Horning Holidays

Horning is a picturesque village with many thatched flint-walled cottages, dating back to the Roman period, and set on the River Bure in the heart of the Norfolk Broads. It’s the perfect base for your relaxing UK holiday, with a great choice of Norfolk Broads apartments and holiday cottages from which to explore. Just outside the village are the ruins of St Benets Abbey, a medieval priory, which was founded around the 10^th century, probably on the site of an earlier monastery, and is unique in being the county’s only Anglo-Saxon monastery to escape dissolution, possibly due to its remoteness. Close-by Coltishall is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and at Caister-on-Sea there is a partially excavated Roman fort dating from the first century AD. There are many medieval churches to explore in the area, making Horning a great base for sightseeing holidays.

 

The Norfolk Broads is one of Britain’s foremost attractions, and Horning is considered one of its prettiest villages. A favourite destination for anglers, there’s coarse fishing on the Broads as well as lake fishing, sea fishing and beach casting along the Norfolk coast. There’s plenty of opportunity for watersports, with windsurfing being especially popular. Walking and cycling enthusiasts are well served with many trails in and around the region’s nature reserves, and it’s a birdwatchers’ paradise. Cockshoot Broad has an abundance of wildlife, including grebe, coot, herons and rare bitterns. At Bure Marshes you’ll see many species including marsh harriers and grey herons. Kelling Heath is an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with dedicated history and nature trails and cycle routes, and rare wildlife including plants, insects, nightjars and bats.

 

Situated on the Broads yet less than 15 miles from Great Yarmouth, Norwich and Norwich Airport, and Caister–on-Sea, you can keep the kids happy with a wide range of amusements for the whole family; for true freedom plan your days out from the comfort of a self-catering Norfolk Broads apartment or cottage. Enjoy a day at the traditional seaside resorts of Caister or Cromer, with sandy beaches and populated rock pools, or spend activity days at family attractions such as Bewilderwood, just 3 miles from Horning, an award-winning forest adventure featuring tree houses, bridges, zip wires and boat trips. There are many thrilling rides at Pleasurewood Hills, and you’re close to award-winning Banham Zoo, in Norwich, and Amazona Zoo in Cromer.