Apple Tree Farm Campsite

Sheringham (10 minutes’ drive) may well be top of the list in the beach stakes, with plenty of good old-fashioned bucket-and-spade fun to be had with the kids. Or how about eating fish and chips on the traditional pier at Cromer (15 minutes) or chancing your hand in the amusement arcades that dot the town’s prom? Tread in the ill-fated footsteps of Anne Boleyn at National Trust-owned Blickling Estate (20 minutes), the magnificent estate where she was born in 1501, and if you want to introduce the kids to some living history, pick up a leaflet from the tourist information office in Holt (10 minutes) and follow the Owl Trail around the Georgian town. You can find a myriad of footpaths and cycle trails around the area, from family beachside tramps among dunes to the rather-more-challenging, off-road Peddars Way trail, with bumpy tracks and some steep climbs.