What's on in Hunstanton

Hunstanton is the only east-coast town in England where you can watch the sun set over the sea — a quirk of geography that has shaped its identity since the Victorian railway first put it on the holiday map. The famous striped cliffs of red and white chalk frame a wide, gently-shelving beach that fills with families on summer weekends and stays beautifully empty in the shoulder seasons.

Old Hunstanton, to the north, has the historic feel — flint cottages, the sweeping Le Strange Arms, and dunes running away toward Holme-next-the-Sea. New Hunstanton (the main town) wraps around the green and the seafront with an arcade strip, the Sea Life Sanctuary, and a mix of traditional pubs and modern cafés. Saturday night brings the regular crowd to the Lodge, the Ancient Mariner and the Marine Bar; Sunday lunch at the Lifeboat Inn at Thornham (a short drive) is a North Norfolk institution.

The Coasthopper bus runs along the entire North Norfolk coast from Hunstanton through Brancaster, Wells-next-the-Sea and on to Cromer — making it possible to base yourself at one of the many holiday parks around Hunstanton (Searles, Manor Park) and explore the whole coast without a car. Fish and chips at Fishers, ice cream at Heron, and a pint watching the sunset make a hard-to-beat North Norfolk evening.

Below are live local listings for everything happening in Hunstanton this week, maintained by locals and free for businesses to claim or add. Use the sections to jump to what you need — and if your Hunstanton business isn't yet listed, the claim flow takes under a minute.