Peddar's Way and Norfolk Coast Path

Knettishall Heath near Thetford to Cromer 146km/91 miles

This National Trail is effectively two routes. Peddar's Way runs northwards through the Norfolk countryside to near Hunstanton, following a Roman road that may have been built along the line of an even older trackway. The coast path section then runs eastwards via Sheringham. Connections with the Weavers' Way and Angles' Way allow a long circuit of Norfolk to be completed.

Peddar's Way was first discussed as a possible long distance route in the 1960s as part of a vision for a lengthy series of routes along ancient trackways across southeast England. The route along the Roman road was thought to be too short for a National Trail in its own right and so was combined with the coastal path and opened in 1986. It now forms the last link in a chain of routes (including the Wessex Ridgeway, Ridgeway National Trail and Icknield Way) between Lyme Regis on the Devon/Dorset border and Hunstanton, Norfolk.

• More information from:   www.ramblers.org.uk/info/paths/peddars.html

• Peddar's Way and Norfolk Coast Path, The National Trail Office, The Old Courthouse, Baron's Close, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8BE. Tel 01328 850530
  www.nationaltrail.co.uk/peddarsway

• Walk Free - bag courier service

• Tourism in Norfolk - www.visitnorfolk.co.uk

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