Clippesby Hall
BaseCamp bar & restaurant is in a perfect location to explore the Norfolk Broads National Park – part of the Clippesby Hall Camping/Touring Park
Address: Clippesby, Norfolk, NR29 3BL
Tel: 01493 367800
Website: http://www.clippesbyhall.com/
White Horse, Neatishead
We use a select band of local suppliers to ensure the best of Norfolk is showcased on our menu. We don’t sell ready meals or frozen meals.
Address: The Street, Neatishead, Norwich NR12 8AD
Tel: 01692 630828
Website: http://thewhitehorseinnneatishead.com/
The Lion at Thurne
Gin Palace and Real Ale Mecca on the Norfolk Broads… with great food too! And just a short walk from Clippesby Hall for those staying there…
Address: The Street, Thurne, NR29 3AP
Tel: 01692 671806
Website: https://www.thelionatthurne.com/
Ship Inn, South Walsham
In relaxed surrounding we offer good food, real ales and fine wines. Speciality coffees and teas also available. The pub has a separate bar and restaurant plus plentiful seating outside.
Address: South Walsham, NR13 6DQ
Tel: 01603 270049
Website: http://www.shipsouthwalsham.co.uk/
Nelson Head, Horsey
Traditional country pub with a warm welcome and large open fire when it’s cold, huge beer garden for when it’s warm. Walks extending around the broads and down to the sea. The best access to see the seal colony.
Address: Horsey, Great Yarmouth, NR29 4AD
Tel: 01493 393378
Website: http://thenelsonhead.com/
Cross Keys, Dilham
130 acres of cultivated, wild and natural plantings, a haven for wildlife enthusiasts. Nearly 4 miles of woodland pathways to explore and encourage the child within. The tearoom is open all year and entry is free; non garden visitors are welcome to use the tearoom.
Address: The Street, Dilham, North Walsham NR28 9PS
Tel:01692 536398
Website: https://www.crosskeysdilham.co.uk/
Fairhaven Tea Room
130 acres of cultivated, wild and natural plantings, a haven for wildlife enthusiasts. Nearly 4 miles of woodland pathways to explore and encourage the child within. The tearoom is open all year and entry is free; non garden visitors are welcome to use the tearoom.
Address: School Rd, South Walsham, Norwich NR13 6DZ,
Tel: 01603 270449
Website: https://www.fairhavengarden.co.uk/tearoom
Greyhound Inn, Hickling
A traditional village pub in the heart of picturesque Hickling. We are family-friendly and happy for dogs to join their owners in the bar, where you will always find a warm welcome, not only from our enthusiastic staff, but from our local ‘characters’.
Address: The Green, Hickling, Norwich, Norfolk NR12 0YA.
Tel: (01692) 598306
Website: http://www.greyhoundinn.com/
Kings Arms in Ludham
A family run pub since 1989 & situated on the beautiful Norfolk Broads in the village of Ludham. The Kings Arms Ludham is the nearest restaurant ( 5 minute walk) to the moorings at the historic Womack Staithe.
Address: Ludham, NR29 5QQ
Tel: 01692 678386
Website: http://www.kingsarmsludham.co.uk/
Fur & Feather, Woodbastwick
Using local ingredients from our friends around us, the carefully selected menu is built around wholesome, local produce. From classic pub grub to home-cooked seasonal specials, our plates are crafted to satisfy every taste….
Address: Woodforde’s Brewery, Slad Lane, Woodbastwick, Norfolk, NR13 6SW
Tel: 01603 720003
Website: https://www.thefurandfeather.co.uk/
The Kings Arms, Fleggburgh
A beautiful country restaurant based in the heart of Fleggburgh, with food by Award Winning Head Chef, Mark Dixon.
Address: Main Road, Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth NR29 3AG
Tel: 01493 368333
Website: http://www.kingsarmsfleggburgh.com/
Bridge Inn, Acle
As a family-run business Acle Bridge Inn offers you a warm welcome, high standards of food and service and great attention to detail. Excellent outside facilities for all the family. Children, dogs and muddy boots welcome.
Address: Old Road, Acle, Norwich, NR13 3AT
Tel: 01493 750288
Website: http://www.aclebridge.co.uk/
The Boathouse, Ormesby
Set in 11 acres of beautiful parkland on the banks of the enchanting Ormesby Broad, The Boathouse is a spectacular country fayre pub and wedding venue.
Address: Eels Foot Road, Ormesby St. Michael, NR29 3LP
Tel: 01493 730342
Website: https://www.theboathouseormesbybroad.co.uk
We welcome any feedback and would love to hear your own PUB & RESTAURANT RECOMMENDATIONS around the Norfolk Broads. We can’t guarantee to publish them all, but we’ll do our best to check out your suggestions and… if they pass muster… we’ll add them to our recommendations above for others to enjoy.
The idea behind Discover the Broads is great – to use practical, local knowledge of a destination to help visitors explore and appreciate the real essence of the place. See you out there!
The lap lapping of the weedy Bure,/A whispering and watery Norfolk sound.
The long-ships drove up the Bure, and the horned men were there to rape and to burn,
Seeding their names, Rollesby and Billockby, Fleggburgh, Clippesby and Thurne – Poems from Oby, 1979
A grey church tower, a windmill, or the dark-brown sail of a wherry in the distance breaks the sense of utter loneliness, but the scene is wild enough to enchain the imagination of many (1884)
You either get Norfolk, with its wild roughness and uncultivated oddities, or you don’t. It’s not all soft and lovely. It doesn’t ask to be loved.