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Burnham Overy is a civil parish on the north coast of Norfolk, England. In modern times a distinction is often made between the two settlements of Burnham Overy Town , the original village adjacent to the medieval parish church and now reduced to a handful of houses, and Burnham Overy Staithe , a rather larger hamlet about 1-mile (1.6 km) away ...
Burnham Overy; Burnham Sutton; Burnham Thorpe; Burnham Ulph; Burnham Westgate; Hence the mnemonic for the seven Burnhams: Nelson Of Thorpe Died Well Under Sail. It is thought that Burnham Market is one of the original seven Burnhams, but this is incorrect. Burnham Market is a modern merging of three Burnhams: Burnham Sutton, Burnham Westgate ...
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The road narrows and has a width restriction of 2 meters. The road then comes out passing a green and village; Burnham Overy Staithe. This village is a popular sailing village with a boathouse shop and pub. It is said that Lord Nelson learned to sail here, [5] hence the name of the pub, "The Hero", situated on the A149 itself. There is a walk ...
Scolt Head Island is a roughly 6.5 km (4 mi) long shingle and sand island on the Norfolk coast opposite Burnham Norton.Despite its name, it is possible to walk across the mudflats and Norton Creek to the island at low tide.
The reserve lies to the north of the A149 coast road, starting just west of Burnham Overy Staithe and extending west past Holkham to Beach Road, Wells-next-the-Sea. It also includes the tidal salt marshes continuing further east to Blakeney. [1] Its total area of about 3,900 hectares (9,600 acres) makes it the largest NNR in England. [2]
Burnham Overy Staithe Mill is a six-storey tower mill with an ogee cap with gallery. The cap is winded by a fantail and the four Double Patent sails of 12 bays [2] are carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The windshaft also carries a wooden clasp arm brake wheel. [3] It drove three pairs of millstones. [2]
The Norfolk Coast Path [1] is a long-distance footpath in Norfolk, running 83 miles (133.5 km) from Hunstanton to Hopton-on-Sea.It was opened in 1986 and covers the North Norfolk Coast AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).