Norfolk Woods Resort and Spa

Pentney Park is in the heart of Norfolk and is a nifty base for exploring all aspects of the county, whether you fancy a bit of its coastal sands, towns and harbours, its historic houses, family days out or rambling around outdoors for a spot of fishing, cycling, horse-riding or golf. Want to walk? Yards away from the park, the Nar Valley Way runs for 34 miles from King's Lynn along to the Museum of Rural Life at Grassenhall, intersecting with the Wash Coast Path at King's Lynn and the Peddars Way at Castle Acre, which in turn meets up with the Norfolk Coast Path. Royalty and historic house fans should see Sandringham House, country home of her Maj Queen Liz, with museum, gardens, visitor centre and country park, and from there go on to Holkham Hall, on the coast road between Wells-next-the-Sea and Burnham Overy. For family days out, let the kids puzzle things out at decidedly original adventure park BeWILDerwood at Hoveton or see the inhabitants at Banham Zoo, home of over 2,000 beasties. The Dinosaur Adventure theme park at Lenwade is another roaringly good day out, and from here it's only about 25 minutes to the sightseeing and shopping of Norwich. If you want to drive a bit further, scholarly Cambridge is about an hour away.