What to See and Do around Norfolk
'Norfolk...A Playground for Activities and Relaxation.'
The Old School Bed and Breakfast offers a variety of on-site activity breaks.
For guests wishing to relax at the B&B, there is an extensive library of both reference and fiction.
Those wishing to explore Norfolk are invited to borrow from a selection of maps.
Nearby attractions include:
- Wells-next-the-Sea - the closest seaside town to the B&B, is a short journey away.
- Holkham Beach - an excellent beach for walking horses and bird watching. Used in films such as The Beach and Shakespeare in Love.
- The Thursford Collection - a collection of street organs, carousels and steam-driven farm machinery, open from Easter to September, with regular afternoon Wurlitzer concerts. More information: www.thursford.com
- Cromer - with its beach and other seaside attractions, including Cromer Pier.
- Walsingham - a place of pilgrimage for nearly one thousand years.
- The National Cycle Route - this passes close to the B&B.
- Traditional Norfolk Market Towns - Swaffham, North Walsham and Dereham are all nearby.
- Fakenham - with its weekly market and auctions, Racecourse and monthly farmer's market.
- The North Norfolk Railway or the Wells to Walsingham Railway.
Bird-watching at The Old School:
The long beaches and salt flats of the Norfolk coastline are ideal for boating, bird-watching, cycling and walking.
Keen bird watchers can look forward to seeing the house-martins, robins, wrens and house sparrows that raise their families at The Old School Bed and Breakfast each year.
There were 23 House-martins' nests in 2005! Blue-tits took up residence in the little Tardis in the courtyard this year, so the old police box contains the boys [and girls] in blue.
Also, watch for the marsh-tits, wren, robin, chaffinches, greenfinches, collared doves and occasional partridge, and listen for the blackbirds and pheasants.