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Continent:	Europe
Country:	England (UK)
Next Big City (Airport):	London, Birmingham
Next Town:	Kigns Lynn, Titchwell
Latitude:	52.9749
Longitude:	0.6367
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Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing	Features: - Toilet - Food

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Near Beaches
Old Hunstanton (9.84 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Shallow Flat Chop Hunstanton Beach (11.16 km) Best Direction: N SW WSW W Type: Shallow Flat Chop Heacham (13.7 km) Best Direction: S SSW SW Type: Shallow Flat Chop Wells-next-the-Sea (14.29 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Shallow Flat Chop

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Water

Type:	- Shallow - Flat - Chop	Hazards: - Currents

Quality:	No Information	Best Tide: No Information

Shallow. Tidal beach, with some strong tidal currents. Big tidal range so check your tables! Flat water heaven around 2/3 tide when the 'lagoons' start to fill. Can turn into a beach-break in a northerly near high-tide. Time to pack up when the water starts approaching the rocks!

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Beach

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Depending on Tide

Hazards:	No Information	Beach crowds: No Information

Flat sand. Huge beach, at low tide very wide.

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Weather

Spring:	- Normal Wetsuit	Summer: - Shorts - Shorty

Fall:	- Normal Wetsuit	Winter: - Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit

Typical UK weather. Winter thick wetsuit, high summer can be shorts and lycra only.

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Wind

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Best Direction:	No Information	Main Direction: No Information

Smooth, stable wind, as surrounding area is quiet flat. Recommended in anything from W through N round to E.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

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From Kings Lynn follow A149 North through Hunstanton until you reach Brancaster, take left turn signed 'Beach'. Only one public car park (£3). Note: the road to the car park floods on big high tides.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- Restricted Zones

Kitesurfers you should launch at least 180m to the west of the golf clubhouse and when on the water you should stay to the west of an imaginary line running from the golf clubhouse to the shipwreck.

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Nightlife

No nightlife.

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