VGY Accomm Guide 2024 - Edition 1.0 - Flipbook - Page 14
THE VILLAGES
There are surprises around every corner in the
villages around Great Yarmouth.
Highlights include Filby, famous for its
tremendous summer annual 昀氀oral display,
Filby in Bloom, and its wins of the village
category of Britain in Bloom.
The community is so committed to its colourful
reputation, it keeps an all-year-round display to
delight visitors.
Rowing boats accessible to wheelchair users
can be hired. Fishing platforms are also available
suitable for wheelchair users.
Three stone walls survive, around which
a wildlife haven has developed, o昀昀ering
panoramic views over Breydon Water.
If you’re looking for a quiet stretch of beach for
a long walk, Scratby, below low sandy cli昀昀s, is
perfect, stretching for miles in both directions
– to Caister-on-Sea, or even Great Yarmouth
south, or Hemsby Beach, and on to Winterton
Dunes National Nature Reserve to the north.
Popular for 昀椀shing and swimming, dogs are
allowed at Scratby all year round. Surfers love
the beach in winter for its decent waves.
Another highlight is the Ormesby area.
At Burgh Castle, you’ll 昀椀nd one of the best
preserved Roman monuments in Britain, the
late 3rd century Saxon Shore fort, built as part
of the Roman network of coastal defences.
Ormesby St Michael is a tiny village at the
furthest edge of the unique Trinity Broads,
situated between Ormesby Broad to the north
and Ormesby Little Broad to the south, both
part of the Trinity Broads.
The Trinity Broads are a series of 昀椀ve landlocked Broads around the villages of Filby,
Rollesby and Ormesby.
They remain virtually undisturbed because
their only link to the main river is a shallow,
unnavigable tributary of the River Bure called
Muck Fleet, so they were designated a Site of
Special Scienti昀椀c Interest in 1998.
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