Blakeney National Nature Reserve
Wide open spaces and uninterrupted views of the natural and dynamic coastline make for an inspiring visit to Blakeney, at any time of the year.
The moving tides, covering pristine saltmarsh or exposing the harbour, combined with the varying light of Norfolk's big skies, create an ever-changing scene.
Blakeney Point, within Blakeney National Nature Reserve, is a four-mile-long sand and shingle spit. Sand dunes have formed over hundreds of years on the shingle ridge and form a rare habitat valuable for unusual plants, inscects, birds and seals.
The surrounding landscape of saltmarsh, mudflats and fresh watermarsh shape the rest of the National Nature Reserve. These differeing habitats host thier own diverse range of special wildlife. The saltmarsh, mudflats, sand dunes and shingle ridge are all in a constant state of flux, adapting to the forces of nature shaping this ever changing coastline.
Access to the western end of Blakeney point is restricted from April to mid August to help protect the ground nesting birds and from November to mid January during the grey seal pupping season.
The best way to see the wildlife on Blakeney Point is to enjoy a ferry a trip, departing from Morston Quay, some trips offer the chance to land on Blakeney Point and visit the Lifeboat House.
Walking. Cley next the sea to Blakeney point. Tips and info.
Walking from Cley next the sea to Blakeney point on the north Norfolk Coast. Some tips and information about the walk.
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Secretive otter on National Trust's Blakeney National Nature Reserve
We were so excited when we captured this otter clip on a remote trail camera in the Blakeney area. Ignore the date as the camera was set wrong but the time is correct!
Grey seal - Blakeney Point, National nature reserve
Grey seal pup waiting for mother in Blakeney point
November 2012
Places to see in ( Blakeney - UK )
Places to see in ( Blakeney - UK )
Blakeney is a coastal village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Blakeney lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast. The North Norfolk Coastal Path travels along its quayside. The village is 21.1 miles (34.0 km) north west of Norwich, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) NNW of the larger settlement of Holt, 11.5 miles (18.5 km) west of Cromer and 112 miles (180 km) NNE of London.
The civil parish has an area of 9.9 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 789 in 402 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk. Blakeney was a commercial seaport until the early 20th century. Now the harbour is silted up, and only small boats can make their way out past Blakeney Point to the sea. The harbour and surrounding marshes are owned by the National Trust and is a nature reserve where seals can be seen basking on the sand.
Just inland from the harbour is Mariners Hill. This vantage point is believed to be man-made, probably as a lookout point for the harbour. Adjacent to the hill, at the foot of the village's High Street, is the old Guildhall with a 14th-century undercroft. Higher up the village, the Church of St Nicholas has two towers: the main tower is more than 100 ft (30 m) high and a well-known landmark for miles around; the smaller tower was built as a beacon to guide boats into Blakeney Harbour.
Blakeney Haven was a deeper inlet on the north coast of Norfolk into which the River Glaven flowed. Sheltered behind Blakeney Point, it was a major shipping area in the Middle Ages, with relatively important North Norfolk ports at Wiveton, Cley next the Sea and Blakeney itself. Cley and Wiveton silted up in the 17th century, but Blakeney prospered, especially after the channel to the Haven was deepened in 1817. Packet ships ran from that port to Hull and London from 1840. This trade declined as ships became too large for the harbour, and it is now silted up with access only for small boats.
From the 12th century Blakeney had a reputation for acts of piracy: between 1328 and 1350 it is recorded that men of Blakeney boarded two vessels sailing from Flanders and sailed them back to Blakeney haven, where they were stripped of their cargoes. Many a foreign merchant ship which sought shelter in the haven found its cargo stolen. Such was the lawlessness of the residents that the village refused to supply a ship for the battle against the Spanish Armada.
Blakeney Mill in Friary Park is a Grade II listed building and is chiefly of flint with brick dressings (mostly its upper parts) across its three storeys. It appears on a map of 1769 in this exact location, following earlier mention from the Domesday Book of mills in the village. In the 19th century a rail branch line from Holt to a new station at Blakeney was planned, but the scheme was never completed. It would have connected the town to the wider Norfolk rail network.
