Guidebook for Lynford
Food Scene
Great all day Sunday Roasts, and is situated opposite National Trust property, Oxborough Hall.
15 locals recommend
Bedingfeld Arms
Great all day Sunday Roasts, and is situated opposite National Trust property, Oxborough Hall.
Good for leisurely breakfasts and lunches, gets busy so you wont get served quick, but you are on holiday so take it slow! Also has a nick-knack shop next door.
6 locals recommend
Browns Cafe
1 Swaffham RdGood for leisurely breakfasts and lunches, gets busy so you wont get served quick, but you are on holiday so take it slow! Also has a nick-knack shop next door.
This place is like no other. Bring your own bottle and get a lobster or crab salad from this shack!
26 locals recommend
Cookies Crab Shop
Coast RoadThis place is like no other. Bring your own bottle and get a lobster or crab salad from this shack!
The Mulberry
11 Raymond StFantastic A La Carte dining. Book ahead.
Sightseeing
Stately home of the first Prime Minister of England, Sir Robert Walpole. Fantastic walled garden and very atmospheric house with an excellent cafe.
105 locals recommend
Houghton Hall & Gardens
Bircham RoadStately home of the first Prime Minister of England, Sir Robert Walpole. Fantastic walled garden and very atmospheric house with an excellent cafe.
Parks & Nature
Lynford Arboretum
Its next door!
Brandon Country Park
Bury RoadPark run is here on a Saturday!
Brancaster Beach
A beautiful beach, bracing in the winter!
Great destination for the whole day as you can go to Holkham Hall, the crafts shops, Holkham Beach (which is quite unusual) and the Holkham Victoria and the nature reserve.
40 locals recommend
Holkham National Nature Reserve
Lady Anne's DriveGreat destination for the whole day as you can go to Holkham Hall, the crafts shops, Holkham Beach (which is quite unusual) and the Holkham Victoria and the nature reserve.
Shopping
Holt is a lovely town at the gateway to North Norfolk and lots of small independent shops
54 locals recommend
Byfords
1-3 Shirehall PlainHolt is a lovely town at the gateway to North Norfolk and lots of small independent shops
Elevden Estate has a courtyard of shops and is even more wonderful at Christmas and a great cafe.
7 locals recommend
Elveden Inn
Brandon RoadElevden Estate has a courtyard of shops and is even more wonderful at Christmas and a great cafe.
Norwich
Best place for retail shopping and train goes direct from Brandon
Getting Around
Brandon Station
You buy your ticket on the train.
Nearest car rental about a 15 min walk from Thetford Train station (which is on the same line as Brandon train station).
Enterprise Rent-A-Car - Thetford
Wyatt WayNearest car rental about a 15 min walk from Thetford Train station (which is on the same line as Brandon train station).
Arts & Culture
Take a trip down the Cam on a punt, visit the colleges steeped in history, absorb the architecture of this incredible city.
356 locals recommend
Cambridge
Take a trip down the Cam on a punt, visit the colleges steeped in history, absorb the architecture of this incredible city.
This is a classic castle, like what you would draw as a child, and dates back to 1066-1075.
204 locals recommend
Norwich Castle
24 Castle MdwThis is a classic castle, like what you would draw as a child, and dates back to 1066-1075.