Bacton

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A remote Norfolk beach, perfect for dog walking! #takeahike #aquatrove
Broomholm Priory Gatehouse
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The Hermitage Private property on Beach Road.
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Steel sheet piling. The sheet piling, erected here behind the breakwater in an effort to protect the soft cliff face, has slumped and consequently twisted; it is also regularly being pushed over by high waves which take away whole sections of cliff. See also > 774025. A variety of sea defences have been erected along the beach north of Bacton; the defences are particularly extensive nearing the Bacton gas terminal. But despite all these measures the sea is regularly breaching the breakwaters, groynes, revetments and steel sheet pilings.
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Broomholm Priory. Broomholm Priory is situated to the east of Bacton, close to the village boundary. It was founded in 1113 by William de Glanvill . The priory is said to once have possessed a piece of the true cross, making it one of the most holy places in Europe and one of the largest pilgrimage centres in East Anglia. King Henry III was one of the pilgrims in 1226, and on 6th April of the same year he granted Bromholm the right to hold a fair of three days for the festival of the Exaltation of the Cross (14th-17th September). and its name has been immortalised in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The Broomholm monks are said to have used it to cure diseases, and even to raise people from the dead. In February 1537 the chief commissioner of Henry VIII was sent to Broomholm to collect the relics and the cross disappeared from history. The priory was suppressed in 1536 and ruins are all that now remain. Now located on private land they can be glimpsed through the arch of the ruined gatehouse on Abbey Street > 489965
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Olde Hall

Olde Hall

3.5 out of 5
North Walsham Road Norwich England
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Dunston Hall Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort

Dunston Hall Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort

4 out of 5
Ipswich Road Norwich England
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The Maids Head Hotel

The Maids Head Hotel

4 out of 5
Tombland Norwich England
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Olde Hall

Olde Hall

3.5 out of 5
North Walsham Road Norwich England
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Cromer Country Club

Cromer Country Club

4 out of 5
127 Overstrand Road Cromer England
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Wellington Apartments

Wellington Apartments

4 out of 5
St Faiths Ln Norwich England
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