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Stay at Sheringham’s iconic Old Boathouse, overlooking historic Lifeboat Plain, with direct view to the sea. Sleeps 6. Family and dog friendly.

31/08/2024

We are delighted to announce the unveilling of reproductions of original paintings and drawings by local artists Tom Armes (1894-1963) and Mick Bensley (1944-2023) of 1, The Old Boathouse in Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham. The artwork is now displayed in the original premises which it portrays, converted from a former boatbuilders into a premier, fully modernised holiday rental property. The pictures portray the building's earlier usage as the Emery family boatbuilders, from around 1850 to the 1960s.

We are very grateful to Tom Armes' son and to the late Mick Bensley who gave permission for the reproductions, to Lisa Little and Tim Groves at Sheringham Museum for assisting with the copies and to Chris Dyer of North Walsham, who undertook the expert reproduction.

If you choose to rent our accommodation for the very best of seaside holidays in North Norfolk, you will enjoy this latest edition to a property, which combines both comfort and history.

https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/cottage/oc-17136-the-old-boathouse

27/03/2024

Fantastic to be present at the unveilling today of the 29 metre (95 feet) mural on 's East Promenade to highlight the special archaeological history of our 'Deep History coast'. This astonishing piece of public art, produced by local community artists in conjunction with local schools and businesses, commemorates the discovery of the world's oldest and the U.K.'s largest ever mammoth skeleton, found on the beach nearby.

Our visitors to Sheringham can enjoy fossil-hunting from Ice Age times, where remains of rhinos, hyaenas, wolves and bears have also been found locally.

Congratulations to the fantastic community artist Colin Seal and everyone involved in Sheringham Art who have undertaken this project. Please buy artworks from local artists involved at https://www.sheringham.art and do consider joining them!

24/03/2024

If you're seeing the film , read about the real life case of the alleged poison pen letter writer of , Dorothy Myrtle Thurburn - and decide for yourself if she was guilty or not-guilty?!

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24202748.extraordinary-story-dorothy-myrtle-thurburn-sheringham/

Visit Abbey Road where Dorothy lived and see the hexagonal Victorian postbox in Station Rd where she was "caught".

27/02/2024

The reflection on the sea at from the full moon this week was truly spectacular.

A fantastic time staying at 1, The Old Boathouse.

25/02/2024

Wonderful performance of 'The Mikado' last night. Tremendous musicality, of course. But Opera Anywhere did it with such humour too. And a full house at the equally wonderful Sheringham Little Theatre. Thank-you all.

11/02/2024

See this article today on how Einstein stayed locally near Sheringham, as he fled N**i persecution before the Second World War.

When you visit, see the mural at the West Beach of the world's most influential scientist to commemorate his time here.

https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/10/einstein-on-the-run-how-the-worlds-greatest-scientist-hid-from-nazis-in-a-norfolk-hut

10/02/2024

Up to a thousand Snow Bunting, known as the arctic adventurer, winter at nearby Cley and Salthouse Marshes, between November and March each year.

The Snow Bunting breed around the arctic from Scandinavia to Alaska, Canada and Greenland and migrate south in winter.

Snow Buntings breed further north than any other land-based bird and can fly at speeds approaching 45 km per hour. Spot them via their striking 'snowy' plumage.

You will also see thousands of arctic ducks, geese, wading birds and seabirds that also spend each winter here.

Do visit when staying with us and congratulations to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust after The Times named the nature reserve this week as one of the best for in the UK.

31/12/2023

The countdown of our ‘Top Ten’ favourite photographs of 2023, from staying at 1, The Old Boathouse, Sheringham, North Norfolk, today reaches our favourite two.

2 - Stumble upon the unexpected. Walking along the North Norfolk coastal path to the east of Sheringham, stop off at a ‘pop-up’ café of delicious drinks and home-made cakes, all served by local resident Helen, from her converted horse box, quaintly called ‘piknikbox’.

1 - Fields of gold. Beautiful patterns walking in local fields, in every season.

