Forming part of the Blakeney Point, a National nature reserve, the Stiffkey Salt Marshes create an extensive habitat for a wide range of birds and plant life.

[7] Stiffkey Fen 52°57′17″N 0°57′24″E / 52.954760°N 0.956528°E / 52.954760; 0.956528 is nature reserve located close to the village covering 35 acres (14 ha).

The reserve is open to the public, and has a reed bed and freshwater lagoons providing a habitat for many species of birds.

[9] An artillery and anti-aircraft training camp was established south of the marshes in 1938 and remained in operation throughout World War II.

Vestiges of the former camp can still be seen including the remains of a circular runway, known locally as 'The Whirlygig', used by the USAAF to launch radio-controlled aerial targets.

[13] The former officers' mess is now a boat restoration charity workshop and visitor centre and other surviving buildings have been converted to agricultural use or incorporated into the present day holiday camp site.

The village is remembered as the parish whose rector, Harold Davidson, faced charges of immorality and was defrocked in 1932.

[16] The British explorer and secret agent Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882–1967) spent his final years in Stiffkey.

The Norfolk Coast Path runs between the village and the sea and further on to Blakeney to the East and Wells-next-the-Sea to the West.

Sanders Coaches Coast Hopper CH1 bus service connects Stiffkey with Wells-next-the-Sea and Cromer.