The Top 14 Natural Monuments around North Norfolk
North Norfolk’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 14
beautiful natural monuments around North Norfolk. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around North Norfolk. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: November 28, 2025
Horsey Beach Seal Colony
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This is the perfect spot to catch Norfolk seals. Between November to about February hundreds of grey seals breed here. If you’re in the area around this time, then you have to catch the magnificent and forever-memorable sight.
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Sheringham Park Rhododendron and Azalea Gardens
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Famous for its vast collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, Sheringham Park is a magnificent and beautiful place to explore. Today, you can climb to the top of the towers and …
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Warham Camp Iron Age Fort
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Interesting detour through Wighton village to Warham Camp: Iron Age fort, claimed to be the biggest and most important of its kind in East Anglia. Large grass-covered mound about 5m …
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Horsey Mere
Highlight • Natural Monument
Horsey Mere is regarded as one of the most beautiful of the northern broads. Close to the Norfolk coast, Horsey's reed beds and grazing marshes offer a habitat of international …
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Beeston Bump: Trig Point and Viewpoint
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The Beeston Bump is a local highlight and one of the few actual 'high' points in Norfolk. Stunning views of the North Sea and both Sheringham and Cromer.
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West Runton Cliffs
Highlight • Climb
The cliffs here are a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). On the beach below the fossilised skeleton of a Skeppe Mammoth was found in 1990 so keep watch …
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Sidestrand and Trimingham Cliffs
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
The clifftop footpath between Trimingham and Sidestrand on the Norfolk Coast is a delightful location for a stroll. The area is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, rich in …
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Incleborough Hill
Highlight • Natural Monument
Incleborough Hill stands above the villages of East and West Runton on the North Norfolk Coast and commands fine views up and down the coast from Cromer to Sheringhamm and beyond.
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Beacon Hill (Roman Camp)
Highlight • Viewpoint
Known as both Beacon Hill and Roman Camp, it is actually thought the earthworks here date from much later than Roman times. The ironworks are medieval. It was also used as a signal station during the Napoleonic wars.
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How Hill Windmill and Nature Reserve
Highlight • Structure
Lovely hidden gem with superb views, a great tea room and delightful gardens. There's also Toad Hole Cottage Museum by the River Ant, which offers excellent walks and has several windmills to admire.
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