Holt & Cley Profile

Holt is a fine old Georgian town, rebuilt in 1708 after a fire consumed most of the town, it is a very attractive town and popular with visitors to Norfolk due to the number of antique shops, craft shops of various types and the quality of its accommodation and restaurants.

A mile from the centre of town and just passed the famous Gresham school lies Holt railway station from where steam trains may be boarded to Sheringham. A horse drawn carriage named “ The Holt Flier” runs a regular service between the station and the town centre. Another popular attraction is the country park just on the outskirts of town 100 acres of woodland to explore, but with clearly defined paths to save you getting lost.

A short drive north from Holt will bring you to the village of Cley with its windmill and internationally famous “Smoke House”, a visit to the smoke house is a must for all lovers of good food; kippers, bloater, salmon, trout, smoked eels: the only problem – what to choose. Just outside the town lies the fabled nature reserve and salt marshes, which run from Salthouse in the east to Blakeney and Morston in the west, famous the world over for the number and variety of bird nesting or over wintering on the marshes.