Blakeney is a popular tourist resort during the summer months. The village has two large hotels, one in a historic building, and one with a modern main part but with also with a late 17th-century and 18th-century barn annexe, The Blakeney Hotel as well as having the alternative at the end of the Quay Road of the 15-acre (61,000 m2) caravan site. Blakeney offers a large range of activities including crabbing, fishing, canoeing and birdwatching. In the area of marshland around Blakeney Point, owned by the National Trust, up to a hundred species of birds can be found throughout the year. Several pubs in the area serve food and real ale.
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Seal watching England.Blakeney point Norfolk I England's largest grey seals colony part 2
Seal watching England.Grey Seals at Blakeney point Norfolk part 2
Grey Seals on a Norfolk Beach
England's largest grey seal colony could see record numbers of new arrivals this pupping season.
We were able to walk really close to the seals.
They are born at Blakeney Point in Norfolk during November, December and early January, and numbers have risen quickly, from about 25 pups born in 2001 to more than 2,700 in 2017.
Nearly 3,000 pups have been born there already this season.
The shingle spit is a nature reserve managed by the National Trust, which fences off the area during breeding season, but visitors are able to watch the seals from boats and you can walk among them by the dunes.
Where to see seals in the UK.
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UK: LONDON: WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE HOST CONFERENCE
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The potential horrors of global warming and how to avoid them were the subject of an international conference in London on Wednesday.
The meeting conference, hosted by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, looks ahead to the Kyoto Climate summit in December.
The fifth anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit will also be marked by a special assembly of the United Nations in New York in three weeks time.
The devastating effects of global warming are already with us, delegates at the conference were told.
The high levels of carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gases are wreaking destruction across the world.
Hurricanes and tornadoes in America more violent than ever, fires raging in Spain and Australia and floods sweeping people away in Texas are just some of the examples.
Politicians and environmental activists gathered together to discuss the issues at the conference, billed as The Road to Kyoto.
They stressed the importance of global co-operation at all levels to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent at 1990 levels by the year 2005.
Britain's Minister of State for the Environment, Michael Meacher sounded a controversial note.
He said all European Union States must be prepared to contribute effectively to reducing emissions - otherwise the U-K would not - as he put it - be willing to pick up the tab.
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We expect other Member States to look hard at what they can contribute and to make commensurate efforts. They certainly cannot assume that the UK, along with Germany, Austria and Denmark, will do everything whilst they free-ride.
SUPER CAPTION: Michael Meacher, British Minister of State for the Environment
The conference's keynote speech was given by former White House advisor, Dr Robert Watson.
SOUNDBITE: English
What we have to worry about is not only changes in temperature, but changes in precipitation - this can affect human health, it can effect ecological systems, our forests, coral reefs, it can also effect what we call socio-economicism - our ability to produce enough food, we have to worry about sea level rise, and displacing tens of million of people in Bangladesh, in China and unfortunately there's even the possibility of loss of whole small island states.
SUPER CAPTION: Dr Robert Watson, Environment Department, World Bank
At the front-line of the effect of any rise in sea levels are those small island states.
Ambassador Neroni Slade from Samoa voiced their fears.
SOUNDBITE: English
I think if a 50 centimetre rise in sea level were to take place it will render uninhabitable many small states, low lying areas and atolls which are not just pieces of land, these are sovereign countries - Maldives for instance in the Indian Ocean, parts of the Seychelles in North Africa, South Pacific, Marshall Islands - 60 to 80 per cent of that country would be lost.
SUPER CAPTION: Ambassador Neroni Slade, Chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States
The World Wild Life Fund for Nature say climate change is the greatest single threat to animal life.
They are co-ordinating international lobbying to establish the 20 per cent carbon reduction target by 2005.
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I think our main message for the Kyoto summit is going to be come on governments, get your act together, get the world leaders to decide on reducing these carbon dioxide emissions, get a really meaningful target.
SUPER CAPTION: Cherry Farrow, World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Among those animals under threat from climate change is the polar bear.
Its winter is spent on the pack-ice hunting for seals.
They are being forced to fast for longer and longer periods because of the lack of sea ice.
