Happisburgh footprints, Happisburgh

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The Happisburgh footprints were a set of fossilized hominid footprints that date to the early Pleistocene, over 800,000 years ago. They were discovered in May 2013 in a newly uncovered sediment layer of the Cromer Forest Bed on a beach at Happisburgh in Norfolk, England, and carefully photographed in 3D before being destroyed by the tide shortly afterwards. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°49'31"N, 1°32'6"E

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Happisburgh footprints – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Museum of the Broads, Weavers' Way, Saint Mary, Horsey Dunes.

4.1 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
The Museum of the Broads, Norfolk Broads
104 min walk • The Museum of the Broads is an accredited museum and registered charity in Stalham, Norfolk, England. It describes its mission as being to "bring the story of the Broads alive". The Norfolk Broads are a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
3.6 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Weavers' Way, Stalham and Sutton
92 min walk • The Weavers' Way is a 61-mile long-distance footpath in Norfolk, England. Much of the Weavers’ Way footpath follows the old trackbed of the Aylsham to Great Yarmouth railway line operated by Midland and Great Northern Railway Company.
1.9 miSW
Church
Saint Mary
49 min walk • St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of East Ruston, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
6.9 miSE
Sand dune
Horsey Dunes, Norfolk Coast AONB
176 min walk • Horsey Dunes is an extensive dune system on the east coast of Norfolk, England. It is owned by the National Trust and is within the Norfolk Coast AONB. It is sometimes known as Horsey Gap. To the south is the adjacent SSSI Winterton Dunes - it is possible to walk from one to the other.
1.8 miSW
Park, Garden
East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens
45 min walk • East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens is a notable privately owned garden in the county of Norfolk at East Ruston in Eastern England. The gardens were established in 1973 by Alan Gray and Graham Robeson, who have created a 32-acre design which incorporates exuberant and innovative planting alongside a more traditional formal design.
4.3 miNW
Memorial
Paston Great Barn, Norfolk Coast AONB
110 min walk • Paston Great Barn is a medieval barn near Paston Hall on the southeast edge of the village of Paston, in northeast Norfolk. It is owned by the North Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust. It dates from 1581 and is associated with the Paston family. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a grade II* Listed Building.
3.2 miS
Church
The Ingham Swan
83 min walk • Holy Trinity Church in Ingham, Norfolk, England has been designated as a Grade I listed building by Historic England. The tower dates from the 15th century.
4.6 miS
Windmill
Hunsett Mill, Norfolk Broads
119 min walk • Hunsett Mill is located on the east bank of the River Ant one mile north of Barton Broad in the English county of Norfolk. The Windmill is 1.2 miles south west of the town of Stalham. The mill structure is a grade II listed building.
5.3 miNW
52°52'35"N • 1°26'29"E
Mundesley Independent Lifeboat/Flood rescue, Mundesley
134 min walk • Museum
3.7 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Norfolk Coast Path
96 min walk • The Norfolk Coast Path is a long-distance footpath in Norfolk, running 83 miles from Hunstanton to Hopton-on-Sea. It was opened in 1986 and covers the North Norfolk Coast AONB.
2.1 miSE
Church
St Andrew's Church
55 min walk • St Andrew's Church, Hempstead is the Church of England parish church of Hempstead, near Stalham, Norfolk, England. Hempstead is in Lessingham civil parish about 7+1⁄2 miles east of North Walsham and 1⁄2 mile from the North Sea coast.