Written By Kate Ellis
Looking for a stroll that is wheel friendly? Here are our favourite walks that offer easy access and will save your wheels from a mud MOT whilst exploring the local area.
Here are our 5 best easy access and wheel friendly walks
1. Holkham Park - Country Estate
Holkham is a day out in itself. Pay to park near the grand house and courtyard cafe. Set off and immediately you are on the flat along tarmac tracks around the estate. Spot lambs in the spring time and flocks of deer as you amble with vistas of Holkham Hall home to the Earl of Leicester and his family. A fab highlight is the gravel track around the lake although there maybe a bit of an uphill gravel path along the way. In summer months there is a golf buggy/train to the walled garden, a bit of fun for little ones an impressive work in progress for the estate’s gardeners and volunteer workforce .
Check out Holkham’s Accessibility guide here:
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2. Titchwell Marsh - Boardwalk
A short hop along the coast road by car beyond Brancaster will bring you to this RSPB Nature Reserve. Titchwell Marsh offers easy access from the car park and out on to a wandering 1200m board walk flanked by reeds and marshes on both sides. The path stretches all the way to a wild sandy beach, past bird hides where you can stop and take in the view and wildlife. The beach is not as easy to navigate so we suggest this stroll is all about the journey and not the destination.
Check out Titchwell Marsh’s Accessibility guide here:
3. Wells-next-the-Sea - Around town
No need for a car just saddle up and head out from The Normans with your wheels for an around town adventure. A riddle of lanes and alleyways with a little bit of up and down and round the corner, full of tiny cottages houses with curious names. Be sure not to miss heading to the top of Staithe Street and across the road to The Buttlands for a stroll round the Georgian Square with green in the middle and it’s two watering holes The Globe and The Crown.
4. Wells-next-the-Sea - Sea Wall
An easy mile takes you from the car park on the sea front along the tarmac path, sea wall . With an easy access slope a the end head to the cafe for a cuppa or an ice cream before your return trip. Take in the wide landscape along the way, enjoying views of the town and The Normans on the horizon as part of your return trip. Rain or shine this is a social walk always busy with people and dogs. Flat as a pancake all the way to the beach with a few benches incase you want to stop a while and breathe in some good old Norfolk air.
5. Blakeney Harbour - Around town
If you fancy a short stroll along the prom, Blakeney Harbour is for you. Head out from The Normans by car along the coast and through the pretty villages of Stiffkey and Morston before you peel off down a narrow road to the sea front at Blakeney. The car park on the front is National Trust so if you are a member parking is free. In the car park you’ll find a year round sea food van serving a fab Prawn sarnie. Take your stroll along the front and maybe take in a spot of crabbing or wander in the opposite direction to find the duck pond.