im looking at a house in honing near north walsham and i like the area and i can move my boat from chichester harbour to stalham on the north broads.
anyone live near this area to tell me the warts and all of the areas around stalham/ honing etc
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My parents used to take us to the Broads when I was a kid. Absolutely loved it. I visited Stalham maybe 2 years back. Didn't recognise it. I have never seen so many take aways. Do a Google Earth "drive" down the High Street. But I still like Norfolk, away from the North Norfolk outpost of London. It's unique and very beautiful.
John
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My great uncle lives just down the road in Sutton. He has his boat over there aswell, seems to love to as a retirement area.
My wifes best friend lives in Trunch just north of the area you asking about, what would you like to know?
She and her husband have lived in that area all their life so no doubt know all there is to know.
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the house im looking at is in honing.
i just dont know the area at all and fancy a change of scenery so just wanted to know what its like from a local.
ive looked up the crime stats etc on upmystreet.com and it all comes out very well.
once we've decided to go for it we'll go for a few days in a b and b and leave the children with my paprents so we can get a feel for the place before spending lots of money.
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I think its much like most of rural Norfolk - not much of anything, but in the best possible way.
Its generally pretty out in the sticks, narrow roads sometimes and if your not a local, best you make the effort because from what ive learnt about Norfolk folk is they take exception to those who arent chatty or at the very least say hello.
One thing ive found without exception so far is that Norfolk folk love a chinwag, often about the most trivial thing. I dont know if this means they are trivial people or just theres little else to moan about, but you get used to the constant chatter.
If you have any specific questions, I can get answers, but ask a general one and it will be more than I have time to dictate.
Oh and any inbreeding jokes just dont go down so well :-)
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I do not know the area well and I do not know what your parameters are. For a start I might be asking myself about the presence or proximity of:-
Village shop
Village pub
Village hall
Doctor
Dentist
School
Mobile phone signal
Broadband
On-line shopping with home delivery
Police presence
Neighbourhood watch scheme..
A quick look in Yellow pages shows that most of the above are within 5 miles.
Obviously you will suss all that on your visit - I hope you find it to your liking and do not find my post to be a red herring!
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i am rural now so shops are 3miles and doctors is 5miles.
we have no crime in 3years here and looking at the new village it's about the same.
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I am pleased to hear that. Honing certainly seems rural but not remote - good luck with your recce visit.
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we used to live in very rural lincolnshire and there really was a lot of inbreeding in that little hamlett.
nice people but very odd, which isnt really a bad thing.
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I lived in North Walsham for 15 years and currently live in the outskirts of Norwich.
Honing is a small village in pleasant countryside and of course you have the coast not far away.
Like most part of the country the small market towns of Norfolk have declined and lost a lot of their shops although North Walsham still provides most of what you require on a day to day basis such as supermarkets, doctors, schools etc. Stalham has fared worse especially since the opening of Tesco a few years back and has nothing much going for it.
You are of course only about 15 miles form Norwich which to mind is one of England's nicer cities.
Rural Norfolk can seem very quiet especially in winter but much the same as rural Linconshire I guess and Norwich can provide all you need in terms of cinemas, restaurants, shopping, theatre etc.
If you want peace and quiet, empty roads and the rural life you will like the Honing area. If you want to know anything specific i will be pleased to answer if I can
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thanks so much.
it will be really useful to have a local to ask questions of.
im hoping to keep my boat around stalham or sell the boat and buy a bigger house and just get a small 12ft dinghy for the broads.
the house i like has a big rear garden and backs onto woodland.
my garden now backs on the goodwoods front lawn almost.
i do like the rural areas with no shops and no through traffic.
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i meant to ask what reputation does north walsham high school have as the ofsted report puts it above average
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Went to the Broads as a kid, read the Arthur Ransome books, some are set on the Broads, great stories, Coot Club, The Big Six ...
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im looking forward to using the broads instead of the solent and chi harbour.
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I have sailed a lot on the Solent and Chichester etc though have really only visited the Broads on land.
What boat do you have?
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ive bought an avor 18 with an internal nanni 50hp deisel.
great for the harbour. i checked a few sites yesterday and they say the draught will be ok
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>> im looking forward to using the broads instead of the solent and chi harbour.
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You will need a counterbalanced mast in a tabernacle for rapid lowering and raising for bridges.
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I think a Avor 18 is a motor boat so won't need a counter-balanced mast! Will need a Broads licence though, about £140 per annum
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>> Will need a Broads licence though, about £140 per annum
One Annum is enough, once you have seen one flat field....
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My two children went to North Walsham High and it was a good school then but that was a long way back and not really in touch with the the educational scene now.
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supposed to be going over later in the week. about 220 miles from me
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Random thoughts...
The inland rural area around Honing is nice and quiet. A few properties in the village will be holiday cottages. Access to The Broads and the North Norfolk coast is good. You'll be close to the small but pleasant seaside village of Mundesely, also to Bacton to hear & feel the hum... and Happisburgh to watch the houses fall into the sea after every storm.
You'll find it takes ages to reach the central spine of the country if you intend to travel out of the home area frequently.
Stalham is a good access point for The Broads... but are you sure you're ready to give up the sea? The Arvor is a nice boat... very popular with the sea fishing guys. The wheelhouse is quite tall for the size of hull... could it be too tall for some of the low Broads bridges?
My own concern for The Broads area is the quantity of people, cars & boats from june to sept.
We visited Wroxham for the first time in a decade while staying in Mundesely a couple of years back. We hit exactly the same view as in streetview below and turned round without stopping to escape the hoards...
tinyurl.com/5vlhplx
The Broads waterways can be packed with boats, badly piloted by very rude folks too.
If the above seems more negative than positive it's not meant to... just info.
