North Norfolk is the ideal destination for bird watchers, walkers, or hoildays makers looking for a rural getaway. And Salthouse is the ideal spot, being right on the coast, but easily accessible by A-roads.
Right on the doorstep of The Dun Cow are Salthouse Marshes, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust's reserve containing grass marshes and salt-water lagoons, protected from the North Sea by shingle banks. Look out for black-tailed godwits, ruffs, redshanks and snow buntings as well as several thousand brent geese in the winter months.
Norfolk has numerous country walks to enjoy, including 
the 45 mile Norfolk Coastal Path from Cromer to Holme, and from there you can walk the 46 mile Peddar's Way to Thetford. There are many shorter circular routes taking in the beautiful countryside, and indeed The Dun Cow itself is the starting point for several circular walks.
For cyclists, the National Cycle Network Routes 1 and 13 pass through the heart of Norfolk, and you can also enjoy the Regional Route 30 Norfolk Coast Cycleway which passes through nearby Holt.
In Salthouse you have the best of both worlds: a traditional, rural community, but with easy road access to most parts of Norfolk.
There are ample country estates to visit, including the Queen's in Sandringham, birthplace of Diana, Princess of Wales. Others to visit are Holkham, Blickling, Wolterton Park, Houghton Hall (home of Britains first Prime Minister), Oxburgh Hall and Felbrigg Hall.
In central Norfolk is the popular Museum of Rural Life. Built in 1775 as a workhouse, at its peak in 1801 it housed 670 ill or destitute people from local parishes. Today it contains Roots of Norfolk, providing visitors with vivid experience of life in years gone by. Adjacent is Union Farm, still run today in the style of a farm from the 1920s.
The Brecks area of South Norfolk is mostly wooded, the vast Thetford Forest contains numerous picnic spots and other attractions such as Brandon High Lodge, which is home to Go Ape.
The fine city of Norwich is just 33 miles away, and the pleasant Norfolk Broads are a short trip over to the east of the county.
Everyone is sure to find plenty to do in Norfolk, but for further information click Visit Norfolk.
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