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Stunning Cromer Pier: The Pier of Dreams
The Maker of Dreams! – Stretching out along the eastern coast of England is Cromer Pier, a dynamic yet historic landmark that has served as an entertainment venue for decades. Over time storms and rebuilds, one after another, have reshaped this enduring piece of infrastructure, which presently hosts one of Britain’s last remaining live…
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Cromer UK – Norfolk’s Most Famous Seaside Town
Cromer UK is one of the most popular seaside towns in Norfolk and has a huge number of attractions and different things to see and do for all ages. On first looks, Cromer is the typical tourist coastal town with attractions on the beach during the summer months, a busy pier and lots of…
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Cromer: The Gem of the Norfolk Coast
Cromer, ‘the gem of the Norfolk coast’, is described by one historian as ‘an ever-changing tapestry’ of history, natural beauty and community life. Once home to a lost parish called Shipden, Cromer is now a quintessentially British seaside town: its pier and Hollywood-esque mottled promenade make it the epitome of the British seaside and…
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Wild Cromer
WILD OLD CROMER – An Outline of the Natural History of the Town. The Social history of Cromer is richly recorded in writing, painting and photographs, but by comparison the Natural history of the town was seldom noted, beyond its vulnerable location. From the earliest records of the original settlement of Shipden-Juxta-Mare, washed away by the…
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Newhaven Court
The House that Jane Built “This is the house by Cromer town,Its bricks are red, though they look so brown.It faces the sea on a windswept hill-In winter it’s empty, in summer it’s chill:Indeed, it is one of Earth’s windiest spotsas we know from the smashing of chimney pots.In August I ask for an…
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Juliet Seebohm’s Cromer Sketches 1883-1884
On visits to Cromer in 1883 and 1884, a young Quaker artist called Juliet Seebohm drew in her sketchbook some of those she met during her summers in the little windswept fishing town. Among the sketches were drawings of Cromer born fishermen, Billy Mayes, and Gilbert Rook, and the bathing machine owner, Lucy Miller.