Broads Holiday

[smth448]

We have just booked a week on a boat on the Norfolk Broads. Starting from Somerleyton on the Waveney in a couple of weeks.
We have been on the Broads a couple of times in the past so we know what to expect, but does anyone have any recommendations for towns, villages, pubs etc etc to visit or avoid?
Since its a hire boat we won't be allowed in any of the big marinas.

 

[sailorman]

We have just booked a week on a boat on the Norfolk Broads. Starting from Somerleyton on the Waveney in a couple of weeks.
We have been on the Broads a couple of times in the past so we know what to expect, but does anyone have any recommendations for towns, villages, pubs etc etc to visit or avoid?
Since its a hire boat we won't be allowed in any of the big marinas.

its a must to have dangely fenders at all times

 

[SP2]

North or South?

Are you heading up from the south to the Northern Broads? We like a few places like Ludham (off the River Thurne) and at the end of Limekiln Dyke.

 

[leomagill]

The ship @ reedham is a good pub, check out the steak pie!
nelsons head @ reedham is rustic but friendly
ferry house @ surlingham is a great pub with superb food
woods end @ brammerton is also a good pub, basic food menu as kitchen is being refurbed.
bell @ st.olaves is pricey but a km walk up the road to fritton is the decoy tavern, much cheaper.
reedham ferry is also very pricey.
I only go to these places for research purposes you understand....

 

[Croc]

Coldham Hall ...is excellent and the Beauchamp Arms at Buckenham Ferry much better than you might expect.

 

[smth448]

Thanks everyone for the recommendations.

I suppose I should have said in the original post that we will be taking two teenagers and the ships pooch with us. Hope all these pubs will let the dog in. Somehow I don't think it will be the weather for dining outside.

I will remember the dangly fenders. I suspect they are impossible to remove from a hire boat. Having seen the way most hire boats are driven I would certainly never own a boat on the Broads without it being completely encased in huge fenders!

 

[smth448]

Sorry SP2 for not answering your question. Basicalli I don't know yet. We are only going for a week so is it worth going through Great Yarmouth twice to get to the Northern Broads and then back in a week?

 

[pks1702]

I would suggest posting your question here: http://thenorfolkbroads.net/phpBB3/

 

[ex-Gladys]

Sorry SP2 for not answering your question. Basicalli I don't know yet. We are only going for a week so is it worth going through Great Yarmouth twice to get to the Northern Broads and then back in a week?

You can easily do there and back from south to north in a week, but it does need planning, depending on the air draft under the they Yarmouth bridges, and you have a long way to get to a civilised location once through Yarmouth going north. The tide is pretty rapid too.

I've had a number of early season Broads hols, and enjoyed them all

 

[fergie_mac66]

Beccles

We had a great meal in the vaults, beccles , best lamb chops we have had for years , and enjoyed the museum in the town .

 

[leomagill]

Most of the broads pubs are ok with well behaved dogs and kids, it's the adults that are the problem...