The Lifeboat Inn

The Lifeboat Inn is a public house and inn in Ship Lane, Thornham, Norfolk, England. It lies near the wooded grounds of Thornham Manor. The white-painted pub was originally built in the 16th century and was a simple cottage with two outhouses, and was sometimes used in the 18th century as a convenient smugglers' store.

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Email: reception@lifeboatinn.co.uk
Type: Restaurant
Description: pub in Thornham, Hunstanton, UK
Also known as: “Lifeboat”, “The Lifeboat”, “The Lifeboat Inn, Thornham”, and “The Lifeboat, Hunstanton”
Address: Ship Lane, Hunstanton, PE36 6LT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of All Saints and Holme Bird Observatory.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of All Saints is situated 1,400 feet east of The Lifeboat Inn.

Holme Bird Observatory

Nature reserve

Holme Bird Observatory is a nature reserve near Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, adjoining the Norfolk Wildlife Trust Holme Dunes reserve. It is 5 ha in extent, with Corsican pines and scrubby sand dunes as its main habitats.

St Mary’s Church

Church

Photo: David, CC BY 2.0.

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Holme-next-the-Sea in the English county of Norfolk. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The church is partly early 15th-century Perpendicular, and partly later reconstruction. It is Grade I listed. St Mary’s Church is situated 1½ miles west of The Lifeboat Inn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brancaster and Hunstanton.

Brancaster

Village

Photo: Martin Pearman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county Norfolk. It is about 3 miles west of the town Burnham Market, 22 miles north of the town King's Lynn and 31 miles north-west of the city Norwich. Brancaster is situated 3 miles east of The Lifeboat Inn.

Hunstanton

Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Old Hunstanton and Hunstanton are an adjoining town and village on the Norfolk coast. Known for being one of the few places on the east coast in England where the sun can be seen to set over the sea, the two places combine ancient heritage with traditional English seaside resort thrills.