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Happisburgh
Happisburgh village sign
Happisburgh is located in Norfolk
Happisburgh
Happisburgh
Location within Norfolk
Area9.63 km2 (3.72 sq mi)
Population889 ONS and Norfolk CC 2011 census[1][2]
• Density92/km2 (240/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG 39 31
• London137 miles (220 km)
Civil parish
  • Happisburgh
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR12
Dialling code01692
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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UK
England
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52°49′27″N 1°31′51″E / 52.8242°N 1.5309°E / 52.8242; 1.5309

Happisburgh (/ˈheɪzbʌrə, -bərə/ ⓘ) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is on the coast, approximately 14 miles to the south-east of Cromer, and 20 miles to the north of Great Yarmouth, and is to the east of the B1159 from Bacton on the coast to Stalham. It is a nucleated village. The nearest substantial town is North Walsham 6 miles (10 km) to the west.[3] The place-name 'Happisburgh' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Hapesburc. The name means 'Hæp's fort or fortified place'.[4]

Happisburgh is known for its distinctive red and white lighthouse, medieval church and the secluded beach, which has become a site of global archaeological importance, having provided evidence of early human activity, dating back 800,000 years.[5][6] The village has also become well known for the effects of coastal erosion.

The 2021 Census shows the parish (which also includes the settlements of Happisburgh Common and Whimpwell Green) to have a population of 870.[7]

Correct pronunciation

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The name is pronounced as if spelled Haisborough, like the nearby Haisborough Sands;[8] other phonetic respellings include "Hazebro";[9] "Hazeborough";[10] and "Hazeburrer".[11]

Governance

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Happisburgh electoral ward includes the parishes of Happisburgh, Lessingham, East Ruston, Ingham, Honing and Brunstead, with a population of 2,646 recorded in the 2021 Census.[12] For the purposes of local government, the parish is in the district of North Norfolk[13]

Landmarks

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Happisburgh Lighthouse

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Happisburgh Lighthouse

The red-and-white striped lighthouse, 0.5 miles (800 m) to the south of the church, is the only independently operated lighthouse in Great Britain and is the oldest working lighthouse in East Anglia having been constructed in 1790. It is open to the public on occasional days during the summer.

St Mary's Church

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St Mary's Church, Happisburgh

In 1086, the incoming Norman aristocracy had a simple church built on the site of the current tall stone one. It was demolished and rebuilt in the 15th century. The tall tower of St Mary's church is an important landmark to mariners, as it warns of the position of the treacherous nearby sandbanks.

In 1940, a German bomber released a trapped bomb from its bays during its return to Germany, and some shrapnel from the bomb can still be seen embedded in the aisle pillars of the church. The church's octagonal font, also of the 15th century, is carved with figures of lions and satyrs.[14][15]

A new staircase was added to the top of the tower in 2001. There are regular tower open days when visitors can climb to the top [16][17]

The Hill House Inn, Happisburgh.

The Hill House Inn

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Pub with bed and breakfast dating from the 16th century.[18] The pub serves real ale and hosts an annual summer solstice beer festival.[19] Outside, overlooking the large beer garden is an old railway signal box, built for a railway which was announced but never materialised. It is now used as guest accommodation.[20] Inside the pub there is Sherlock Holmes memorabilia - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was inspired to write a short story featuring the detective while staying here.[21] The walls are also decorated with historical photos of the area, an oil painting of the wrecking of the HMS Invincible, which occurred at Haisborough Sands, and an artist's reconstruction of the area of the area 800,000 years ago with a sign reading HAPPISBURGH-ON-THAMES, relating to the discovery of the Happisburgh Footprints. Perhaps uniquely, the pub has a geological feature named after it - the Hill House Member, part of the Cromer Forest-bed Formation.[22][23] Grade II Listed.[24]

Happisburgh Manor or St Mary's

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Happisburgh Manor (St Mary's) c 1992

