Its position on the North Sea coast makes it a prime site for migratory birds in autumn.

A pair of black-winged stilts bred at the Wildlife Trust's Holme Dunes [1] in 1987, raising three young.

[4] The eastern end of Hunstanton golf links reach to Holme, and public rights of way mean that birders and golfers have learned to co-exist.

The parish church of St Mary was first mentioned in 1188, but the oldest remaining part of the building is the tower which dates from the fifteenth century.

The main church building was demolished and rebuilt in 1888, although some memorials and an ancient stone font survive from the earlier structure.