| Hunstanton is a small town on the north-western coast | | | | number of tourists. Nowadays, numerous tourists flock |
| of the county of Norfolk, England. It has a population of | | | | to the town during the summer months along with |
| about five-thousand. It looks out over The Wash and is | | | | many people going on daytrips from their homes |
| often referred to by locals as Hunston. The town is | | | | around inland Norfolk. |
| well known for being a popular beach resort in the | | | | Hunstanton also used to have an impressive pier built in |
| area and is indeed the only one where you can watch | | | | Victorian times but this burned down about seventy |
| the sun set over the sea. It is also famous for its | | | | years ago, the remains being entirely washed away |
| limestone cliffs. | | | | by a storm a few decades later. There also used to |
| About forty years ago, evidence was found in | | | | be a lighthouse, the ruins of which can be seen by |
| Hunstanton that there was a Neolithic settlement built | | | | visitors today. The railway station has also since |
| there back in prehistoric times. It was not until the | | | | closed down with the vast majority of visitors now |
| middle of the nineteenth century that the town started | | | | going there by way of their own cars. |
| to become a holiday resort when a local land owner | | | | The area around Hunstanton offers interesting |
| began to develop the place. A rail connection was | | | | countryside which is typically hillier than that of the rest |
| bought to the town from King's Lynn, making it easier | | | | of Norfolk and also sparsely populated offering |
| to bring tourists into the area. | | | | pleasant places for hiking and camping. Another area |
| Businesses quickly started to boom and a number of | | | | of interest is the nearby Queen's residence of |
| attractions were built to accommodate the increasing | | | | Sandringham House. |