Dog-Friendly Holidays Norfolk
Discover the ultimate dog-friendly escape in Norfolk with our curated list of pet-friendly hotels and cottages. From sandy beaches to salt marshes, Norfolk offers a haven for you and your furry friend. Explore charming towns, roam dog-friendly coastlines, and book a hotel tailored for a memorable canine-friendly getaway in this picturesque corner of England.
Wiveton, England
4.00Tucked away alongside the unspoilt salt marshes of the North Norfolk coastal landscape, a listed site of Outstanding Natural Beauty with views of Cley windmill and village. This wonderful, detached, single-storey brick and flint cottage is full of character and charm, and is situated down a private road, located off the coastal road on the edge of the village of Cley next the Sea. Comfortably furnished, this holiday cottage boasts a woodburner, wooden floors, beams and an enclosed rear garden. Excellent bird watching opportunities, walking and cycling can be found direct from the doorstep. The property is pet friendly, with an enclosed garden. Cley next the Sea, ½ mile, has a shingle beach which can be accessed by footpath, and an eco-friendly visitor centre containing a cafe, shop and information centre for birds and wildlife of the salt marshes. An award-winning deli, cafes, art galleries, a pub, smoked fish house and windmill are within easy reach. Blakeney Quay is a 10-minute walk or a 2-minute drive away. Beach ½ mile. Shop, pub and restaurant ¼ mile.£71From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & book
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Wickmere, England 4.00Set 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.£74From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Bacton, England 4.50"Samphire is perfect for summer holidays or winter escapes, for reunions and family gatherings. This delightful, three-storey, Victorian mid-terrace property has been completely renovated to provide spacious and stylish accommodation, an ideal choice at any time of year. There is a great, contemporary kitchen with a breakfast area and a spacious living/dining room which is great for entertaining. It has four bedrooms in total; three bedrooms on the first floor comprising two kingsize rooms, one of which boasts en-suite facilities, and a twin room, together with the family bathroom. On the second floor is a bedroom designed with four single beds, a great space to ‘hang out’ with toys, books, DVDs and games, plus a PlayStation 3 and a 43" Freeview TV.
The property is located in the coastal village of Bacton just 200 yards away from a sandy beach. Popular Bacton Wood is close by for walking, cycling, picnics and bird watching. Great family days out include the outdoor adventure park BeWILDerwood at Horning, Dinosaur Park at Lenwade, Pettits Animal Park at Reedham and Banham Zoo. Cromer and Sheringham are 12 miles away for traditional seaside attractions, or visit Wroxham, known as the ‘capital of the Broads’, 12 miles away, where you can hire a day boat and explore the waterways. There is also a train station, model village, waterside restaurants, cafés and shops available.
For the gardener, a visit to the 32 acres of garden at the Old Vicarage Gardens at East Ruston is a must. Golfers will enjoy Mundesley and the Royal Cromer golf course. National Trust properties nearby include Blickling Hall, Felbrigg Hall, Sheringham Park and Horsey Wind Pump. Visit Horsey Beach between December and February, and you may spot hundreds of grey seals and pups on the beach. Alternatively, visit the historical city of Norwich, with its cathedral, theatres, museums, cobbled streets and an array of shops and cafés. Sea fishing is available nearby. Beach 200 yards. Shop and restaurant 350 yards, pub 1 mile."£158From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Wells-next-the-Sea, England 5.00Just a 5-minute drive from the bustling, picturesque coastal town of Wells-next-the-Sea, and yet tucked away in a rural enclave offering views across open countryside. Pink Cottage is semi-detached and offers everything you need for a relaxing coastal break, and has a large enclosed garden to the rear with a barbecue, and a sitting-out area that’s perfect for summer guests. The living room has a wood burner that will provide cosy evenings for winter visitors, making Pink Cottage a perfect year round retreat. One of a small group of cottages once belonging to the Holkham Estate, the cottages must remain pink to maintain their heritage and they provide a pretty burst of colour to this picturesque area.
Wells-next-the-Sea is a great gateway to the beautiful North Norfolk coast, with its much photographed quay and quaint narrow gauge railway that takes you to the wide sandy beach. Travel east or west from here and you will find a coastline line littered with pretty villages, with sandy and shingle beaches, marshes and quays, all of which make great terrain for sunbathing, swimming, walking, cycling, watersports and bird watching.
