Spring Beck

From its source it flows under the track bed of the North Norfolk Railway and out across open farmland towards the village of Weybourne about 1-mile (1.6 km) away.

By rights Spring Beck should flow down Beach Road on the northern side of the village, which clearly was the original watercourse, and indeed for a short way an upper overflow channel does just that.

The beck's course was modified in the eighteenth century as part of the construction of a watermill and it was dammed to create a substantial mill pond.

The beck’s natural course would have been down in the lower part of the gentle valley in which the village of Weybourne is located, probably alongside Beach Road.

It is reputed that he turned a blind eye to smuggled goods landed on the beaches bordering his property and was always duly rewarded with a couple of tubs left discreetly on the mill doorstep.