Beach Retreat
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Mundesley (Excellent water quality)
North Walsham, East Anglia
Sleeps 8
£637 per break
Check availabilityCardiff to Norfolk
How to get from Cardiff to Norfolk by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
4h 29m · 254 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Cardiff to the heart of Norfolk. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 6 Welcome Break Cardiff Gate Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
- mile 30 Monmouth A40 North Services
- mile 30 Monmouth A40 South Services
- mile 41 First Symonds Yat Services First Motorway Services towing-friendly
- mile 41 Applegreen Applegreen
- mile 48 EuroGarages Ross Spur Services EuroGarages
- mile 70 RoadChef Strensham Services (Southbound) Roadchef towing-friendly
- mile 70 RoadChef Strensham Services (Northbound) Roadchef towing-friendly
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Norfolk: Wymondham · from Cardiff Central
No direct or one-change trains in the next two hours — the live planner shows other options.
Live train planner →Where to stay in Norfolk
Poplar Farmhouse
🏖️ 1.9 miles from Sea Palling (Excellent water quality)
Winterton-on-Sea, East Anglia
Sleeps 9
£1,662 per break
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Periwinkle Cottage
🏖️ 1.55 miles from Hemsby (Excellent water quality)
Winterton-on-Sea, East Anglia
Sleeps 8
£1,047 per break
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