Tonnage Bridge Retreats

Widen your knowledge of the Broads if you’re here in the warmer months, at the Museum of the Broads 10 minutes’ drive away in Stalham. Open from late March to the end of October, this is stuffed with info and exhibits relating to this lush landscape (including boats: envy induced), and has trails to stroll along, events to join in and picnic areas by the water to partake of. Kids – and grownups of a certain disposition – will also have a blast at BeWILDerwood (15 minutes), the woodland adventure park with treehouses, rope bridges and zipwires; tiddlers can tag along too as there are two areas especially for under-fives. Further afield, puffing on the Bure Valley Railway is 25 minutes’ drive from the site and Pleasurewood Hills theme park is 55 minutes away at Lowestoft. And might small sorts also like to be sandy sorts? But of course: the nearest beaches are Eccles, Sea Palling and Waxham, all 20 to 25 minutes away.