We hope you’ve enjoyed our photos. Do come and see for yourself by visiting us - you would be very welcome.

To all our visitors, past and future - and to all our friends and neighbours in Sheringham - a very Happy New Year.

To stay at 1, The Old Boathouse, go to: https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/cottage/oc-17136-the-old-boathouse

30/12/2023

Countdown of our ‘Top Ten’ favourite photographs of 2023, from staying at 1, The Old Boathouse, Sheringham, North Norfolk.

Today, numbers 3 and 4, the incredible light from our wide Norfolk skies.

3 - The brightest of light and colour on ‘The Freshes’ or freshmarsh, walking the North Norfolk coastal path, to the west of Sheringham.

4 - Reflections on the shoreline as the sun rises above the cliffs, walking along the beach from Sheringham to the next village on, West Runton.

To stay at 1, The Old Boathouse, go to: https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/north-norfolk-coast-cottages/sheringham/1950-the-old-boathouse

Tomorrow, New Year’s Eve, our number two and number one favourite photos of the year!

29/12/2023

Countdown of our ‘Top Ten’ favourite photographs of 2023, from staying at 1, The Old Boathouse, Sheringham, North Norfolk.

Today, two of the wide range of local places of interest to visit while you are in Sheringham:

5 - White horses on the land as well as the sea. Watching the majestic white horses running wild at nearby Holt Country Park.

6 - Taking time to reflect. Hindringham Hall is one of several historic houses and gardens which can be visited on a day out during your stay.

To stay at 1, The Old Boathouse, go to: https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/north-norfolk-coast-cottages/sheringham/1950-the-old-boathouse

Hindringham Hall Holt Country Park

28/12/2023

Countdown of our ‘Top Ten’ favourite photographs of 2023, from staying at 1, The Old Boathouse, Sheringham, North Norfolk.

Today, bursts of colour in our local nature:

8 - The bright red raspberries and rosehips, providing lots of opportunities for berrying, as fruit in hedgerows on local footpaths ripens to its colourful and delicious best.

7 - Deep reds too amongst the explosion of colour in the nationally famous azalea collection in Sheringham Park.

To stay at 1, The Old Boathouse, go to: https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/north-norfolk-coast-cottages/sheringham/1950-the-old-boathouse

Sheringham Park NT

27/12/2023

Between Christmas and New Year, we’re posting once again our favourite photographs of the year, from staying at the iconic 1 The Old Boathouse in Sheringham, North Norfolk.

Today, two very different types of historic transport:

10 - The life-size Viking Boat exhibited in Sheringham High Street the week before the town’s famous Viking Festival - when visitors can watch historic reenactments and see the boat burnt to a cinder on the beach.

9 - Getting a steam up at Sheringham’s heritage North Norfolk Railway - enjoying daily trips by steam engine and several specially themed weekends and festivals.

To stay at 1, The Old Boathouse, go to: https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/north-norfolk-coast-cottages/sheringham/1950-the-old-boathouse

26/11/2023

Rare bird alert! The Purple Sandpiper which breeds in Iceland, Scandinavia and a few around the coast of northern Scotland, was spotted here in Sheringham on the North Norfolk coast. It was on the rocks in front of the beach huts!

If you are visiting us, don’t miss one of Britain’s most popular birdwatching sites at the nearby Cley Marshes reserve run by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.

28/08/2023

Juicy, ripening blackberries and rosehips. A sure sign of late summer on the North Norfolk coastal path, directly accessible from our base in Sheringham. The brambles on which blackberries grow are also part of the rose family. The rosehip symbolises waiting for your true love. We love them both!

24/06/2023

“Dog walker on Sheringham beach.” Really beautiful picture taken by Judith Lock and shared with the Beautiful Britain group. Thank-you.

11/04/2023

A pleasure to visit our friends at Rescue Wooden Boats yesterday, who help keep the history alive of Emery’s Boatbuilders, from whose boathouse our modern holiday accommodation was converted.

