The north Norfolk coast is just 20 minutes from Raynham and is a ‘must visit’ when staying with us at Wild Meadow Glamping.
The unique Deep History Coast is the 22-mile stretch of coastline between Weybourne and Cart Gap and is home to the earliest evidence of humans in Britain with footsteps left by the UK’s first tourists nearly a million years ago
The UK’s biggest mammoth skeleton remains were found at West Runton and a 500,000 year old flint handaxe was discovered in Happisburgh. With eleven discovery points along the way, you can find out what the landscape looked like hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Imagine taking a journey back in time to a day when early humans roamed the land and encountered amazing megafauna as part of daily life. Well, you can experience exactly that along north Norfolk’s Deep History Coast where you will come across wonderful beaches, ideal for fossil and artefact hunting. Follow the Discovery Trail with fact revealing Discovery Points along the way.
Take a step back in time when you can see a mammoth come to life and then stroll along Happisburgh beach where a flint handaxe was found and footprints were discovered of the first visitors who walked in Norfolk hundreds of thousands of years ago.
For water adventures, go rockpool rummaging and fossil finding at West Runton beach. Some of the creatures you may come across are really not much different from the creatures living here millions of years ago.
It’s common to find a fossil along this stretch ranging from a belemnite to hyaena coprolites (fossilised dung!). Good swimmers can snorkel to an underwater chalk reef between Sheringham and Cromer, dating back to a time when huge wild animals roamed the earth.
You can even see how the ancient, now submerged, Doggerland could have looked through amazing technology while letting a Hominin family be your guide – perfect for children and adults alike!
Find out more via Visit North Norfolk