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Blakeney and Cley-Next-The-Sea Coast Walk Scenery - Norfolk Walks - Tour England Walking Holidays UK
Blakeney and Cley-Next-The-Sea Coast Walk Scenery - Norfolk Walks - Tour England Walking Holidays UK
Enjoy some great Blakeney and Cley-Next-The-Sea Country and Coast Walk scenery with relaxing music to see if you fancy Norfolk Walks whilst on tour England Walking Holidays UK. Along the walk you visit: Blakeney and Cley-Next-The-Sea; Glaven Valley and Blakeney Esker; Wiveton Common and Wiveton Down; Kettlehill Plantation and Blakeney Downs; Morston Downs and Morston Salt Marshes. Scenery includes views of: coastal scenery of low-lying fens with sea defences, salt marshes, creeks and general maritime gear but barely a glimpse of the sea; broad landscape and wide open skies punctuated by the silhouette of the village’s eighteenth century windmill. You also see quays, jetties, boats, an assortment of buildings and two churches.
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My walk to Blakeney Point
It was a long walk! 9 and a half miles all in all. Walking to Blakeney Point via Cley in January 2018
The purpose was a little test of my SJ7star, action cam and then, on returning home, my first try of editing video with the free download of Lightworks! Music by Ben! Cheers Ben!
National Trust Walk at Blakeney Point to Lifeboat House, Norfolk
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Blakeney quay
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Counting the seal pups at Blakeney Point
*CUTE FOOTAGE OF SEALS INCLUDED*
Ever wondered how we count the seal pups at Blakeney Point? It's no easy task with over 2,000 pups born on this nature reserve each winter, which is now home to England's largest seal colony. We caught up with Ranger, Ajay Tegala who fills us in.
Cley-Next-The-Sea, Blakeney Walks, Peddars Way Walk, Norfolk Coast Path, Norfolk Walks, England, UK
Cley-Next-The-Sea, Blakeney Walks, Peddars Way Walk, Norfolk Coast Path, Norfolk Walks, England, UK
Cley-Next-The-Sea, Blakeney Walks was about 7.5 miles in distance. The terrain of the route was a combination of: two sections of the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path around Fresh Marshes and Morston Salt Marshes; a number of road sections; paths, tracks and bridleways across Wiveton Down, Blakeney Downs and Morston Downs. The walking was easy on level ground. Route finding was easy with obvious paths, good waymarking and good landmarks. There were no stiles but there were a number a short sections of steps to negotiate.
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Blakeney Freshes on a windy, winter's day
Taken on 8th Jan 2019 from Friary Hills, Blakeney.
The Freshes, freshwater marshes, are part of North Norfolk's National Trust Blakeney National Nature Reserve (NNR).
A spacious landscape, part of the NNR was Norfolk's first nature reserve and is now internationally recognized and protected. It is one of the largest reserves of undeveloped coastal habitat in Europe, famous for its wildlife . . particularly sea bird and seal colonies.
Blakeney Harbour and Village
This is the video of Blakeney, where we stayed. I loved the houses there, the streets were really narrow to the point where you pass someone within inches, or even having to back up the car! Even walking you often have to squeeze in to let cars go by.
There are little alleyways all down the main road filled with old flint houses and cottages, some are named for their original purpose. The cottage we stayed in is at the end, you can see Finley and Charlie at the door.
Lovely week, but chilly and windy!
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Some info on Blakeney:
Blakeney was a commercial seaport until the early 20th century. Now the harbour is silted up, and only small boats can make their way out past Blakeney Point to the sea. The harbour and surrounding marshes are owned by the National Trust and is a nature reserve where seals can be seen basking on the sand.
In the Domesday Book of 1085, Blakeney is recorded under the name Esnuterle.
Blakeney was formally called Snitterley and the settlement is first formally mentioned as Blakeney in a document which dates from 1340. Around the same period the then King Edward III's wife, Queen Philippa is said to have dined on fish caught by Blakeney's fishermen.
From the 12th century Blakeney had a reputation for acts of piracy: between 1328 and 1350 it is recorded that men of Blakeney boarded two vessels from Flanders and sailed them back to Blakeney haven, where they were stripped of their cargoes. Many a foreign merchant ship which sought shelter in the haven found their cargoes stolen. Such was the lawlessness[ of the residents of Blakeney that the village refused to supply a ship for the battle against the Spanish armada.
The area of marshland around Blakeney Point is owned by the National Trust and up to a hundred species of birds can be found there throughout the year.
A look around Blakeney in Norfolk - Norfolk Online
Norfolk Online brings you a panoramic view of Blakeney from the quay car park.
Visit placestovisitinnorfolk.com for more information.