You can stay at 1, The Old Boathouse in Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham and relive some of the history of Sheringham’s oldest and longest serving boatbuilders of wooden crab and whelk boats for the North Norfolk coast, from around 1850 to 1980.

The Rescue Wooden Boats charity has already restored Harvester, the last whelker built by Emery’s in 1951. Her engine was added later, reputedly from a cruiser used by the singer and ukelele maestro George Formby, when he holidayed on the Norfolk Broads. Today Harvester sails out of Morston

Rescue Wooden Boats is currently fundraising to complete the restoration of two more boats built by Emery’s in Sheringham.

The first is the the 26ft long whelker, Bessie, built in 1935 and named after the wife of owner George Cox. Bessie was chosen for a special mission to pick up a VIP - whose identity is still secret to this day - as part of the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.

The second is Black Beauty, a crab boat built in 1950 and used for more than 30 years, before being donated to Rescue Wooden Boats.

If you would also like to visit the Rescue Wooden Boats Heritage Centre to find out more about the history of fishing the North Norfolk coast and of the craft used, they are open Sundays and Bank Holidays from April to October.

For more details, to make a donation or to offer to volunteer to assist at the Sunday openings, go to: www.rescuewoodenboats.com

Thank-you to Wendy Pritchard and all Trustees and volunteers at this wonderful charity.

To stay at 1, The Old Boathouse, go to: https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/north-norfolk-coast-cottages/sheringham/1950-the-old-boathouse

09/04/2023

Watch the seals congregate on the shoreline to give birth and an actual seal fight at the thousand-strong colony at Blakeney Point, one of the great local attractions for us in Sheringham, on tonight’s ‘Wild Isles’ on BBC1 with Sir David Attenborough.

Once the newly born pups are weaned, the females are ready to breed again, and heavyweight males enter violent, bloody fights to win a stretch of beach, and the females along with it.

Blakeney Point has been described as one of the greatest wildlife spectacles anywhere on the planet. The British Isles are home to 40% of the world’s population of grey seals with Blakeney the UK's largest grey seal colony, with an estimated 3,000 born each year.

In this concluding episode of Wild Isles, Sir David says: “It’s easy to feel overwhelmed or powerless by the scale of the issues facing our planet, but we have the solutions."

For our visitors at 1, The Old Boathouse, don’t forget you can visit the seals by boat at any time of year with our friends at
Temple Seal Trips
Ptarmigan Seal Trips
Beans Boat Trips or
Bishops Boats Seal Trips

The programme is on BBC1 at 7pm and on BBC iPlayer.

National Trust RSPB WWF Norfolk Wildlife Trust

01/04/2023

Welcome to everyone coming to the Sheringham Viking Festival today. Re-enactments with Wuffa Saxon and Viking Re-enactment Group (Open Group) on Beeston Common from 10am-4pm. Torchlight procession and boat-burning on the beach from 7pm. Odin is ready!

01/01/2023

You’re always drawn to the sea in Sheringham - even on New Year’s Day!

Happy New Year to all our guests this year - we hope to see you back and to welcome new visitors to the historic 1, The Old Boathouse in North Norfolk’s premier seaside town!

Happy New Year too, to all our friends and neighbours in this most friendly of communities.

A healthy and successful 2023 to everyone!

https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/north-norfolk-coast-cottages/sheringham/1950-the-old-boathouse

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30/12/2022

30 indie . No. 30: Winibees Bakery

Sheringham’s newest bakery but you cannot miss its pretty-in-pink shopfront, nor its tray bakes, cookies, cupcakes, hot drinks and milkshakes. All made in-house daily.

In summer try their iced lattes and strawberry lemonade.

Owned by Megan Hart who grew up in Norfolk and her husband Jimmy. The shop is named after their two children: Winnie and Barnaby. It really is the ultimate family business as the baker is Megan’s mother, Mandy and it was Megan’s uncle who painted the shopfront.

