page_title: A149 road
section_title: Wells next the Sea to Cromer
hierarchical_section_title: A149 road / Route / Wells next the Sea to Cromer
caption_attribution_description: English: A Digital Photograph of Cley next the Sea Windmill By M Hobbs 29/11/2006
context_page_description: The A149 is commonly known as "The Coast Road" to local residents and tourists as this road runs along the North Norfolk coast from King's Lynn to Cromer passing through small coastal villages. The road then leaves the coastline at Cromer and reaches the Norfolk Broads.
context_section_description: Just out of Wells, the road passes on the right, the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. From here the road runs south of Stiffkey salt marshes.  This stretch of the road runs parallel with the "Peddars Way" section of the North Norfolk Coastal Path, which is about ¹⁄₄ mile (0.40 km) north and runs along the fringe of the marshes. In Stiffkey, the road narrows to a single lane causing approaching traffic to give way. Beyond the village the road crosses the River Stiffkey. The next village on the road is Morston (38 miles (61 km) from the start), The road skirts around the south of the village.
  After Blakeney, the road descends into the Glaven Valley, and into view comes the landmark of Cley next the Sea Windmill.  Again the road becomes a bottle neck in the summer months as it pass through the village of Cley next the Sea.  The next stretch of the road between Cley and Sheringham is a very scenic part of the A149. After negotiating the narrow streets of Cley the road runs along the coast south of Cley and Salthouse salt marshes, the sea is hidden by a long bank of shingle that runs along the shoreline here. The marshes are a Nature Reserve and all along this stretch of the road there are lay-bys and car parks which are used as viewing points.
  The road now rises away from the marshes and twists and turns into the next village of Kelling. The road now passes through the gentle and heaths of Kelling Heath and Weybourne. Just before entering the village of Weybourne, the road passes Weybourne Camp on the left. The road now passes through the village of Weybourne (45.5 miles (73.2 km)) and up a hill past the village Windmill.
   As the road stretches off to Sheringham it passes under a railway bridge carrying the North Norfolk Railway.  The road now passes through a stretch of land that is owned by The National Trust.  As then runs right alongside the A149, squeezed between the road and the Sheringham Golf Club which is set on the cliffs in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.  The mini roundabout at Sheringham it is 48.2 miles (77.6 km) from the start of the A149 at King's Lynn.
  Sheringham is a seaside resort.  The route now passes the terminus for the North Norfolk Railway on the left.  The A149 runs south of the heart of the town, passing the prominent hill on the left known locally as "Beeston Bump".  The road now also has a railway line running parallel on the seaward side.  At 49 miles (79 km) the road reaches the village of Beeston Regis followed by West Runton.  The last village before Cromer is East Runton were the landscape of the coast is peppered with static caravans or mobile homes.  The A149 now reaches the fading Victorian splendour of Cromer (52.3 miles (84.2 km)).  The road drops down into the town, with a splendid view of the town’s pier, where it dog-legs through the town's one way system.  This part of the road becomes congested in the summer months and long queues form in the one-way system.  Cromer marks the end of the roads route along the coast, as it turns south-east to cut across Norfolk towards its end at Great Yarmouth.
caption: Cley Windmill from the A149
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA", "Image Make": "OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.", "Image Model": "X600,D630,FE5500", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "314", "Image YResolution": "314", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Version 1.01", "Image DateTime": "2006:11:29 11:57:15", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "158", "Image PrintIM": "[80, 114, 105, 110, 116, 73, 77, 0, 48, 51, 48, 48, 0, 0, 37, 0, 1, 0, 22, 0, ... ]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1748", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6160", "EXIF ExposureTime": "7/2000", "EXIF FNumber": "24/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Creative", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "64", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2006:11:29 11:57:15", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2006:11:29 11:57:15", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "CenterWeightedAverage", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "87/5", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2560", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1920", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "960", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "0", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Landscape", "EXIF GainControl": "None"}