North Norfolk
The village of Edingthorpe is perfectly placed between the North Norfolk coast with the attractive seaside towns of Cromer and Sherringham, the cathedral city of Norwich with its many restaurants, shops, theatres and museums, and the Norfolk Broads with its seemingly-endless, beautiful waterways, wildlife and walks. Just 2 miles from the nearest beach, there are also secluded, sand-duned expanses shortly to the south where the local seal population come to have their cubs.
The local market town of North Walsham is only 3 miles from Church Farm Barn and the pretty village of Aylsham is some 11 miles west. Near Aylsham, you will find the stunning Jacobean National Trust property of Blickling Hall while Felbrigg Hall is on the way to Cromer.
Places to See
Blickling Hall
Bewilderwood
Cromer Pier
Hillside Shire Horse Sanctuary
Hoveton Hall Gardens
Fakenham Races
Felbrigg Hall
Norwich Cathedral
Norwich Castle
Royal Cromer Golf Club
Seal Trips
Sheringham Golf Club
Sheringham Little Theatre
Sheringham Park
Theatre Royal, Norwich
The Muckleburgh Collection
The Poppy Line Heritage Railway
Eating Out in Norfolk
The Olive Branch at Tunstead is an excellent restaurant serving English food with a French influence. Other excellent eateries are: The Black Boys at Aylsham; the Hunny Bell at Hunworth; the Walpole Arms at Itteringham; and Loch Fyne, with its excellent fish courses, in Norwich. La Griglia in Cromer serves very good Italian dishes.
Locally, the Vernon Arms at Southrepps has the flavour of a good local pub whilst also serving very good meals. Both the Blue Bell in North Walsham and the Lighthouse in Walcott cater for a wide variety of tastes.
The popular Chubby Panda and LaBone in North Walsham provide local Chinese and Indian dishes.
Norfolk Produce
We take pride in using as much local produce and ingredients from around Norfolk as possible, here are a few of our suppliers:
Fresh free-range eggs come from Green Farm at Edingthorpe Green and local jams are made by Edwina at Honey Top Farm also in the village.
The local farm shop at Groveland, Roughton, has an excellent butcher with venison always available for Game Pie. And the butcher, G.F.White of Aylsham, provides their own dry-cured bacon and breakfast sausages for the Church Farm Barn table.
Letheringsett Mill provides the flour, muesli and oats for the Barn’s freshly-made bread and breakfast choices of muesli and porridge. It sits next to a superb restaurant, the King’s Head again in Letheringsett near the town of Holt.