One of their recent innovations are ‘pupcakes’ – especially for dogs. They are made with bananas, peanut butter, honey, wholemeal flour and rolled oats.

It was Megan and Jimmy’s dream to set up their own bakery and the shop has already been recognised by being a finalist in the prestigious small business ‘Muddy Awards’ nationally, (Best New Lifestyle Start-Up).

As they say, the story behind the shop is just as sweet as the cakes it sells.

This is the last of our ‘Top 30’ from Sheringham’s unique range of independent traders. Sorry for those who missed out and who also deserve your custom. If you come to Sheringham - North Norfolk’s premier seaside town - do delight in these family-run, distinctive businesses and all they have to offer.

Buy Local Norfolk All Things Norfolk FSB East Anglia Norfolk Chambers of Commerce

29/12/2022

30 indie . No.29: Harris & James Chocolate

Award winning Gelato Makers, Coffee Roasters & Chocolate Creators, with shops not just in Sheringham, but across Norfolk and Suffolk.

An ethical chocolatier, making small batch, single source chocolate with beans sourced directly from farms and cooperatives around the globe.

Hand-crafted chocolate bars available in different flavours include Coffee, Salted Caramel, Pecan and Raisin, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Eton Mess and Mississippi Mud Pie.

They offer handmade gelato and soul-warming hot chocolate.

Their hand-picked chocolate boxes unleash intense flavours.

Don’t forget to try their churros & chocolate.

Harris and James’ motto is that they bring the best that chocolate and coffee has to offer.

This is the penultimate entry in a series which is celebrating our seaside town’s unique range of independent traders. No advertising is involved.

Buy Local Norfolk All Things Norfolk FSB East Anglia Norfolk Chambers of Commerce

28/12/2022

30 indie . No. 28: After strolling along the Prom, Prom, Prom, visit ‘Tiddely-om-pom-pom!’ - the dolls house and miniatures shop.

Stocks Sparks Gift Wholesalers Buoys Toys & Models Dottie's Miniatures and Dinkies Delights miniatures.

Also quirky gifts, pocket money toys, cards, jewellery and accessories.

Check out their exquisite painted rockart and even the most beautiful beach finds.

Their motto is “It’s always the little things.”

Buy Local Norfolk All Things Norfolk FSB East Anglia Norfolk Chambers of Commerce

27/12/2022

30 indie . No. 27: Starlings Toys
A newsagent, a toyshop, a stationers and one of the places to pick-up your beach toys. A family run business first established in 1912, now headed up by Jon Starling, they have expanded to four branches across East Anglia.

Toys feature a wide range of makes including Lego, Barbie, Generation Dolls, Sylvanian Families, Pokémon, Wasgij Puzzles, Nerf, Playmobile, Chicco, Dickie, Fendt and much more.

A good place to pick up books of local interest and tickets for local events. They even still arrange home delivery of your newspaper.

Part of the group of independent toy shops.

26/12/2022

30 indie . No. 26: Smith's Model Railways

A real find for train and model enthusiasts with literally thousands of model railway items from which to choose.

New and pre-owned items for sale, new items arrive each day.

They exhibit at model railway shows.

Run by James Smith, Smiths is open six days a week, Tuesday-Sunday.

They also sell sailing boats for use on the Sheringham boating pond.

It’s a model shop!

Please ‘like’ this post and follow us, to see this series on Sheringham’s unique range of independent shops. There are so many, it’s spilled over in to December! No advertising is involved.

This series spilled over from November - time to finish it. One a day between now and New Year….to match the date!

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29/11/2022

30 indie . No.25: Sheringham Collectables

Collectables of value and antiques including Jewellery, China, Glassware and Militaria.

They buy and sell gold, silver and diamonds, guaranteeing good prices.

The shop also has a great selection of quality second-hand books, reference, hobby, children's and paperbacks.

One collector found a 1980s London bus map, another a speedway poster from the 1940s.

Sheringham Collectables provide a confidential service if you are seeking a valuation on that family heirloom or something found in the attic. Owners Glenda and Kris can also arrange house and garage clearances.

