Make the most of your holiday or short break in North Norfolk.
Below you can find a list of local seasonal events in Wells-Next-the-Sea, Fakenham, Holt, Burnham Market, etc and surrounding areas. If you want to organise your own special event, Cranmer’s function room is available for booking and conveniently located at our luxury holiday cottages.
December
Santa Specials North Norfolk Railway
Thursford Christmas Thursford
Family Christmas Events Blickling Hall
Childrens Theatre Holkham
Christmas Celebrations Holkham
Deepdale Xmas market Burnham Deepdale
Fakenham Races Fakenham Races
Santa’s Grotto Felbrigg Hall
Carols in the Courtyard Felbrigg Hall
Royal Christmas Sandringham
Santa Floodlit feed Pensthorpe
Steam Mini Gala North Norfolk Railway
Mince Pies North Norfolk Railway
Countryside Counts Day Fakenham Racese
Estate Walks Felbrigg Hall
January
Steam Mini Gala North Norfolk Railway
Mince Pies North Norfolk Railway
Countryside Counts Day Fakenham Races
Estate Walks Felbrigg Hall
After Christmas Walk Sheringham Park
Textiles on the Edge Time & Tide Museum Gt Yarmouth
Festival of Winter Walks – Norfolk Ramblers
February
Snowdrop Walk Walsingham Abbey
Ballet Norwich Theatre Royal
Bee A Nature Explorer Pensthorpe
History Comes to Life Felbrigg Hall
Scira Viking Festival Sheringham
Lamb Feeding Sessions Wroxham Barns
Storytelling Week BeWILDerwood
Teddy Bear Express Bure Valley Railway
March
Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea Felbrigg Hall
Steam Gala North Norfolk Railway
Eastern County Vintage Tractor Show Norfolk Showground
Circus of Horrors Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth
King’s Lynn Fiction Festival
April
Marble Hall Concert Holkham Hall
Eggstravaganza Pensthorpe Wildlife & Gardens
Wild About the Wensum Pensthorpe Wildlife & Gardens
Norfolk Boat Jumble Royal Norfolk Showground
Spring Fling Royal Norfolk Showground
East Anglian Game & Country Fair Royal Norfolk Showground
Family events Norfolk Wildlife Trust
May
National Hunt Fakenham Races
Thomas the Tank Engine North Norfolk Railway
Murder Mystery Nights North Norfolk Railway
Rhododendrons Sheringham Park
Point to Point Fakenham Races
May National Fakenham Races
Deepdale Outdoor & Wildlife Festival
Norfolk Wildlife Trust Fantastic Foxley Weekend
Norfolk Wildlife Trust Go Wild at Barton Broad
Cromer Crab & Lobster Festival
Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Houghton Hall International Horse Trials
Houghton Hall Midsummer Literary Ball
Norfolk Open Studios Arts Festival
September
1940s weekend North Norfolk Railway
Sandringham Game & Country Fair Sandringham
Norfolk Heritage Open Days
October
National Hunt Fakenham Races
Thomas the Tank TBC North Norfolk Weekend
Norfolk Wildlife Trust Children’s Wildlife Watch, Holkham
Vintage Fair Pensthorpe Widlife & Gardens
Trick or Treat Pensthorpe Wildlife & Gardens
November
National Hunt Fakenham Races
Christmas Fair Sandringham
Christmas Tide Wells-next-the-Sea
Santa Specials North Norfolk Railway
Christmas lights switch on Holt
Christmas lights switch on Burnham Market
Norfolk Antiques Fair Norfolk Showground
Norfolk Craft & Gift Fair Norfolk Showground
June
Summer Diesel Gala North Norfolk Railway
Ladies’ Day Fakenham Racecourse
Sandringham Driving Trials Sandringham
Norfolk Open Studios
Norfolk Ale & Music Festival
Norfolk Showground Royal Norfolk Show
Classic Car Show Sheringham
July
Vintage Transport Festival N Norfolk Railway
12th Annual Beer Festival N Norfolk Railway
Holkham Country Fair Holkham Hall
Worstead Festival Worstead
Langham Street Fayre Langham
Sandringham Flower Show Sandringham
Festival on the Farm Gressenhall
August
Wells Carnival Wells-Next-The-Sea
Sheringham Carnival Sheringham
Mundesley Festival Mundesley
Cromer Carnival Cromer
Attic Tours Felbrigg Hall
Crafts, Art & Sculpture Fair Sandringham
Butterfly Day Fairhaven Woodland
Mediaeval Extravaganza Pensthorpe
Norfolk Antique Fair Norfolk Showground
All About Gardening Norfolk Showground
All About Dogs Norfolk Showground
Sundown Festival Norfolk Showground
Summer Concerts Binham Priory
Probably the coldest week in the last 12 months; ice, snow and very cold! Nevertheless we had a good time. It was always lovely to return to the warm welcoming cottage. We experimented by cooking with the Rayburn - great fun and good results. Try it!
I really loved Norfolk. The cottage is so so so great and the pool was the best. Everyone absolutely loved it - we thought we should have stayed a whole week. I wish I could stay forever. Bye Bye!
First Class Accommodation - highly recommended. We have stayed in 3 properties and would not hesitate in recommended them. We take our 2 small children (under 4) and often take my mother-in-law (for babysitting) and we particularly like in heated, indoor, salt water pool and huge fenced off play area which each property backs onto. Compared with other accommodation we have staying in, these are the best by a long shot.
We have just returned from a fabulous weeks cycling based at Cranmer Country Cottages in North Norfolk from which we cycled over 300 miles on the some of the best English lanes you could hope to find. As club cyclists who have enjoyed lots of Great Britain and Europe on a bike we think Norfolk is a real gem.
The two cottages were booked as a surprise for my 60th birthday, and what a surprise. I could not have hoped for a more fantastic celebration. We all enjoyed a brisk walk in Wells-next-the Sea, lunch in a local pub followed by a swim in the great pool here. The cottages are so well equipped, everything has been well thought out. I would recommend the cottages to any group wanting something special! Very relaxing time had by all.
Lovely cottage and fantastic facilities for the children (aged 3 + 5)
Just wanted to say thanks for the Easter egg - what a lovely welcome surprise! We have had a wonderful stay and Coot cottage worked so well for us with Harry - you really do think of everything!
Another excellent stay at Cranmer that even Covid could not spoil!
The cottage was immaculate and the on site facilities including the swimming pool, games room and the vast outdoor space were an added bonus. The surrounding area was beautiful and we managed to see so much of Norfolk in such a short space of time. The owners were extremely helpful and ensured we had everything we needed.Barbara
