Sheringham, art, café, pub and museums
Sheringham is a small coastal town to the west of Cromer. Slightly less grand than it's neighbour, with no pier and a pebbly shore, it has it's own slightly faded seaside charm. The high street has a number of independent shops and there is a small train station with heritage steam train routes along the coast. The sea front is protected by huge sea walls which have been painted with murals reflecting the history of the town and scenes from seaside holidays from childhood memories.
Facing out to sea was the large former Clyffe Café which had seen better days, it's duck egg blue paint peeling elegantly. I'm sure someone has snapped this up for a song and will be returning it back to it's former glory.
The high street was strung with bunting for VE Day later in the week and Sheringham also has a noted 1940s weekend in mid September (bet it's fabulous).
Thirsty after our walk from East Runton, we headed for the Funky Mackerel on the sea front. Perched over the sea wall, near the Sheringham Museum and with fantastic views over the sea, it's a real delight. Full of retro vintage charm with melamine tables, bunting, great coffee and even better giant sticky flapjacks it offers a small menu of simple food. Heinz tomato soup from a mug with a cheese toastie, sardines on toast, spaghetti hoops on toast and surrounded by hand knitted and crocheted plus nostalgic vintage things for sale, it is definitely the sort of place I would return to (and so we did a few days later for a very good fish finger sandwich with ketchup and another flapjack).
Sheringham also has some excellent small museums which are all worth a visit. Sheringham Museum is full of interesting exhibits from fossils and mammoths, lifeboats, fishermen, both World Wars to traditional knitted fishermen's ganseys and back to the 21st century with a special gallery dedicated to the Sheringham Shoal wind farm. The volunteers looking after the place were obviously very proud and we practically had a personal tour. Further along is the smaller Fishermans Heritage Centre and just around the corner is the particularly crazy Peter Coke Shell Gallery, featuring one man's dedication to the slightly bizarre hobby of shell art, I defy you not to be amazed by his creations. Museum visiting can be tiring work so the charms of the The Two Lifeboats began to look very appealing. A pint or two of the local Woodfordes Wherry followed by a very decent ham, egg and chips made the longish walk home so much easier.
Facing out to sea was the large former Clyffe Café which had seen better days, it's duck egg blue paint peeling elegantly. I'm sure someone has snapped this up for a song and will be returning it back to it's former glory.
The high street was strung with bunting for VE Day later in the week and Sheringham also has a noted 1940s weekend in mid September (bet it's fabulous).
Thirsty after our walk from East Runton, we headed for the Funky Mackerel on the sea front. Perched over the sea wall, near the Sheringham Museum and with fantastic views over the sea, it's a real delight. Full of retro vintage charm with melamine tables, bunting, great coffee and even better giant sticky flapjacks it offers a small menu of simple food. Heinz tomato soup from a mug with a cheese toastie, sardines on toast, spaghetti hoops on toast and surrounded by hand knitted and crocheted plus nostalgic vintage things for sale, it is definitely the sort of place I would return to (and so we did a few days later for a very good fish finger sandwich with ketchup and another flapjack).
Sheringham also has some excellent small museums which are all worth a visit. Sheringham Museum is full of interesting exhibits from fossils and mammoths, lifeboats, fishermen, both World Wars to traditional knitted fishermen's ganseys and back to the 21st century with a special gallery dedicated to the Sheringham Shoal wind farm. The volunteers looking after the place were obviously very proud and we practically had a personal tour. Further along is the smaller Fishermans Heritage Centre and just around the corner is the particularly crazy Peter Coke Shell Gallery, featuring one man's dedication to the slightly bizarre hobby of shell art, I defy you not to be amazed by his creations. Museum visiting can be tiring work so the charms of the The Two Lifeboats began to look very appealing. A pint or two of the local Woodfordes Wherry followed by a very decent ham, egg and chips made the longish walk home so much easier.
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