Looking at going to the Norfolk/Suffolk coast Sunday - Where?

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Looking for some recommendations on where to go this Sunday. Fancy a trip to the coast, we normally go to Aldeburgh but fancy a change. Were keen on Southwold but there is a large music festival on so thinking it may be best avoided!

We do like Aldeburgh a lot, nice shops, great chippy, boating lake just generally pretty quaint and a little old fashioned. Looking for similar, hence places like Great Yarmouth are not on the list! Two kids in tow (5 and almost 3). Don't want somewhere too quiet (I.e. beach, one shop and that's it). Somewhere like Aldeburgh where the beach is literally 1 min from the high street is perfect. Will be taking the kitbag so some nice scenery too. Pretty certain it will be Norfolk... So what's out there?
 
Kessingland, Pakefield a bit commercialised but not like Gt Yarmouth. North beech at Lowestoft is not to bad with sparrows Nest gardens
 
wells - next - the - sea / Holkham - miles and miles of sandy beaches.
 
How about Hunstanton, the new part is a bit commercialised but shops to buy the little ones the bucket and spade and the usual chips etc then head round the cliffs to the old town and beach, very different there to the new town, plenty of rock pools for the crab hunting and the photography, a 2 minute drive from the old town is a nature reserve where you can park (but have to pay) and walk through the dunes to a massive expanse of unspoilt beach.
 
Thanks, didnt like Old Hunstanton when I went the other year, nice beach but nothing else there. cromer looking the favourite, its not too tacky and commercial is it? Like I say, something busy but quaint like Aldeburgh/Southwold is what I am after.
 
Wells-next-the-Sea or Holkham are lovely, if you're after lots of sandy beaches then those are the places to go (along with Blakeney Point).

Old Hunstanton (north west NN coast) is also great for photography (and walking etc), the clay mounds are visible at low tide and there's a relic WWII boat washed up on the shore which makes for some great backgrounds (see here).

If you have time, Thorpeness (Suffolk coast) is also worth a visit, not least to see the "House in the Clouds" (Thorpeness Wiki).
 
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andrewc said:
Unlike Gt. Yarmouth which is pretty tacky, Cromer is a Victorian resort and whilst some arcades, hasn't been developed too heavily. I quite like Sheringham as well.
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Cromer looking favourite so far.
 
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