Crincle Cottage
Horsey, NorfolkDescription
The owners of Crincle Cottage have worked extra hard, intensively refurbishing it to turn it into a welcoming and comfortable holiday home. The fitted kitchen and a woodburning stove add to its comfort and charm.
Its’ location in The Street, Horsey is ideal! It is just a 2 minute walk to the Nelsons Head, which is very dog friendly and has lots of super reviews for its food. It has a rather famous annual beer festival each summer and if you don’t fancy going out to eat in the evening, they also do a takeaway.
It’s just a short 15-20 minute walk from the cottage along a lovely country bridle path, right onto Horsey beach. This is a much quieter part of the beach than Horsey Gap so there are often a lot more seals to see! There is a public car park just down the road where people pay to leave their cars then walk up to this point to see the seals.
Please remember to keep dogs on a lead at all times on this beach around the seals. (See horseyseals.com and friendsofhorseyseals.co.uk).
2021
FILLING UP FAST !

Reactive Dog 3 Star
This property has a 3 star reactive friendly award. Please read below for further details

Unlimited dogs very welcome

3 Bedrooms

Sleeps 6

Downstairs shower room and upstairs bathroom

Smoke Free Property

Broadband & WiFi

Off road parking for 2 cars
Had a wonderful stay at the cottage. A lovely rural retreat. The seals and pups were wonderful and we loved our walks along the coast and at Hickling Mere. Hope to be back. Paula
Cottage Details
When you arrive
There is parking for two cars in front of the cottage. The front of the garden is mainly laid to grass and shingle. Access is via the paddock gate and through the side door. On entry, look right to see the
Downstairs Bathroom
A fitted modern bathroom suite comprising bath (with shower), toilet and basin and heated towel rail. Lots of lovely shelving for those all important lotions and potions. The bath has a roman waterfall flow tap. Back out of the bathroom and to your left, there is a handy
Downstairs Walk In Cupboard
Which serves as the laundry for the cottage. There is a lovely big american style washing machine for use, mop and bucket and iron and ironing board.
Walk forward, into the
Kitchen
With fitted kitchen units, an electric oven and hob with extractor, free standing 70/30 fridge-freezer, washing machine, dishwasher plus a microwave, toaster and kettle. Lots of kitchen implements, some handy recipe books and plenty pots and pans. Useful storage cupboard in the corner, tiled floor and a lovely view across fields towards the dunes in the distance.
Living room
This room has wooden floors and lots of comfortable seating. There is a welcoming woodburner and a TV on the far left hand wall and to the right, there is ample storage space with books and DVDs to use at your leisure.
Walk straight through the living room, through to front lobby and turn left to head upstairs. (Do mind your head coming back down though!)
Walk up the light and airy stairs (with lovely pictures..) and at the top of the stairs take the door on your second left to reach
Bedroom 1
Furnished with a double bed with extra thick mattress, cotton bed linen, and throws. The window overlooks the fields in front of the house (and you might just see Horsey Mill to the far right!). There is a wardrobe, wall mirror and lovely seat to sit and watch the world go by, side units and bedside lamps.
Out of bedroom 1 and turn left into
Bedroom 2
Furnished with another lovely double bed with extra thick mattress, cotton bed linen and throws. With a mirrored wardrobe, seat, side cabinets and lovely lamps and a beautiful antique table at the end of the bed. The window overlooks the fields to the rear of the house, across the fields and towards the dunes at Crincle Gap.
Bedroom 3
Is furnished with a single bed (and a trundle single underneath), so easily accomodating 2 people if needed. Cotton bed linen and simple furnishings allow extra space for a cot if needed.
The view is stunning: Over the fields at the rear of the cottage towards the dunes at Crincle Gap.
*Note that the duvets and pillows are feather. If you have a feather allergy, do please let us know
Upstairs Shower Room
Corner shower, with two shower heads, toilet and sink.
Outside
The garden is accessed from the back door. On stepping out there is a lovely patio which is a great suntrap and has table and chairs for alfresco eating. The garden is fenced to 5 foot height at the rear and is enclosed by tight bushes throughout the rest of the rear which have also been meshed to prevent any escapees!!
At the front there the paddock gate has also been meshed to help prevent small escapees. The very reasonably sized garden is mainly laid to lawn.
What we provide
- All bedding and towels
- All central heating (adjustable radiators in all rooms)
- Free wifi (unlimited fast Broadband)
- Dog bowls, poo bags, holiday dog tags and throws for seating and beds
- Washing Machine
- Travel Cot
- Outside seating area
Please note
- Crincle Cottage is a no smoking property.
- Crincle Cottage bookings run from Friday – Friday. Short breaks are available, please do ask!
- If you would like a delivery of dog food to the house while you are here, rather than bringing it with you, this Sams Pets is a great place to contact. Pack Holidays guests have an exclusive 10% off anything in their shop in Market Place in North Walsham! Take a peek at their Facebook page too!
Reactive Friendly Award Details
3 Star⭐⭐⭐
Crincle Cottage is a 3 star Reactive Friendly Pack Holidays cottage. Here are the reasons why, but also more importantly, what aspects of the cottage may not be suitable for your reactive. Crincle Cottage is situated in a very quiet area, off the beaten track and at teh start of a private farmland road.
The fences are all 5 feet high (some solid fencing and some hedged with wire fencing in front.) The lowest point is a 5 feet paddock gate which has timber at the bottom of the gate to stop diggers. There is a house next door (which is rarely occupied and no animals next door). There are fields to front and back and up till now, we have had no livestock in the rear field and some cattle in the front field (which cannot be seen from the garden if cars are parked in the driveway). There are several quiet walks around the village and Horsey Staithe area and a well worn bridle path down to the beach (which is at the far side of Crincle Cottage).
