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BOATING HOLIDAYS

Norfolk is a great place for a boating holiday as you have the choice of the wide creeks of the coast or the quiet woodland waters of the Broads.
Wells Boats
Moored Boats
Brancaster Harbour
Boat Hut
Sailing Club Pontoon

Norfolk is a great place to come for your boating holiday. The Norfolk Broads are the largest wetland in Britain and is specially protected with the equivalent status of a national park. There are six rivers connecting forty broads, making over 200km of waterways in all, and just waiting to be explored. Water, reeds, marshes and tangled woodlands make up the Broadland landscape - a haven for birds and wildlife. The North Norfolk Coast has many creeks, channels and inlets to explore. Places to visit include nature reserves, churches, windmills, craft centres, and numerous waterside villages with pubs, shops and restaurants.

The waterways of Norfolk make a great place for sailing, motor boating or just messing about in a yacht, canoe, kayak, or windsurf. Regatta and other boating events are part of Norfolk boating life. Ashore you will also find lots of local events, such as carnivals, and fetes to add to the fun. Norfolk caters for all kinds of holiday activities such as cycle hire, walking and fishing.

Here is our pick of some of the best ways to enjoy boating in Norfolk

The Norfolk Broads are simply beautiful. There is a mixture of rivers and open Broads, giving miles of lock free waterways to cruise. You can hire a motor cruiser or yacht for your Norfolk Broads boat.
Norfolk Broads Boat
Broads boats moored against a staithe
Norfolk Broads Yacht
A Broads yacht from Hunters Yard, sailing down the Ant

Alternatively, the North Norfolk Coast comes alive at high tide, when many take afloat in a yacht, sailing dinghy or motor boat. There are plenty of places to launch your own boat from public slipways to sailing clubs.
Sailing Boat Pontoon
Visiting boats moored at Wells next the sea
Sailing Dinghy Launch
Small boats ready for launch on the Norfolk Coast

Many Norfolk villages have boating chandlers ... and also a sailing club.
Chandlers Boating Shop
Norfolk boat chandlers
Sailing Club
Norfolk Sailing Club

There is a large selection of craft in which to enjoy your Norfolk boating holiday - most on the Broads are flat low-level river cruisers, which are necessary to go under some of the low road bridges.
Broads Cruiser
Norfolk Broads River Cruiser
River Cruiser
Traditional Broadland Cruiser
 
Alternatively, you can hire a traditional gaff or gunter rigged yacht, or even a traditional Wherry!
Broads Yacht
Gunter rigged Yacht on Barton Broad
Norfolk Wherry
A Norfolk Wherry sailing down the River Thurne

Norfolk is a great safe place to enjoy dinghy sailing, canoeing or kayaking - bring yours along, there are plenty of places to launch.
Topper Dinghy Sailing
Topper dinghy sailing on the Norfolk Broads
Canoeing Kayaking
Paddling on the Norfolk Broads in a canoe

And don't forget the fishing rods - There are some great places to enjoy some good fishing.
Norfolk Fishing
Fishing on the Norfolk Broads
Norfolk Fishing
Fishing on Barton Broad

On land, there are many pretty villages to explore, both on the Broads and on the coast.
Riverside Village
Broadland Village
Seaside Village
Norfolk Coast Village

You can stop and enjoy some of the local refreshments - pubs, inns, restaurants and tea rooms.
Riverside Pub
Norfolk Country Pub
Seaside Restaurant
Norfolk Seaside Pub

Or come and meet the local Norfolk wildlife - Spring is great time to meet the young ones!!
Norfolk Wildlife
Norfolk Wildlife
Norfolk Birds
Norfolk Wildlife

 
Wells Boats
Moored Boats
Brancaster Harbour
Boat Hut
Sailing Club Pontoon
 
 
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Pocket Norfolk Broads


Posh Boats

Barnes Brinkcraft
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