Happisburgh, Norfolk
A weekend with the extended family and we have been visiting here for three decades so we were locals but we all can recognise newcomers as the village isn't pronounced as it is spelt but is called Haysborough.
The local church and the white sign on the gate is announcing that the tower is open to visitors, but it doesn't mention the entry price or the fact that there are 135 steps.
The south entrtance to the church built of knapped flint with a small room above for the visiting priest.
A view of the local lighthouse from the top of the church tower.
Other views from the church tower along the coast...
...and in the other direction...
...a Commonwealth War Grave Commission style gravestone for a RNLI volunteer from the local lifeboat station just a kilometre down the coast...
...and a standard military CWGC gravestone.
The village is very picturesque with many homes built of local materials...
...a tiny cottage...
...a local house built of flints...
...a view of the lighthouse from the ground.
A view of the beach...
...a view of the boulders placed to protect the base of the cliffs made of soft sand and clay.
The local pub called the Hill House Inn standing on a hill that rises four metres above the road through the village. That may not seem much but when the county is so flat, that is still a significantly 'high' hill. At the back of the pub is an extension called the Signal Box. A railway was planned to run from Cromer to Sea Palling and in 1903, at the tail end of the railway building boom of the 19th century, a signal box and platform were built to allow passengers to get off the train and visit the pub. The project ran out of money and the railway was never built. The area beneath the signal box is used as a stage for the pub's annual sommer solstice beer festival.
A blue plaque detailing that the Sir Arhtur Conan Doyle wrote The Adventures of the Dancing Men featuring Sherlock Holmes here in 1903 and mentions the Hill House.
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