Dog Friendly Lodges Norfolk

Set amidst rolling countryside, this detached, 16th-century holiday cottage, one of the oldest cottages in Wickmere, is full of character and charm, with its beamed interior and inglenook fireplace with wood burner. Furnished and equipped to a very good standard, it enjoys a private enclosed garden with a patio terrace and furniture. There are many excellent walking and cycling opportunities with quiet lanes and designated trails direct from the doorstep. Visit bustling market towns, pretty villages and excellent sandy beaches. The seaside towns of Sheringham, 8 miles, and Cromer, 9 miles, offer an array of activities for all ages and excellent beaches. Other places to visit include Holt, Blakeney Quay and Norwich with its excellent shopping, cathedral, theatre, castle, museum, cafes and restaurants. National Trust properties include Blickling Hall, Felbrigg Hall and Sheringham Park. Wroxham, 18 miles, is the capital of the Norfolk Broads and has miles of inland waterways, where daily boat hire and river trips are available, as well as delightful waterside cafes, restaurants and shops. Beach 8 miles. Shop, pub and restaurant 1½ miles.

Enjoying a delightful waterside position, with excellent views of the water, private mooring and its own day launch for guests, Caracol is a spacious, detached property which provides ideal holiday accommodation at any time of the year. A lawned garden leads to the river’s edge and mooring, with an 8-seat private motor launch, available free of charge on request directly with the owner, to help guests explore the popular waterways and pretty Broads villages. The property has a large, fully enclosed decked area, the perfect location for relaxation and watching the boating activity. Having its own water frontage also means fishing is literally on the doorstep (seasonal and licensed). The property is situated just minutes from the heart of Wroxham, which is known as the ‘Capital of the Broads’, with its waterside restaurants, pubs, cafes and shops. Sailing, walking, nature trails, bicycle hire and golf are all available locally. The coast, with its sandy beaches, is only 12 miles and visitors can experience the delights of the attractive coastal villages. For the children, a day out at BeWILDerwood in Horning or Wroxham Barns are a short drive away. Alternatively spend a day in the city of Norwich, 8 miles, with its cathedral, museums, theatres and a vast array of cafes and shops. National Trust properties well worth visiting include Felbrigg Hall, Blickling Hall and Horsey Windpump. Shop 750 yards, pub 1 mile.

This glorious barn conversion has been meticulously designed and restored to create a luxurious holiday some for families and friends to enjoy. With open plan kitchen and dining area, the perfect space to come together and enjoy meals with your loved ones. Plus, large living area with games to keep the family entertained. Three kingsize bedrooms on the ground floor all with their own en-suite shower rooms. A spiral staircase leads to the large mezzanine, master bedroom, with kingsize bed plus en-suite bathroom, with bath and shower. Smart TVs in all downstairs bedrooms. From the lounge you will find sliding patio doors to the private and enclosed, rear and side garden, with private hot tub to sit back and relax in after a day exploring the local area. There is also a patio firepit and wood is included. A bespoke garden corner seating area, with built in firepit or drinks cooler, providing the perfect spot to enjoy al fresco dining on a warm day.
The Owl Barn is in a secluded spot, at a Hobby Farm within the owner’s grounds, there are chickens, turkey’s and ducks on site – Children are welcome to help with egg collection. Up to two well behaved dogs (kept on leads) are welcome (more dogs can be agreed with the owner before booking) and there are also dog kennels provided adjacent to the property in a shady spot, if you wish to go out for the day, sole use for Owl Barn guests. An enclosed horse paddock is also available for dogs to run free, horses accepted by request and private arrangement. Perfect for nature lovers, the owner offers access to a tranquil private nature walk within their grounds. Where you can enjoy the local nature. There is a pond and river at the end of the grounds, so please pay attention to warning signs and always supervise children and dogs. There are owl boxes in the trees with fitted cameras, which you will soon be able to view.
Conveniently placed, in the Norfolk village – Saham Toney, next door to an 18 hole Golf course and within a 5-minute drive to Watton, for all essential shops. Local pub within 1 mile. If you would like to explore the local area, Thetford Forest for high lodge forest adventure, Go Ape high ropes course and lots of great cycling and walking routes are just a 30-minute drive. Or take a trip to the stunning North Norfolk Coast and visit the long stretches of sandy beaches in traditional seaside towns, located within an hour’s drive. Norwich – a fine city, is well worth a visit. Offering something for everyone, with an abundance of independent and high street shops and restaurants, nestled within modern and medieval architecture and just a 40-minute drive.

