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Discover Something New
Every Day
At Medina Cottage, we invite you to experience a unique holiday retreat with endless opportunities for adventure and relaxation. With a wealth of local attractions just around the corner, you can explore picturesque walking trails, glide along peaceful canals and beaches, gourmet dining or just unwind with a refreshing pint or two.
NWT Hickling Broad and Marshes National Nature Reserve
Throughout the seasons, discover a wealth of spectacular wildlife.
Hickling Broad is a 1,500-acre nature reserve 4 km south-east of Stalham, north-east of Norwich in Norfolk, managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. It is a National Nature Reserve and part of the Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes, Hickling Broad and Horsey Mere Nature. It is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and part of the Broadland Ramsar site and Special Protection Area.
It is the broad with the largest surface area, and the water is slightly brackish, due to its proximity to the sea, making it one of the largest expanses of open water in East Anglia
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Hickling Broads
Library Bar
Library Bar
The Pleasureboat Inn is just a stroll away from Medina Cottage, perfect to sit outside and take in the broads or explore their fabulous food for lunch or dinner.
The Gunton Arms & The Suffield Arms
A Bohemiam Retreat:
A Literary Lounge
The Sister to The Gunton Arms is the The Suffield Arms, a Mediterranean restaurant and tapas bar, together with a quirky bar upstairs which opens on a Friday & Saturday night. Booking is advisable.
The Gunton Arms
Library Bar
Library Bar
The Gunton Arms is a traditional pub in an extensive historic deer park near Cromer in North Norfolk.
BROADS B0AT HIRE
Hiring a boat on the Norfolk Broads is easy and fun. Cruise through the Norfolk Broads with either a sailing boat, or a motor boat, allowing you to enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and bask in the sun.
WALKING AND BIKING
There are a lot of walking trails and biking routes in and around the beautiful Norfolk Broads and surrounding countryside. Many take you to areas of interest, so keen photographers take your cameras!
ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE
Animals and wildlife experiences in the Norfolk Broads are plentiful with Zoos, Farm Parks, Wetlands & Wildlife to explore in Norfolk and the Norfolk Broads. Close by is Horsey Gap, which hosts a major, free-to-view grey seal colony, with over 3,000–6,000+ seals gathering from November to February for pupping and molting.