Holme Dunes

Holme Dunes is a nature reserve in Holme Next the Sea, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk District, England. Holme Dunes is situated nearby to the hamlet Flaxley, as well as near the village Holme-next-the-Sea.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holme Bird Observatory and St Mary’s Church.

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.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hunstanton and Brancaster.

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.

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.

Holme Dunes

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Holme Next the Sea, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.9709° or 52° 58′ 15″ north

Longitude

0.5456° or 0° 32′ 44″ east

Operator

Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Open location code

9F42XGCW+96

OpenStreetMap ID

way 265493260

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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