fakenham (12 miles), North Norfolk’s largest town, has a market each Thursday and is set in sublime countryside. Watch the Queen’s Household Cavalry race along Holkham Beach (11 miles), or relax on the wide golden sands at Brancaster, Heacham and Hunstanton (6, 7 and 8 miles respectively). Bird and nature watchers will love the reserves at Holkham, Holme Dunes (8 miles), Snettisham (12 miles) and Blakeney (19 miles); look out for avocets and marsh harriers. Savour sweet crabs at Hunstanton, dine out at Holkham Hall and visit the Whin Hill Cider Orchard in Wells-next-the-Sea (12 miles). Explore the elegant past at Houghton Hall (7 miles) and Sandringham House and Estate (8 miles).
Inside, you’ll find the spacious and welcoming open-plan lounge/diner, with its sumptuous leather sofas, Smart TV, CD player and stylish window-side wooden table and benches. Light floods into the sitting room through wide windows, and in the evening, it’s sublime to sit around the wood burner with a glass of local wine, or kick back with a book, play a game or watch TV. Prepare the fine farm food you’ve found on your travels in the kitchen. After days of seaside fun, soothe sore limbs in the luxurious bathroom. After nightcaps beneath the stars on the patio, sink to sleep in one of the three first-floor bedrooms: a tranquil king-size bed, a soothing double and a 4’ double with wide windows.
On warm summer nights and bright mornings, spill out into the enclosed rear garden for tasty breakfasts and smoky BBQs; small children will be safe in both front and rear areas. The enclosed front patio is perfect for a quick aperitif before supper, or for just sitting and chewing the fat with your friends and family.