Jolly Sailors Annual Ale and Music Festival
A beloved coastal Norfolk pub transforms into a three-day celebration of real ales, live music and charitable giving on the edge of the North Norfolk saltmarshes.
A genuinely working fishing harbour set against tidal marshes and a big north Norfolk sky, with two characterful pubs and exceptional seafood on the quayside; the landscape carries more drama than the village itself, but that is precisely the point.
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