With nearby access to the Peddars Way and north Norfolk coastal path amongst many other walking trails, the area is great for walkers and for guests bringing their dogs. For those interested in the local wildlife, the well known Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes nature reserve, RSPB Titchwell Marshes reserve and Pensthorpe Natural Park are all under 12 miles from the cottage and boat trips to view the colonies of seals are available from nearby Blakeney and Morston. The Sealife Sanctuary at Hunstanton, and the Dinosaur Adventure Park at Lenwade are also easily accessible. You will also find many National Trust properties and stately homes such as the Holkham Estate, Sandringham and Blickling Hall. This perfect bolt hole is under 2 miles away from the picturesque village of Walsingham, with shops including an award winning farm shop and deli, which specialises in Norfolk produce, along with pubs, a café, restaurant, shrine, abbey and priory ruins. A short drive could also take you to either the lovely Georgian village of Burnham Market or to the market town of Holt, both boasting an array of specialist independent shops, galleries, antique shops, pubs and restaurants. In fact, there is so much to see and do here all year round you will need to return just to fit it all in. And, having fallen in love with Pink Cottage, you’ll be back there too. Beach 3½ miles. Shop, pub and restaurant 1½ miles.£86From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Helhoughton, England 4.00Dating back to the 17th century, Meadow Cottage is packed with period charm, while offering all the modern conveniences needed for a lovely holiday. Boasting a lovely garden and a wood burner, this is the perfect year-round choice for your Norfolk break. Featuring two bedrooms and two bathrooms, this pretty little semi-detached cottage is tucked away in a rural idyll with a children’s play area just down the road but is still close to lots of the highlights of this much-loved county.
Head to Wells-next-the-Sea and sit quayside while the little fishing and sailing boats bob on the tide. Or explore Staithe Street, which is packed with artisan and boutique shops, cafés and restaurants. Then go down to the wide sandy beach, one of the best in the area, and see the pretty painted beach huts. If you are a coast lover you will find so many habitats to explore along this coastline from rolling sand dunes and salt and clay marshes to sand and shingle beaches, quays, and fishing available nearby.
History buffs will enjoy visits to the Holkham, Houghton, Sandringham, and Blickling Estates along with a trip on North Norfolk railway and visits to the Muckleburgh and Thursford Collections, the latter of which hosts its famous Christmas Spectacular and is home to Santa’s Magical Journey every year.
Make time to visit the Georgian market town of Holt with its unique High Street. This pretty little town is a firm favourite with locals and is great to just potter around. Nature lovers will find many habitats to explore including RSPB Cley Marshes, Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, and Sheringham Park and you can make a trip to the Norfolk Broads from here too, and be in the heart of them in just 50 minutes. Add in Amazonia Zoo, Cromer Pier, Fakenham races and so much more and you will soon see why this part of Norfolk is so very popular. And then you get to return to lovely Meadow Cottage for a glass of something chilled in the garden or cosy up by the wood burner. Just perfect. Beach 13 miles.£65From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Norwich, England 4.00Nestling in the pretty Norfolk countryside close to the heart of the Norfolk Broads, Willow Barn (ref CZB) and single-storey Beech Barn (ref CZU) and Alderfen Barn (ref UK30458) are detached holiday properties dating back to the 1700s, situated in the grounds of the owner’s home. Providing a perfect retreat for discerning larger family groups, these converted barns offer spacious and comfortable accommodation boasting beamed interiors, wood-burning stoves and enclosed separate gardens with private hot tubs, and for a special meal or family celebration gourmet meals can be arranged with the owner.
For Beech Barn (ref CZU), between Easter and the 16th July, and the 1st September-1st November, for 7 night bookings the owner is offering free boat hire for one day.
Beech Farm Barns are ideally located for all the family and for nature lovers there is an abundance of bird life. Within walking distance is Alderfen Broad, which is situated in The Broads National Park, a bird watcher’s delight. For the children there is BeWILDerwood Adventure Park with its treehouses, zip wires, jungle bridges and boat trips, which all combined makes a great day out. Nearby is the attractive Broads village of Horning with its selection of tea shops, restaurants and pubs. A day boat can be hired directly from the owner, or book a trip on the Mississippi steamer. The sandy beaches of the North Norfolk Coast are only 10 miles away. Alternatively spend a day in the fine city of Norwich with its magnificent cathedrals, castle, museums, theatres, market and vast array of cafes and shops. There is a wealth of National Trust properties to visit in the area which include Felbrigg Hall, Garden and Park (one of the finest 17th-century country Jacobean houses in East Anglia), Blickling Hall (a magnificent house with woodlands and lakeside walks) and Sheringham Park (beautifully landscaped and renowned for its spectacular displays of azaleas and rhododendrons in late spring). Shops and pub 1½ miles.
Beech Barn (CZU), Willow Barn (CZB) and Alderfen Barn (UK30458) can be booked together to accommodate up to 32 guests.£104From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Costessey, England 5.00With exclusive use of its own indoor heatedswimming pool, this detached, traditionally-built, single-storey holiday property is located within an area of SSSI along the peaceful backwater of the River Wensum. French doors lead to an enclosed secluded garden terrace, complete with sun loungers and barbecue, with pathway leading to private river frontage with use of seating furniture, rowing boat and canoe, where visitors can enjoy this wonderful backwater to the full, its peace only interrupted by the occasional rowing boat of an angler. The village has two pubs, shops, post office, golf course, snooker hall and extensive country walks.
