Brancaster Harbour
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| Grid reference: | TF800450 |
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| Website: | Brancaster Estate |
Brancaster Harbour is a tidal inlet on the north coast of Norfolk encompassing an extensive area of sand and tidal marsh known as Brancaster Marsh, all by the villages of Brancaster and Brancaster Staithe. It is famous for wild birds, sandy beach and a Roman Fort, Branodunum.
Much of the marsh and beach, and the fort, is held by the National Trust as the "Brancaster Estate". Scolt Head Island nature reserve is managed by Natural England.
The fishing village of Brancaster Staithe, famed for its mussels, lies on the sea shore here, iits boats plying from Brancaster Quay. The Brancaster Activity Centre (also National Trust) is to be found in the village.
Brancaster Harbour
The waters here are protected from the open North Sea by the long finger of Scolt Head Island, behind is of Brancaster Harbour, to which a tangle of creeks reaches between the villages and the sea, full at the flow, reduced to narrow trickles at the ebb; Mow Creek stretched from Brancaster to the Staithe in the south, Trowland Creek through the marsh to the east and Norton Creek.separating Scolt Head Island from the mainland at high tide, all joing in the harbour.
The Staithe offers a great place to start exploring the coast, if you're sailing you can launch a boat (voluntary launching fee applies) and sail in the sheltered waters of Scolt Head Island
Brancaster Beach
On Brancaster Beach one can enjoy miles of golden sand for long or short walks. It is fine sand for sand castles and popular for power kiting.
Branodunum
Between Brancaster and the Staithe lie the remains of a Roman fort, known as Branodunum, from which Brancaster derives its name. It is a Schedule Ancient Monument.
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Brancaster) |
- Brancaster Estate – National Trust