Facilities and things to do near Stanhoe
This list of local amenities is aimed mainly at visitors to Stanhoe. Don’t forget to check out our information on holiday cottages, caravan sites, walks, the pub, and facilities for children, and look at the village calendar to see what’s going on in Stanhoe.
The sidebar on the right also has some links to events and attractions throughout Norfolk.
Takeaway food
Stanhoe has no takeaway outlets, so for fast food you’ll have to look further afield. Our two nearest takeaways are:
Docking Fish Bar
2.5 miles from Stanhoe
High Street, Docking PE31 8NG
(on the right as you come from Stanhoe)
tel 01485 518 656
Open lunchtimes and early evenings
Closed Mondays
Traditional British fish and chips
Silk Road
4.5 miles from Stanhoe
Creake Road, Burnham Market PE31 8EA
(on the petrol station forecourt)
tel 01328 738 866
Open 17:00–23:00
Closed Tuesdays
Excellent Chinese food
Fakenham, Hunstanton and Wells have plenty of takeaways, and there are many local pubs and restaurants, including of course the Duck Inn in Stanhoe.
Shops
Basic groceries
Spar supermarket in Docking, 2 miles west of Stanhoe. Turn right as you come into Docking, right again by the church, and watch the one-way system.
Larger supermarkets
Tesco and Morrison’s in Fakenham (9 miles SE); Tesco in Hunstanton (9 miles W).
Gifts, clothes and specialist food shops
Burnham Market (“Chelsea-on-Sea”) for chi-chi shopping. Pentney House has affordable bits and pieces. The upmarket Hoste Arms has reliably excellent food. Traffic and parking can be horrendous in the summer.
Further afield
Fakenham (9 miles SE) is a pleasant if somewhat run-down market down with a reasonable selection of shops. King’s Lynn (18 miles SW) has all the main high street names. Norwich (38 miles E; 60–75 minutes’ drive) has interesting small shops.
Post Office and postbox
Docking and Bircham are the nearest Post Offices to Stanhoe.
Stanhoe postboxes:
- In the wall of the Old Post Office, on Burnham Road opposite the pond (collections Monday–Friday 4 pm, Saturday 10.15 am)
- In the wall near Church Farm, on Bircham Road (collections Monday–Friday 4 pm, Saturday 10.15 am; very narrow slot)
Fuel for vehicles
Petrol (gasoline) and diesel at Burnham Market (5 miles west; going out of the village on the Creake/Fakenham road), and on the coast road at Burnham Deepdale.
Cheaper fuel at the Shell garage and Morrison’s supermarket in Fakenham (9 miles SE), and Tesco in Hunstanton (9 miles W).
Cycle hire
Quiet roads with few steep hills make north-west Norfolk a great place to cycle.
If you need to hire bikes, try Bircham Windmill, Holkham byCycle at Holkham Hall, On Yer Bike at Wighton or ML Walsingham’s hardware shop in Wells.
Coal and firewood
If you’re here in the winter, Docking Spar supermarket (see above) sells coal and smokeless fuel, kindling and firelighters.
Of the various local suppliers of logs, no-one seems to be offering small quantities at the moment.
Mobile phone coverage
All the mobile networks claim to provide at least limited coverage in Stanhoe.
O2 and Vodafone / Asda generally work well across most of the village. Depending on your handset, you are quite likely to get a signal indoors.
Expect lower signal strengths with Orange, 3 and T-Mobile / Virgin.
None of the networks has a 3G signal here.
Internet access
Free Wi-Fi at the Duck Inn.
Community Information Points (CIPs) at Docking, Burnham Deepdale, Ringstead and Snettisham; check opening hours; may not offer wireless or laptop connections.
BT FON and BT Openzone public wi-fi at around a dozen Stanhoe homes as of July 2011. Click the map on the left for an up-to-date view (opens in a new window). Note that not all of these hotspots are likely to be active all the time.
FON and Openzone hotspots are free to use for anyone who has BT Total Broadband or BT Infinity at home, though you have to sign up first.
Seaside
Good coastal walks at Titchwell RSPB reserve, Thornham and Burnham Overy Staithe.
Traditional seaside activities at Hunstanton.
Rubbish disposal and recycling
Refuse (black) bins are emptied every Wednesday. Recycling (green) bins are emptied every other Wednesday — see our calendar.
Docking Recycling Centre is conveniently sited about a mile (2 km) from Stanhoe. It is open on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, and takes a wide variety of refuse and material for recycling, including household and garden waste, clothes, shoes, batteries and engine oil.
Google map showing Docking Recycling Centre.
Sports
Public swimming pool at the Construction Skills college, Bircham Newton (2 miles / 3 km). Check opening times first.
Cinema
Our nearest picture house is the charming 1930s Hollywood Cinema in Fakenham.
Other places to visit
To find out what’s on locally, visit the listings pages of the official Norfolk tourism website.
For information about the north Norfolk coast, try the Norfolk Coast Partnership.