Welcome to Sea Palling & Waxham Community Website

We are two small villages on the North Norfolk Coast that contain everything needed for a really good holiday or shorter break whether you have family with you or not!

Sea Palling, on account of the nine off-shore reefs built as part of the flood prevention scheme, has a wonderful sandy beach, which has been awarded and retained the coveted Blue Flag award for several years. During the summer, there are Royal National Lifeboat Institute lifeguards on duty every day and additionally our Inshore Lifeboat Crew all carry pagers so the boat is on call 24 hours a day 365 days a year. As well as good swimming , there is also provision for launching personal water crafts.

There are two pubs, cafes, amusement arcade, a Post Office and general store, farm shop and a stall which sells fish caught locally. The market town of Stalham is four miles away. There is a regular direct bus service during the week to Wroxham and onto Norwich for shopping and sight seeing. We are equidistant from the seaside resorts of Great Yarmouth and Cromer.

If you are interested in nature then the Norfolk Wildlife Trust reserve at Hickling is only four miles away and both the NWT and RSPB have reserves easily reached by car. A walk along the beach towards Waxham and Horsey (National Trust) may well be rewarded with sightings of seals. For historians there is the famous Waxham Barn which has been rebuilt following severe damage in the Great Storm of October 1987. Originally built by the Wodehouse family in the late 16th. Century, it is one of the largest in the country. Norwich, some twenty miles away, is famed for having the greatest number of medieval churches in northern Europe, together with the only remaining complete medieval friary in the country.

We feel that whatever your interests, you will be able to indulge them during a visit here.

Further details may be found on our other pages and we should be most grateful if you would spare the time to look at our advertisers’ inserts, for without their generous support, we should be unable to continue running this independent site.

Do enjoy your visit.

Sea Palling Art Group Exhibition

The Sea Palling Art Group held a successful exhibition of their paintings in Sea Palling Village Hall over the August Bank Holiday weekend. About 150 paintings were on show and over 140 visitors attended. Some artists were giving demonstrations and we received very flattering comments about the show. The art class meets on Thursday afternoons in the village hall.

Sea Palling Cricket Club v Volunteer Rescue Services

There will be a cricket match between Sea Palling Cricket Club and the Palling Volunteer Rescue Service at Ingham Cricket Ground on September 4th from 1a.m. to 5 p.m. All monies raised will be shared between the Rescue Service and Faiths.

Bring a picnic - bar available. £5 per participant, All welcome. Contact Peter for more information on 01692 598592.

Bus Time Table

A new section has been added to this website giving bus time tables and contacts for operators. Any changes to the times published will be made as soon as available. The website does not accept any responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise of this information. Please see the bottom of the navigator panel.

Palling Beach

Not only has Sea Palling retained its Blue Flag for 2010 (one of only four beaches in Norfolk) but a recent survey from the Marine Conservation Society reports that we had excellent water quality last year and have continued to have 'recommended status' in 2010. Further information on www.goodbeachguide.co.uk

Website statistics

During the first six months of 2010 the website was visited by 12,378 people.

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Dogs on Palling Beach - see item on News Page

A new booklet on the village has been produced - Please see News Page.

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