Please note in pupping season and in peak summer season, that bridle path will be busier with people wishing to reach Horsey beach. There is a shared fence between Crincle and next door, however it is 6 feet high and sold fencing. To date, no noise has been heard from the neighbours side. The garden does not look into another property.
Please note that as this is a very rural location, there may be on occasion, the slight possibility of hearing a bird scarer. We have had no reports of bird scarers at any time in the past 4 years, but given the location (and the possibility of crop rotation) we cannot rule it out for future.
Location & Directions
Address
2 Crincle Cottage The Street, Horsey, NR29 4EL
Directions
Or – From A149 at Stalham, take the turning onto “Old Market Road” signposted towards Ingham, Lessingham and Sea Palling and follow the signs to Sea Palling. Follow the road past Sea Palling to Horsey, passing Waxham Barn. Horsey village is a few miles further along the road. (A village sign will welcome you). As you come into the village there is a sharp bend to the right and a left hand turning on the bend. Take the left hand turn (you will see a sign for the Nelsons Head) and follow the road down past the Nelsons Head. The road will bend to the right after a few hundred yards and at the bend there are two houses. Crincle Cottage is the right hand side house.
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More Testimonials
What a lovely cosy cottage to welcome us after a 4 hour drive in the freezing fog. The Christmas lights and tree were on, an extra welcome surprise. The cottage was exactly as described and just 15 minutes from the beach which was our main reason for coming at this time of year – the seals!!
Had some super (albeit very muddy!!) walks from the door. A visit to North Walsham to visit a friend and some interesting shops there and a lovely market every Thursday. Well worth a visit to Blickling Estate, although only a few rooms open due to lockdown but the grounds were lovely.
Don’t forget to pop by the local church with it’s round tower and thatched roof.
Thank you so much for a lovely stay. We have had a great time and the dogs loved it even more! We saw so many seals and visited the beach at Sea Palling, also. That you for the homemade goodies!
We had a mixed bag of weather, but this didn’t stop us enjoying some very nice walks around Horsey. We loved seeing the seals perfect distance fromt he cottage, and quiet location with lovely views. Really good fish and chips from Winterton fish bar and tasy rolls and cookies from Ingham Farm Shop, We found the cottage cosy, good heating and hot water and the perfect run around for our little poooch.
Our first Pack Holidays and not our last❣️
Had a lovely weekend break here in Crincle Cottage. The views from the cottage are amazing, we were lucky enough to see deer across the fields.
The walk down the footpath to Horsey beach is worth doing to see the seals, it is quiet and the seals are undisturbed.
Katie (Greyhound) and Bobby (Black Lab) also enjoyed their stay. They had a paddle at Sea Palling and watched the seals at a safe distance on Horsey Beach.
All in all a very peaceful well deserved break for us all!
Had a lovely time, Winterton waws our favourite beach, and most afternoons went to Horsey to watch the seals.. Also enjoy Bacton woods with the dogs.
Thank you so much, we had a really lovely restful stay (apart from the weather). Beautiful walks to the beach – lovely ome from home – Perfect.
We have had a great week at Crincle Cottage. Found the beautiful thatched church in the village. Went to Wells for the first time, lovely beach. The weather has been fab all week. Lovely peaceful place. Dogs loved it too!
The best part of our holiday was being able to get to the beach (walking not driving) every day! We loved the seals and the quiet beach – so Megs the labrador could run and run and run….. we enjoyed the quiet garden 🙂
We are looking forward to staying with you again next year 🙂
Big Thank yous
Had a fantastic stay at Crincle Cottage!
Extremely quiet and relaxing!
Best fish EVER at the Nelson’s Head and loved the Dunes Cafe at Waxham Barn, was so lovely too!
Thank you Gail!
We will be in touch soon to book another!
Thank you
Would recommend The Nelson Head for food, wine and beer and good company.
Thank you for making our weekend so special and accepting our 4 fur babies. We will be back, if just for the cake!!!
Thank you.
Our favourite thing of the holiday has been our very own spring watch. We’ve seen so many birds including a flock of 9 cranes, Reed Buntins, and Marsh harriers. We have seen deer opposite the house and in local fields, of course the seals have been wonderful. We enjoyed dinner at the Nelsons Head, tea at Poppylands café. Had 3 boat trips, the nature trip from the windmill at Horsey was our favourite. this is a beautiful part of Norrfolk so restful
Thanks for the goodies Gail
Hope to be back again soon
We were lucky with the weather so most of our time at the cottage was spent in the large garden. The paved area with table and chairs was perfect for our meals.
We had visitors and used the cottage to full capacity for 2 nights and everyone said how lovely the cottage was with regards to size, decor, cleanliness and comfort.
We enjoyed visiting neighbouring beaches and the broads, all within a short drive from the cottage.
I would highly recommend The Ingham Swan for anyone who is after a celebratory drink or just wanting a special treat. The food is amazing!
The cottage and garden are very dog friendly and safe for large and small dogs. The location was perfect for walking and road access to whatever we fancied doing on the day.
Would we go back? Dogs and humans unanimously say Yes!
The only downside was that we weren’t staying longer and the welcome cake didn’t last long with it being so delicious !