Scolt Head Island, North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest

Name: Scolt Head Island
Address: North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest, United Kingdom

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Scolt Head Island, North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest

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Scolt Head Island is an offshore barrier island between Brancaster and Wells-next-the-Sea in north Norfolk. It is in the parish of Burnham Norton and is accessed by a seasonal ferry from the village of Overy Staithe. The shingle and sand island appears to have originated from a former spit extending from the coast, and longshore drift means that it is slowly moving to the west and inshore. ()

Coordinates: 52°58'56"N, 0°42'24"E

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Day trips

Scolt Head Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, Holkham Hall, Anna's Walk, Titchwell Marsh.

2.2 miW
Golf
Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest
57 min walk • Royal West Norfolk Golf Club is a golf club in Brancaster, Norfolk, England, about 7 miles east of Hunstanton, between Brancaster Bay and the salt marshes. The links course opened in 1892. Simon Rayner is a professional at the club.
4.7 miSE
Palladian country house attraction
Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea
121 min walk • Holkham Hall is an 18th-century country house near the village of Holkham, Norfolk, England, constructed in the Neo-Palladian style for the 1st Earl of Leicester, by the architect William Kent, aided by Lord Burlington.
5.7 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Anna's Walk, Norfolk Coast AONB
145 min walk • Anna's Walk is a five-mile circular walk in North Norfolk coast around the village of Thornham and sands of Holme Dunes. The walk takes in parts of the village, a woodland stretch beside Drove Orchards, salt marshes, Holme Dunes beach, Thornham Harbour and the Village Green.
4.5 miW
Protected area
Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk Coast AONB
115 min walk • Titchwell Marsh is an English nature reserve owned and managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
1.9 miSE
Windmill
Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill, Norfolk Coast AONB
50 min walk • Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill is a Grade II* listed building tower mill at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, England which has been converted to holiday accommodation.
4.8 miSE
Monastery
Creake Abbey
123 min walk • Creake Abbey is a ruined abbey in Norfolk, England, situated alongside the River Burn and a mile to the north of the village of North Creake. The abbey church was dedicated to Saint Mary. The ruins are Grade I listed, and form part of a Scheduled Monument site.
2.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Branodunum
66 min walk • Branodunum was an ancient Roman fort to the east of the modern English village of Brancaster in Norfolk. Its Roman name derives from the local Celtic language, and may mean "fort of the raven".
1.9 miSE
Windmill
Union Mills
50 min walk • Union Mills or Roy's Mills are a Grade II listed combined tower mill and watermill at Burnham Overy, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.
3.3 miSE
Monastery
Peterstone Priory, Norfolk Coast AONB
86 min walk • Peterstone Priory a house of Augustinian Canons, was a priory in Burnham Overy, Norfolk, England. It was founded before 1200 and incorporated 1449.
3.1 miSW
Locality
Brancaster
79 min walk • Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Brancaster comprises Brancaster itself, together with Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale.
3.6 miE
Forts and castles
Holkham Camp, Holkham National Nature Reserve
92 min walk • Holkham Camp, or Holkham Fort, is an Iron Age fort in Norfolk, England, about 1 mile north-west of the village of Holkham. It is a scheduled monument.