Offering a welcoming holiday retreat for large families and groups, these four beautiful barn conversions, three of which are adjoining (CUL, CWL and UKC3286), and one detached property (UK11053), are full of charm and character with exposed beams, character flooring and equipped to offer all modern day comforts. Boasting a comfortable, open-plan living space with a wood burner and well-equipped kitchen, each barn has its own enclosed, walled, lawned garden with seating. There is a function hall on-site (with conference and catering facilities for up to 250 guests) which may be available for use by prior arrangement with the owner.

Neighbouring the owner’s farm, Piggyback Barns are situated in the peaceful village of Sculthorpe, just 8 miles from the Norfolk coastline with its wealth of sandy beaches, and RSPB bird and nature reserves. Excellent walking and cycling can be enjoyed from the doorstep and fishing is nearby.
Fakenham, 2 miles, offers good shops, restaurants, inns, a bowling alley, cinema and golf course. Bustling Burnham Market with village shops, inns and restaurants, is 7 miles away. Wells-next-the-Sea, 8 miles, offers an excellent sandy beach with colourful beach huts, a small shopping town centre with many inns and restaurants, and a picturesque fishing harbour - popular for fresh shell fish. Further along the coast is Brancaster for an uncrowded sandy beach and golf course. Brancaster Staithe provides a popular venue for sailing and boating enthusiasts.

The traditional seaside towns of Heacham and Hunstanton offer an array of activities for all ages. Many places of historical interest and stately homes are within the surrounding area. 20 minutes’ drive away is the historical town of Kings Lynn for shopping, market place, restaurants, inns and theatre, and also Norwich city for excellent shopping, castle museum, cathedral, theatre, market place, restaurants and inns. Beach 8 miles. Shop 1 mile, pub and restaurant ½ mile.
These properties can be booked together to accommodate up to 34 guests.

Renovated in 2022, The Terrace offers a high standard of comfort, with special care paid to all the details, ensuring you have a relaxing and enjoyable stay.

A lovely four-bedroom terraced house located in Great Yarmouth close to Great Yarmouth’s high street, sandy beaches, and amusements. With a whole house to yourselves, fully furnished and equipped, you will have a comfortable home away from home. The home has four spacious bedrooms, two modern shower rooms one of which is on the ground floor, a separate dining room, living room and a well-equipped modern kitchen.
Great Yarmouth has a 15 mile stretch of glorious sandy beach with pier, entertainment, Sea Life Centre, bowling, amusements, donkey rides, bouncy castles, wax world, model village, funfair for both small children and adrenaline rides, crazy golf, water park, restaurants, cafés and pubs. Deck chairs are available for hire and boat trips to visit the seals at Scroby Sands. Central beach hosts a firework spectacular each Wednesday (weather permitting) during the summer season. With many activities available all year round, please note some have seasonal openings. The town centre has a shopping mall and market square; a great place for seeking fresh fish, sea food and fruit, along with supermarkets and a train station close by.
Quayside is home to the Time and Tide Museum and Nelson’s Museum. Nearby, 2½ miles, is the stadium for grey hound racing, stock car racing and horse racing. The famous Norfolk Broads is just 11 miles away, a National Park with over 125 miles of waterways. There are daily river and boat trips and riverside eateries. The city of Norwich, 21 miles, for excellent shopping two indoor malls, market square, cathedral, castle museum, theatre, cafés and restaurants. Thrigby Wildlife Centre, Pleasurewood Hills theme park, Somerleyton Hall and Gardens within an hour’s drive. Beach 350 yards.

