Cromer is a town of beautiful gardens and ornate Victorian houses and hotels. You will also find a pier on its beach with the UK’s most fabled lifeboat station. The local lifeboat crews have credit for gallantry.
You will also find out about Cromer’s own Henry Blogg, the most decorated lifeboatman in the history of the RNLI. Geologically addressing, Cromer gives its name to the Cromerian Stage in the Middle Pleistocene epoch. And the skeleton of a mammoth from this time is on display at Cromer Museum.
Below are the best things to do in Cromer. 10 Best things to do in Cromer Explore theSE best things to do in Cromer : This beach carries on for miles and is divided by the dock into the East Beach and West Beach. Both are fine for swimming on clear summer days, especially when low flow reveals acres of soft sand.
The view back to Cromer’s Victorian properties like the Hotel de Paris from the East Beach is very picturesque. Further east, in the more remote stretches, you will find high grass-covered chalk cliffs climbing to more than 60 meters. Back in the town, at the end of the Esplanade, you will find the Gangway.
From this place, you can watch crabboats being towed on and off the beach by tractors. As it is now, this pier opened in 1901 and is one of the resort’s masterpieces, having just come through a few years of refurbishments and repairs. The pier is a much-loved feature of Cromer’s seafront and acquired the National Piers Society “Pier of the Year” award i.