The UK’s ‘new Cotswolds’ crammed with fairly little villages | UK | News | EUROtoday

The UK is stuffed with beautiful pure landscapes, speckled with stunning villages. The patriotic music Jerusalem proudly mentions England’s “green and pleasant land”, and the Cotswolds is probably probably the most well-known instance. Tourists flock there from the world over to pattern the area’s chocolate field settlements, a lot of which having been utilized in well-known movies and TV exhibits, with their distinctive yellow brickwork. But there are different locations which might be equally beautiful.

North Norfolk has been dubbed the “New Cotswolds” and has its personal assortment of idyllic cities and villages. Holt, a market city 23 miles north of Norwich; Burnham Market, comprised of Burnham Sutton, Burnham Ulph and Burnham Westgate; and the city of Cromer and village of Holkham by the ocean are stand-out examples. The latter is house to a 25,000-acre property, during which stands Holkham Hall, an 18th-century Palladian home, house to the Earl of Leicester, described as “one of the most unspoilt and beautiful stretches of sand in the country”.

A nature reserve can also be house to a number of uncommon species of natural world.

In addition, North Norfolk boasts a royal palace liked by the late Queen Elizabeth II, Sandringham.

Other locations highlighted by native officers embody the “unspoilt” market city of Aylsham, the house of Norfolk’s gradual meals motion, which promotes small artisan producers and their meals associated companies.

Blakeney, is positioned in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), is described as an “ideal base” to discover the county’s coast.

Brancaster and Brancaster Staithe are additionally talked about on this regard.

Fakenham’s market, which dates again to 1250, is legendary, and nonetheless runs on a Thursday, utilised by native merchants to promote their wares.

Visit North Norfolk factors out that there’s a good mixture of locations for golfers to get pleasure from, together with hyperlinks and inland programs near the favored seaside cities of Sheringham, Fakenham, Mundesley and Hunstanton, in addition to Cromer.

If you wished to dwell on this scenic a part of the UK, it comes at a worth.

According to Rightmove, home costs in North Norfolk have averaged £365,300 during the last yr.

The majority offered have been indifferent, flogged for a median worth of £461,884.

Semi-detached properties offered for a median of £304,211, with terraced homes fetching £283,033.

Experts add that, total, historic offered costs during the last 12 months have been 3% down on the earlier yr and 5% down on the 2022 peak of £386,409.

The Office for National Statistics reported earlier this month that the typical home worth in England was £296,000 in August 2025, up 2.9% (£9,000) from a yr earlier.