This stylish, characterful Edwardian mid terrace offers a great space for family/extended family seaside holidays. Refurbished and redecorated throughout, it offers a very good standard of comfort, with attention to detail to ensure your stay is relaxing and enjoyable. The vibrant and retro quirky styling offers a wonderful, colourful fun holiday home. The property benefits from ground floor bedroom and walk-in shower room for guests wishing to avoid steps and stairs. Three further bedrooms are located on first floor, with family bathroom. The living room has electric flame effect fire and comfy sofas to relax and enjoy cosy nights in. The kitchen is well equipped to prepare family meals and the extending dining table in the dining room adjacent will seat up to eight for family meals. To the rear is a private sunny enclosed walled courtyard garden, perfect for relaxing and eating alfresco, or a peaceful drink at night under the solar lights.
Situated in the heart of the popular traditional seaside town of Great Yarmouth, within walking distance of shops, pubs and 20 minutes’ walk to the wonderful sandy beach and Marine Parade with its wealth of attractions available. Great Yarmouth has a 15 mile stretch of glorious sandy beach with pier, entertainment, Sea Life Centre, bowling, amusements, donkey rides, bouncy castles, wax world, model village, fun fair for both small children and adrenaline rides, crazy golf, water park, restaurants, cafés and pubs. Deck chairs are available for hire and boat trips to visit the seals at Scroby Sands. Central beach hosts fireworks spectacular each Wednesday (weather permitting) during the summer season. With many activities available all year round, please note some have seasonal openings. The town centre has shopping mall and market square; a great place for seeking fresh fish, sea food and fruit, along with supermarkets and a train station close by.
Quayside is home to Time and Tide museum and Nelson’s museum. Nearby (5 minutes’ drive) is the stadium for grey hound racing, stock car racing and Horse Racing Course. The famous Norfolk Broads is just 18 miles away, a National Park with over 125 miles of waterways. There are daily river and boat trips and riverside eateries. The city of Norwich (21 miles) for excellent shopping two indoor malls, market square, cathedral, castle museum, theatre, cafés and restaurants. Thrigby Wildlife Centre, Pleasurewood Hills theme park, Somerleyton Hall and Gardens within an hour’s drive. Beach 1 mile. Dog-friendly pub 528 yards, shop and take away restaurants 100 yards.

Spacious, light and airy, this luxury property offers stylish accommodation for families and friends looking for somewhere that it is a joy to cook and dine in. Sleeping up to eight guests in four bedrooms this is a place to gather and raise a glass or two to memories past and to enjoy making some new ones. With a separate formal dining room with doors that open on to the garden, it is possible to bring the outside in while enjoying your meal. There is also a double bedroom on the ground floor, along with a ground floor walk-in shower room so if you have more mature guests they will never need to go upstairs, making this a great choice for three generations travelling together. As well as a lovely sociable living room, there is a snug with seating and a TV for younger guests, or the young at heart, who enjoy playing console games or just want to hang out with people more their own age. With all this at the Laurels it would be easy to assume that you will spend much of your break relaxing together on-site but venture a little further and you will find lots of great things to see and do.
In just over twenty minutes you will find yourself at the start of the stunning Norfolk coastline. Explore the rolling sand dunes in Heacham and build a sandcastle, paddle along the shoreline or go wild swimming. Off season, this is also one of the beaches the locals head to for bracing walks. A little further and you will be in Hunstanton, known locally as Sunny Hunny. Here you will find a wide, sandy beach and lots of traditional seaside attractions including a Sealife Centre. You can also take seasonal boat trips from here to explore the waters. Travel further along the coast and discover salt and clay marshes and picturesque quays all waiting to be explored. If history is your thing you are also in for a treat with the Sandringham, Holkham and Houghton estates and Peckover House all within easy reach. And nature lovers will enjoy trips to RSPB Snettisham and Welney Wetlands. And after working up an appetite you will be very pleased to discover that there are lots of great places to eat in the area, many of which serve seasonal local produce. There are also a range of family friendly chain eateries at a nearby retail park too. That is of course if you don’t want to hang out around the large island at the Laurels and cook in that lovely kitchen. You are sure to agree that this property is a great find!

With bespoke features and luxurious accommodation this property really does have the ‘WOW’ factor. This isn’t a holiday home that you book to sleep in after a day out and about, although there is lots to see and do in this area. This is a house to relax in with friends and family, and so well equipped that you’ll want for nothing during your stay. The perfect escape with a 10-minute easy walking distance to the beach, shops, pub and restaurant.

A superb contemporary, fully equipped kitchen to cook in, complete Neff appliances and double butler sink with waste disposal and a dining area to break bread and build memories. It is the perfect spacious family home for you and the family to enjoy, the cottage is perfect for two families holidaying together, or groups of couples to hang out in, somewhere to entertain and enjoy. The whole family can get together and enjoy all that Norfolk, and especially Seaglass, has to offer. Discerning guests will find much to love about this high-end retreat and family home, which has been designed by the owners and fully renovated and restored to the highest standards to create a luxurious coastal escape that you are sure to fall in love with.

With bi-fold doors from the main family room and kitchen that really do allow you to bring this outside in and a fire pit, outdoor dining and BBQ area, this property is a great year-round choice. There is also a hot and cold outside hose for sandy feet and dogs. Boasting four bedrooms and three bathrooms, along with a separate ground floor toilet, this property has lots of space to relax in, including a snug/movie room which features a gas wood burner, a large corner sofa and Yamaha piano for those musical moments, along with a home office area, complete with printer and wiring for games consoles (please bring your own). With touches like mood lighting and vaulted ceilings in some of the bedrooms and bathrooms, and indeed distant sea-views to be enjoyed in some first-floor rooms too, this property really does have everything you need for a fantastic stay and is perfect whether you are enjoying a family holiday, celebrating an anniversary or birthday, or are just looking for that something extra special for your family holiday.