Featured in an episode of BBC2’s Antiques Roadtrip with presenter Anita Manning.

Their most unusual collectable (and not for sale)? A near life-size 'Lord Supreme Dalek' which even speaks!

This is the latest of our series every day in November to celebrate Sheringham’s unique range of independent shops. No advertising is involved.

Buy Local Norfolk All Things Norfolk FSB East Anglia Norfolk Chambers of Commerce

28/11/2022

30 indie . No.24: Rags & Bags

Beautiful fashions, charming and pretty accessories.

Labels include Alice Collins, Lily and Me, Marble, Pomodoro and Seasalt.

Try a Tulip jumper for Spring, a breeze dress for summer, a stylish cotton jacket for Autumn or some colourful, mismatched Solmate socks for Winter.

Run by Moya, who invites you to come in and have what she says is a ‘vibrant’ experience.

This is the latest of our series every day in November, celebrating Sheringham’s unique range of independent shops. No advertising is involved.

Buy Local Norfolk Buy All Things Norfolk FSB East Anglia Norfolk Chambers of Commerce

27/11/2022

30 indie . No.23: Peter's Bookshop

Run since 1984 starting with a market stall before moving in to its St Peter’s Road premises, with an initial stock of 10,000 books, now expanded to 25,000 today, in four rooms across 11 aisles.

Antiquarian and second hand books from £1 to £100. Everything from a holiday read to a reference book to a local map.

Run by Peter Cox, the former window cleaner turned bookseller.

Ring the bell for assistance!

This is the latest in our celebration of Sheringham’s independent traders, each day in November. No advertising involved. Please like this post and follow us, to see who we choose tomorrow!

Buy Local Norfolk All Things Norfolk Norfolk Chambers of Commerce FSB East Anglia

26/11/2022

30 indie . No.22: Owl Tree Crafts

They say their mission is to help you “Be Creative”.

Owl Tree Crafts stocks a range of yarn, fabric and crafts.

Everything you need for dressmaking, embroidery, knitting, quilting or crochet.

Their natural fibres include Alpaca, Merino, Silk, Cotton and Bamboo.

They squish, they needle natter and they support the Norfolk Makers Festival.

Run by Jo Dyer since 2014, she says she has crafted all her life, including glass painting, sewing, patchwork, cross-stitch, paper crafting in its many different forms and beading.

If you have a crafty question, she is a great person to ask!

Jo says that Owl Tree Crafts is her “dream come true and I hope a crafty Heaven for people just like me and you!”

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24/11/2022

30 indie shops. No.21: North Sheringham and Wells Next The Sea Ladieswear.

Offer everything from 100 stars gowns and scarves to all-weather Roka bags, from Eliza Grace sunglasses to flowing kimonos.

Describe their clothing and accesories as comfortable, fashionable and affordable.

They say you ‘north’ can help you dress up or dress down.

For winter, try their faux fur snoods and slippers.

Their best-sellers are their designer magnetic broaches.

‘north’ has a sister shop in Wells-next-the-sea…but we prefer ours!

If you’re enjoying our series celebrating Sheringham’s unique range of independent shops each day in November, please ‘like’ this and follow us - to see who we’ll choose tomorrow! No advertising is involved.

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23/11/2022

30 indie . No.20: Missys boutique

Another of Sheringham’s amazing range of women’s clothing stores.

See tops and dresses in many different colours and happy to advise on matching clothes and shoes.

Ruffle things up with the perfect throw-on-and-go item - their ruffle tops.

Great prices all-round and do check out their up to 50% off sales.

Originally called Sarah’s Boutique, they became Missy’s Boutique in 2019 - and haven’t looked back since.

They say they’re always open to suggestions for new items to stock.

Please ‘like’ this post and follow us, to see this series on Sheringham’s unique range of independent shops, every day in November. No advertising involved.

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1, Old Boathouse, Lifeboat Plain
Sheringham
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