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Dramatically poised on a high bluff, CROMER should be the most
memorable of the Norfolk coastal resorts, but its fine aspect is
undermined by a dispiriting shabbiness in the streets and shopfronts.
The tower of St Peter and St Paul , at 160ft the tallest in Norfolk,
attests to the port's medieval wealth, but it was the advent of the
railway in the 1880s that heralded the most frenetic flurry of building
activity. A bevy of grand Edwardian hotels was constructed along the
seafront and for a moment Cromer became the most fashionable of resorts,
but the gloss soon wore off and only the seen-better-days Hotel de Paris
has survived. While you're here, be sure to take a stroll out onto the
pier , which was badly damaged in a storm in November 1993, but has
since been repaired and struggles gamely on.
Somewhat miraculously Cromer has managed to retain its rail link with
Norwich; the train station is a five-minute walk west of the centre.
Buses terminate on Cadogan Road, next to the tourist office (April-June,
Sept & Oct Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm; July & Aug Mon-Sat
9.30am-6pm, Sun 9.30am-5pm; Nov-March 10am-1pm & 1.45-4pm; tel
01263/512497), which is just 200 yards from the cliff-top promenade. An
hour or two in Cromer is probably enough, though the beach is first-rate
and the cliff-top walk exhilarating. There's no shortage of inexpensive
accommodation - the tourist office has all the details.
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