Hunstanton, Norfolk - Miscellaneous Photographs

Hunstanton, often pronounced by locals as 'Hunston', and also known colloquially to locals as 'Sunny Hunny', is a seaside town (population 4961) in Norfolk, England, facing The Wash. The classification of Hunstanton as "east coast" makes the town unique in that it is the only east coast seaside resort in England where the sun can be seen to set over the sea. Hunstanton is also well known for its stratified, fossiliferous cliffs: lower reddish limestone, known as 'Red Chalk', was laid down during the Lower Cretaceous era, and is topped by a white chalk layer from the Upper Cretaceous.

The town is of prehistoric origin. In 1970, evidence of Neolithic settlement was found.

In 1846, Henry Styleman Le Strange, a local landowner, decided that he'd like to turn Hunstanton into a holiday resort. Many new buildings were built, mostly in warm Norfolk carrstone. Following the death of Henry Le Strange, the project was successfully continued by his son. Hunstanton today is home to a fairground, aquarium and seal sanctuary, leisure pool, theatre, large caravan parks with amenities (Searle's Holiday Park opened in 1936), a number of amusement arcades, and a long promenade. In good weather, boats run by Searle's carry tourists out to view grey seals which have colonised sand bars both in The Wash and to the north of Norfolk. The centrepiece of the town is a large sloping green, which runs from one end of the high street to the promenade. The town also boasted a Victorian pier, until it was blown down by a storm in 1972.

(Source: Wikipedia)

A view of Hunstanton pier and a fairly busy beach. Very interesting to see the type of clothing worn! This photograph was taken sometime during the1920s.

Hunstanton pier which was Victorian in origin taken during the 1920s, it stood for around 100 years.

'Sunny Hunny's' beach in the 1920s, it's quite possible that cliff face has eroded away into the sea in the past 80-90 years since this photograph was taken.