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Self-catering Holiday Accommodation in Salthouse at the Old Bakery Annex
The Old Bakery (right of picture) and the marsh

Salthouse from the air

Above:The Old Bakery on the coast road can be seen extreme right. . Above right: The Old Bakery in a painting by James Fletcher-Watson.  


Salthouse Marshes (from Norfolk Wildlife Trust website)
Description: NWT Salthouse Marshes is one of a string of important birding sites along the north Norfolk coast. A shingle bank protects it from the ravages of the North Sea. 66 ha. of coastal grazing marsh and saline lagoons.
Directions: NWT Salthouse Marshes is north of Holt on the north Norfolk coast. It is 2km east of Cley-next-the-Sea on the A149 coast road. There is no NWT car park, but parking is available in the car park adjacent to the road to the east of Salthouse village.

What to look for:  Black-tailed godwit, ruff, redshank, lapwing, avocet, snow bunting, shore lark.

click to visit BBC pictures like this
see film of coast from Salthouse to Blakeney Point

Several thousand brent geese in winter.


click the pic by Trevor Wright


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 Below: The village green  
The accommodation is a two room apartment on the ground floor underneath the arches (see below).

Access to the apartment is separate from the house, through a patio at the back, which faces south and is part of the rented accommodation.

 

 

pics taken 20th August 2005


In the bedroom: . One bed is against the north window looking out across the marshand, and the other by the south window looking out onto the small patio. Bed linen and towels are provided

The main room with pull-out sofa bed
looking north

In the Living room: *a settee that can be a double bed *a TV with SKY *small cooking stove
*microwave *toaster *fridge *kettle *side board and kitchen sink

 




looking south

* door to separate shower room and toilet on the left
* door to bedroom on right

* french windows open onto small patio
 

Nice (non-destructive) pets accepted

Now have a look at some holiday photos taken by Doug and Brenda Preston while staying at The Old Bakery Annex in September and October 2005! Click here

and here for photos taken by Wendy Prevezer in July and August 2007

 

- Also see aerial photos of the village by Jonathan Neville Click here

Contact: Val Fiddian 01263 741179 The Old Bakery, Coast Road, Salthouse, Holt Norfolk NR25 7AJ valfiddian@salthousehistory.co.uk

Any basic provisions could be got in before you arrive for your first breakfast if you order it in advance. The local post office stores is sadly closed now forever.
The Dun Cow in 1905
The Dun Cow, 1 minutes walk across the green, does excellent meals.


The famous 'Cookies Crab shop' also does sea-food meals.

Holt is three miles inland, and The Cley Marshes Nature Reserve is two miles to the west along the coast road - Blakeney a mile further. For maps see the menu at top of page and click on 'maps' or here to see where the sea lies in relation to the marsh and village


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Tarrif £30 a night £35 August,
and the winter months
(because of the heating)
 
 
 
  


 
 
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© Val Fiddian 2005