About the Society
Sheringham Beach
Sheringham and District Preservation Society was formed in 1979 for the benefit of the town of Sheringham and the two adjacent parishes of Upper Sheringham and Beeston Regis.
Sheringham occupies an enviable position on the North Norfolk approximately five miles west of Cromer. For most residents and visitors the primary attraction is the sea front and beach, together with the sea itself with its ever-changing moods. At low tide there is a large expanse of sand stretching down from banks of shingle at the top of the beach to rock pools in the chalk bedrock, exposed only when the tide is at its lowest. Sheringham has had the benefit of the Blue Flag Award for many years, and to retain it has to maintain high standards of cleanliness, safety and visitor facilities and attractions.
Station Road
The next most popular feature of the town is probably the vibrant shopping centre with its wide range of outlets ranging from art galleries, antiques and collectables, bookshops, one of the largest and best stocked traditional ironmongers and hardware shops for many miles, to specialist food shops. The town is well supplied with restaurants to suit all tastes, cafes and pubs. It also has a busy market, held on Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the year.
The North Norfolk Railway
The increasingly successful North Norfolk Railway, a preserved line operating steam trains through attractive countryside between Sheringham and Holt also draws many visitors to the town.
A marsh orchid
Sheringham is fortunate in being set in densely wooded countryside. The land immediately to the south rises steeply towards the distinctive undulating Cromer to Holt Ridge and what is the highest point in the county. With its dramatic slopes giving glorious views in all directions, this is very unlike the conventional image of a flat county. Sheringham and Beeston retain considerable common land of notable wildlife interest.
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