A dune-backed Norfolk beach best known for the grey seals that haul out to pup here each winter, with viewing managed to keep them safe
Open accessNational Trust land — free to wander
Horsey sits where the Norfolk Broads meet the sea, a low coast of marram-covered dunes behind a broad sandy beach. It is the seals that most people come for — every winter, from around November, grey seals haul out onto the sand in their hundreds to give birth, the white-coated pups lying up in the dunes while the adults loll below. Because the colony has grown so large, the viewing is managed: wardens keep visitors up on the dune top behind rope cordons, both safer for people and kinder to the animals, with the main watching point just up the coast at Horsey Gap. Inland, Horsey Mere and its reedbeds are part of The Broads, and the National Trust looks after much of the estate here, including an old drainage windpump. The Winterton - Horsey Dunes run south from the beach, some of the finest dune habitat on the Norfolk Coast.
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