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within 4 miles or 6.5km of Winterton for Holiday Accommodation |
West Somerton | Scratby | Hemsby | Horsey | |
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To the north of the village is a large nature reserve where rare Natterjack toads, along with many species of birds can be found. There are large extensive sandy beaches and a small beach cafe at the entrance to the beach. On the beach at different times of the year, groups of seals can be observed sun bathing. Sections of the beach are fenced off to protect the rare little tern who nest on the beach during the month of May after its long flight from Africa. Winterton-on-Sea has a general stores, post office fish and chip shop, restaurant and a good local pub/inn. When Daniel Defoe the creator of Robinson Crusoe
visited Winterton on Sea he found a village built almost entirely
out of shipwrecks. In the 17th century two hundred ships were
wrecked on these parts on the area known as hazeborough sands, their
carcases washed up on the beach at Winterton on Sea and the local
villages put them to good use by using them to make their homes. |
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