My favourites:
- Wells - gorgeous beach, pretty sheltered (there’s a tree-lined dune behind the beach which acts as a massive windbreak), town is nice to potter around afterwards. There are often half term trails in the woods nearby, and Holkham Hall has some nice gardens
- Old Hunstanton - again, a nice beach, not much in the village itself but there’s a lifeboat station that your child might be interested in. If you want to explore and the tide permits, there are some cool rockpools around by the cliffs.
Both of the above are vast so there’s plenty of space to roam.
Not a massive fan of Heacham tbh. Hunstanton itself has a certain faded seaside charm to it and has a Sealife Sanctuary which is quite nice if you can find vouchers somewhere (they’re everywhere tbh).
I should add that there are gorgeous beaches all the way from Old Hunstanton to Wells, but these two are a particularly good balance of being family-friendly and still relatively picturesque.
The Rose and Crown in Snettisham is excellent (book ahead though!) as is the Gin Trap in Ringstead. The Feathers in Dersingham is very friendly - slightly cheaper than the above two; the food is good enough. Also if you’re going further around the coast, we’ve discovered the Lifeboat in Thornham (massive fish sandwich for £7). Avoid the Ancient Mariner in Old Hunstanton!