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>> The Broads waterways can be packed with boats, badly piloted by very rude folks too.
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>> If the above seems more negative than positive it's not meant to... just info.
I intensely dislike the broads, for the reasons Fenlander gives. My love of Norfolk is restricted to the more northerly areas.
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Parts of the Broads can be very busy during the peak summer months but so are most navigable waterways in England. Even in summer it is possible to find beautiful and tranquil scenery and much of the broads is not in fact navigable by motor boat or is a nature reserve. Ormesby,Filby ,Rollesby Broads are particularly attractive and are not connected to the other broads by river.
Barton broad, where Nelson learned to sale has been transformed in recent years from a silted muddy lake back into its former glory and the water is now clear once more and in summer is covered in water lilies. Again a large portion is a nature reserve.
One of my favourite villages in Norfolk is Horsey, next to Horsey Mere and only half a mile from the sea and one of the best and most deserted stretches of beach in England where live a large colony of seals. To my mind the Broads area has retained more its character than the villages of North Norfolk which have become rather twee. Now that the Broads constitute a National Park the qualities of the waterways should continue to improve
Of course if you live in Norfolk you can see the Broads at its best i.e when all the visitors have gone home. It is beautiful and unique part of the country and should not be judged by a trip down the Bure in a motor cruiser in August.
Probably the best way to enjoy the Broads is actually not by motor boat but by in a sail boat or even a canoe or kayak when you can enjoy the peace and quiet of the area
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"not be judged by a trip down the Bure in a motor cruiser in August." The number of people I know who have done that and say "I've seen the Broads." Yeah. I dont bother arguing. I've been there in falling snow and I've been on the upper reaches with the bottom of the rowing boat scraping the bottom. Sheer delight.
Thanks for the tip on the seals, Ill look out for them next time I'm in the area.
John
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'Ill look out for them next time I'm in the area."
Follow the footpath to the beach from car park at Horsey wind pump - about a mile. Turn right at the beach and walk 200 yards There were over 50 seals there in January . Stop off at the Nelsons Head for a pint on the way back!
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is horsey the place with the windmill?
i like boating in the winter aswell because chichester harbour and the solent is very stressful in the summer months with thousands of smaller boats changing direction all the time.
after doing lots of reading i really fancy the broads now
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s horsey the place with the windmill?
Yes - Horsey Mill - owned by the National Trust as is a lot of the surrounding land
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Moor at Horsey Mill and take a short(ish) walk to see Brograve Drainage Pump www.flickr.com/photos/doddie/2454812690/ very evocative. Dunno what state it's in today.
Thanks for the directions CG. I note that if I tell people to turn right after the church (directions to my house) they get lost. If I say "turn right opposite the pub" they never miss. So the Nelson will stick!
John
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Hi there,we live in Wymondham in Norfolk, not North Norfolk as such but Norfolk nevertheless. We moved up from Essex 4 years ago with 2 young children. You obviously talking about Honing and not Horning.
I was brought up with family boating holidays on the broads and have a deep rooted love of the area.
Whilst we (i) wanted to move to the heart of the broads, the reality of transport links, amenities, and most importantly good schools eventually led us inland to Wymondham.
I also had a boat for the 1st 2 years of our adventure, and can tell you a fair bit about moorings and boating amenities.
Depending on the age of your children i believe the schools are and should be your main focus.
One good thing with the county is the lack of traffic and people.
Living 25-30 miles from your boat is no problem, it might just take 30 mins to get to it?
Happy to assist where possible.
Re yr boat, the Arvor 18 has i believe a semi displacement hull. The boat a tad over engineered for pure broads use. Draught not a problem but check your air draught. The big wheelhouse on the Arvor will be a handicap on the lower bridges and on some like Potter Higham and Wroxham an impossibility (I think?). Boat a tad over powered also for the speed limited broads with speed limits as low as 3mph, 5mph and 7mph.
Many semi planning boats don't steer that well at these low speeds. Assume your engine drive arrangement is geared to handle these speeds on occassion.
Most 40 ft hire craft on the broads get along with just a 30-40HP diesel.
I can highly recommend the following forum www.the-norfolk-broads.co.uk/, like here friendly knowledgable people.
As i said happy to assist and advise but can recommend the forum above for the specialist knowledge you need.
Best of luck
Mark W
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The Arvor will be good for heading down to Breydon Water and Gt Yarmouth.
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Will the boat get through Wayford Bridge? I said "through" rather than "under" as it's quite narrow as well as low. 7 feet I believe.
John
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The bridges are very tight, watch to see the second boat...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhNOhI9BHMc
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i'll check on that.
i may decide to sell the arvor in the spring as i bought it very cheap for cash and will make enough when i sell to get a suitable boat with 2 berths just for the broads.
to be honest ive spent more time in chi harbour than out at sea. bembridege is nice in the summer for an ice crea and play on the beach.
about every 5yrs we get bored and move areas aswell as houses.
lived in
leicester
cromer
newquay
brighton
chichester
sleaford
hull
southend on sea
hastings
lucky my business runs itself most of the time with the help of a friend we can go anywhere we want and still collect an income
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it looks that i may have to get a small cruiser with a low air draught.
i bought the arvor very cheap and when i sell i'll make at least 5k profit so im tempted to sell and use the proceeds for the house decoratin budget and spend the 5k i made and get on older 2b cruiser.
i wanted the heart of the broads but have been diisuaded by noise and traffic problems so that's why we are looking to the north broads
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The northern stretches of the Broads are, in my opinion, the most attractive. Make sure you get a small rowing boat too so that you can get way upstream where there is only a few inches of water. Talk about peaceful!
John
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Anyone live near North Norfolk broads area - Tooslow