Close to wide, sandy Overstrand beach, the village itself also has a post office, convenience store and some great places to eat and drink. Venture just a little further however and discover Cromer, with its Edwardian seafront and famous pier along with a great range of places to shop, eat and dine. In fact, Norfolk is enjoying something of a burgeoning foodie scene so whatever your taste buds you are sure to find something wonderful to enjoy. Coast lovers can head East or West and find a range of beach habitats including salt and Cley Marshes, especially good for birdwatching, picturesque quays, rolling sand dunes and an array of sand or shingle beaches. The Norfolk Broads is where you can join a tour or even charter your own day launch to explore these waterways in style.

Add in excellent golf courses, two of which are cliff top, RSPB Cley Marshes, Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Sheringham Park, the Flebrigg, Blickling, Holkham and Sandringham Estates and a host of family attractions such as North Norfolk Railways, Bewilderwood, the Thursford Collection and Amazonia Zoo, and you will see why people have been travelling to this part of Norfolk for generations. This trip will be extra special for you because you get to return to Seaglass and relax with a glass of something by the fire, or maybe in the garden. Beach ½ mile.

Close to the bustling Norfolk market town of Swaffham, but tucked away enough to be sure of a peaceful holiday and with the owners living on-site, Goldfinch Barns offer the perfect retreat for those looking to relax and unwind while still enjoying all that Norfolk has to offer. Kestrel Barn (UK31353) and Skylark Barn (UK31354) are both semi-detached barn conversions that are accessed by a rough track. They both offer four bedrooms two of which are en-suite. They also boast wood burners and private hot tubs, making these the perfect year round escape. Swaffham itself has lots of great places to eat, drink and shop, all accessible on foot. If you venture a little further you will begin to see why this part of Norfolk is so popular with guests.
Thetford Forest is just 30 minutes away, where you will find acres of natural woodland to explore along with High Lodge and Go Ape. You are also only 30 minutes away from the gateway to the North Norfolk coast, too, where you will find an array of sandy beaches, salt marshes and quays. Visit Hunstanton to find a town packed full of traditional seaside attractions. Or head to Wells-next-the-Sea for the famous quay and narrow gauge railway. While you are driving between the two, make sure you schedule in time to stop off at some of the pretty seaside villages that lie along this coastline, most with places to shop and eat and all with a variety of coastal habitats.
History buffs should visit one of the many stately homes and National Trust properties that can be found in the area including the Sandringham Estate, Peckover House and Holkham Hall. Visits to the Hanseatic Quarter of Old Kings Lynn and the famous Normal Castle of Norwich are also worth while, with both places offering numerous museums, galleries and other attractions too. There are also great bird watching opportunities, walks and cycle rides available too. Beach 20 miles. Shop, pub and restaurant ¾ mile. These properties can be booked together to accommodate up to 16 guests.

Expect to fall in love with this listed former bakery, with enchanting exposed beams, open fire place and plenty of space to spread out and relax. Perfectly nestled in the Waveney Valley village of Pullham market, you have a village green, pretty thatched cottages, medieval church and 2 great local pubs at your fingertips. The four double bedrooms are spacious and each have their very own en-suite, providing that important private escape. After a busy day of exploring, come together in the large open plan living room and dining space complete with library, perfect for that celebratory dinner party or relaxing evening in. All surrounded by beautiful countryside, yet close enough to amenities.
The nearby towns of Harleston and Diss offer a variety of independent and high street shops, cafés, supermarkets and more restaurants. Diss has a train station with direct links to London, Norwich and the coastal villages. For the ultimate shopping and cultural experience visit the city of Norwich, just 15 miles away with two indoor shopping malls, cathedral, castle museum, market square, theatre, cafés and many restaurants. The Norfolk and Suffolk coastline offers lovely beaches to explore - Southwold is a traditional seaside town with a pier, lighthouse and glorious promenade of colourful beach huts, plus delicious fish and chips and home to the world famous Adnams brewery.
The Waveney Valley and Norfolk Broads offer an abundance of water sports. Hire your own leisurely day boat or try canoeing or kayaking, with stunning scenery rich with wildlife and well worth exploring. Market towns and boat hire are available in Beccles and Bungay, within a 30-minute drive. Beach 24 miles. Village shop. Farm Shop and restaurant 2.5 miles, pub 500 yards.