8 Carpenters Cottages is conveniently located for visiting a choice of sandy beaches, coastal paths, salt marsh RSPB nature and bird reserves. Sheringham, 7 miles, with sandy beach, resort facilities, swimming pool, golf and NNR steam railway.  You can take a short walk of about 20 minutes from 8 Carpenters Cottages and visit the  North Norfolk Railway Poppy Line which runs a steam train from Sheringham to Holt.

Green Spaces near Holt within walking distance

Spout Hills/Spout Common  5 minute walk from the cottage.

Spout Hills is just yards off Georgian Holt's High Street, is a special place of streams, ponds, marsh orchids and mint. Comprising of 14 acres of registered common land, the area consists of varying habitats and a spring which sprouts out of a gravel hill. 

HOLT Country Park is about a 10 minute walk from the cottage

Holt  Country Park  is  situated on the edge of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is a Green Flag award winner. When you walk in to the tranquil woodland, dominated with Scots pines and native broadleaves, it's easy to understand why.

With the change in seasons come changes in the wonderful displays of flowers that you can find, from orchids in the summer to snowdrops in the winter. Holt Country Park is home to many varieties of butterflies who share their airspace with dragonflies and damselflies. The rich ground flora supports an abundant display of wildlife including goldcrests, greater spotted woodpeckers and deer.

Sheringham Park is 4 miles from the cottage
Landscape park and woodland garden with miles of stunning coastal viewsWander through Sheringham Park and you'll discover why it became the personal favourite of its designer, Humphry Repton. Visit the Repton exhibition to see the story of his 1812 design during a turbulent period of history.
Famous for its vast collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, the last owner, Tom Upcher, would hold rhododendron champagne parties in the 1950s to show them off. Ladies would arrive in their fine gowns, some wearing Wellington boots to walk down the main carriageway, sipping champagne and admiring the colours.
Today, you can climb to the top of the towers to experience breath taking views of this beautiful landscape, the North Norfolk coast and maybe a steam train passing through.  Spend a day here exploring 1000 acres of varying habitat including woodland, parkland and cliff top. Look out for wildlife, 3 species of deer can be seen alongside a wide variety of birds and butterflies.  You will need to book at the moment 01263820550

Holt makes a wonderful location for Wildlife and Bird Watchers as Blakeney National Nature Reserve (5 miles).  Blakeney Point, within Blakeney National Nature Reserve, is a four-mile-long sand and shingle spit. Sand dunes have formed over hundreds of years on the shingle ridge and form a rare habitat valuable for unusual plants, insects, BIRDS and SEALS.

On the way to Blakeney the Wiveton Bell is lovely.  In Morston The Anchor is great – as you enter turn right into the bar down a few steps - busy and small rooms that full of character and good food.  

In Morston there are also boat trips to see the seals that can be arranged from the pub or Morston Quay.   Beans Boats  offer daily boat trips to see the SEALS & BIRDS in their natural environment at Blakeney Point.

Seals at Blakeney
There are both common & grey seals at Blakeney, usually numbering around 500. Common seals drop their pups between June and August, and the greys give birth later in the year between November and January.
There are boat trips (Usually from April - October) to see the seals; the trips last for about 1 hour. Location: Blakeney National Nature Reserve is situated mid-way between the towns of Wells-next-the-sea and Sheringham.

Blakeney National Nature Reserve

One of the largest expanses of undeveloped coastal habitats of its type in Europe, Blakeney National Nature Reserve extends to 1,097 hectares, almost all of which is within the ownership of the National Trust. It includes Blakeney Point, Blakeney Freshes, Morston and Stiffkey Marshes and supports a wide range of coastal plant communities with many nationally important species. 
Blakeney Point itself is a 3 mile long sand and shingle spit, noted for its colonies of breeding terns and migrant birds passing through. Both common and grey seals can also be seen. An information centre at Morston Quay provides further details on the area.

Highlights: Twite, snow bunting and shore larks, tern colonies with little, common, sandwich and arctic terns, ringed plover, oystercatcher, shelduck, brent geese, common and grey seals.

   
If you are feeling like splashing out for a very special one-off occasion the *Michelin star rated Hotel and Restaurant Morston Hall is nearby.