The city of Norwich is 5 miles for excellent shopping, theatre, castle museum, cathedral, fine restaurants, cafés and bars. Wroxham (10 miles), capital of the Norfolk Broads, offers river trips and daily boat hire to explore the expanse of waterways. A 40-minute drive leads to the Heritage North Norfolk coast, ‘Admiral Nelson’s country’, where there are Blue Flag sandy beaches, extensive salt marshes, RSPB reserves and the coastal path for excellent walking. Boat trips are available all year to visit the basking seals and Blakeney Point nature reserve. Nearby, the stately homes of Holkham and Blickling are amongst the finest in East Anglia. The Royal Sandringham Estate and museum is open to the public when the Royals are not in residence.
The coastal resorts of Cromer and Sheringham offer an array of attractions for all ages, a cliff-top golf course, plenty of shops and restaurants. Still operational, the fishing harbour operates a small fleet of boats to catch succulent fresh lobsters and crabs, which are brought back to be sold locally. Promenade gardens, pier with seasonal live entertainment and the Royal Life Boat Centre can all be found at Cromer. Sheringham is headquarters for the North Norfolk Steam Railway, where during the summer trains travel back and forth along the coast to neighbouring villages. Shop 800 yards.£136From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Lamas, England 5.00Lock Cottage offers the perfect place in which to relax and unwind, having a stunning location overlooking the water meadows, a natural habitat for bird and wildlife, so be sure to bring binoculars! Lock Cottage has been renovated to a very high standard and offers spacious and contemporary living, boasting its own games room with table tennis and first floor balcony terrace taking full advantage of the amazing views. Located on the edge of a peaceful village with a local shop and pub a short walk away, the cottage neighbours an impressive water mill and water meadows with miles of riverside walks, fishing and canoeing. Set between the Broads and the North Norfolk coastline, the cottage offers an excellent holiday location. The Broads are just a short drive away and at Wroxham, the ‘capital of the Broads’, daily boat hire is available to explore the famous waterways abundant with bird and wildlife, as well as many inns, restaurants or cafés that can be found along the riverside. Norfolk’s coastline with soft sandy beaches is readily accessible, as are RSPB bird and nature reserves, the coastal path offering bracing walks and the traditional seaside resorts of Cromer and Sheringham which offer a range of amenities to suit all ages. Explore the many traditional market towns, National Trust properties and gardens along with the popular city of Norwich renowned for its excellent shopping and beautiful Norman castle museum. For activities appealing to children try Banham Zoo, Wroxham Barns and Craft Centre, Bewilderwood at Horning, Dinosaur Adventure Park at Lenwade, West Runton Shire Horse Centre or Splash fun pool at Sheringham. Shop and pub ¼mile. £176From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Northwold, England 5.00Forest Cottage, the perfect detached holiday retreat, lies in the owners’ 70-acre grounds with its own enclosed garden and gate leading directly into Thetford Forest. Enjoy bird watching, fishing or walking. Conveniently set in Breckland on the borders of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, a short drive from the pretty village of Northwold and Mundford on the edge of Thetford Forest National Park, less than an hour’s drive to the stunning North Norfolk Coast with miles of sandy beaches.Thetford Forest is Britain’s largest lowland pine forest and provides extensive walks and bicycle trails, the High Lodge forest centre is also the home of ‘Go Ape’. The imposing NT property Oxburgh Hall is a short drive, also convenient for Sandringham and the royal parks, the medieval port of Kings Lynn and the cathedral city of Ely. Also within easy reach are Newmarket for a day at the races or the ever popular cities of Norwich and Cambridge. Shop, pub and restaurant 2 miles.£68From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Thorpe Market, England 5.00This pretty holiday cottage, attached to a private dwelling and with an enclosed lawned garden and a dog kennel outside of the property with an exercise yard, lies in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just 5 miles from the Norfolk coastline for wide sandy beaches, RSPB nature and bird reserves, the coastal path and traditional seaside towns of Cromer and Sheringham. Nearby villages of Southrepps and Roughton offer a village pub/restaurant. Good walking and cycling is available from the door. Felbrigg Hall (National Trust), 3 miles. The bustling market town of North Walsham is 6 miles, for market day, cafés and restaurants. Visit the famous Norfolk Broads for daily boat hire and river trips, and the city of Norwich, both within 40 minutes’ drive. Shop 800 yards, pub 1 mile.£79From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
