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Blakeney

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Flint cottages run down a narrow street to the quay at Blakeney, where the tide fills a maze of creeks through the saltmarsh. Boats leave from here and neighbouring Morston for the grey-seal colony at Blakeney Point, the largest in England. The medieval church of St Nicholas has a small second tower said to have once shown a light to guide boats in.

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