The main land use is a private garden to the homes here, forming an ornate 19th-century estate on the site of fields until the middle of that century. The estate is central and towards the coast from the kinked village street. The main house which was thatched from local reeds was worked up by Detmar Blow from an initial detailed design by Ernest Gimson with whom Blow had collaborated at Stoneywell. Blow was responsible for practical architectural changes to the initial design and overall architectural management of the build during the period 1900–1902 with his 'leading man' Frank Green from East Knowle supervising on the spot. It is pretty certain that Gimson supplied the interior timber fittings and in particular the complicated timber roof structure. It is mainly a grade II listed (starting category) listed park and garden, having been designed as an Arts and Crafts movement garden by Detmar Blow to accompany the butterfly-plan summer home for wealthy landowner Albemarle Cator, seated at Woodbastwick Hall, Woodbastwick, who decided to build homes or gatehouses for his family. The north end of the largest, his home, was destroyed by a bomb, and was restored by Christobel Tab (née Cator) after the war. The Cators sold the site in 1969, at which time the three houses of St John's, St Anne's and St Mary's came into separate ownership.[25] The restored main home is Grade II* listed.

World War Two defences

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Happisburgh gun battery - the east gun house

Happisburgh has numerous structures built as part of the defence network during WWII.[26] These included a 4.7 inch coastal battery to the north west of the church.[27]

The Decca Field

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The Decca Field is an area of land at the cliff top just north of Cart Gap. Historically it was used as the location for a transmission mast for the Decca Navigator System.[28] More recently, it was used to store materials during the construction of a rock bund in 2007 - 2010. It is now being considered as a site for an access ramp for maintenance vehicles for proposed repositioning of the rock bunds on the beach in the village.[29] Not to be confused with the area around the WWII coastal battery, which was being used by Decca in 1982.[27]

Happisburgh Lifeboat station

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In 1866, the first lifeboat house was built by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), on the cliffs at a cost of £189. Its building here was prompted by its proximity to the treacherous Haisborough Sands. It closed in 1926 and the lifeboat was withdrawn.[30]

A small boathouse was built in a similar site (52°49′28″N 1°32′10″E / 52.824326°N 1.536101°E / 52.824326; 1.536101) in 1965 to house a D-class inshore lifeboat that went into service in June of that year. In 1987, the boathouse was replaced by a new, more modern building with better facilities for crews. This was further extended in 1998. A new D-class lifeboat, Colin Martin, was placed on service on 13 September 1994.[30]

In December 2002, the lifeboat launching ramp was washed away due to massive erosion. A temporary station was opened within three months at Cart Gap. The original station continued to be used for training and souvenir sales, these are now conducted at the new site.[31][30][32]

On 22 October 2003, a new D-class lifeboat D-607 Spirit of Berkhamsted was placed on service.[30][32] The station has been honoured with an RNLI Silver Medal, awarded in 1886 to Coxswain John Cannon in acknowledgement of his long and valuable service.

Deep History Coast

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Deep History Coast logo

The Deep History Coast trail runs from Weybourne to Cart Gap. It is a walk of 22 miles (36km), divided into shorter sections with access and information points every couple of miles. There are information points at the Beach Road and Cart Gap car parks. [33]

Facilities

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Happisburgh has two public car parks: one for the beach in the main part of the village, run by Happisburgh Parish Council (The community car park), and the other for Cart Gap beach at the easternmost part of the village, run by North Norfolk District Council. Both have public toilets.[34][35] There is an award winning caravan park in the centre of the village, open between Easter and the end of October.[36] The shops include Happisburgh Village Shop, which sells gifts and local produce,[37] Fair Maiden Shell Fish,[38] which also sells wet fish, a small general store at the caravan park,[39] and a small shop by the lifeboat shed at Cart Gap, run by volunteers.[36] For eating out, there is The Hill House Pub next to the church, and Smallsticks Cafe at Cart Gap.[36][40] There is a play park next to the community car park with views of the lighthouse.[41][42] There is a recreation ground, which houses a sports pavilion and bowling green, the Cricket Club play there.[43] The village hall, the Wenn Evans Centre, is located at the recreation ground and hosts exercise classes and regular community events.[44] The Church Rooms on The Street are also available for hire.[45] Happisburgh Coastwatch is run by volunteers, operating from a hut at Cart Gap.[46][47]

Education

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Happisburgh Church of England Primary School

Happisburgh Church of England Primary School was built in 1861 and is now run as an academy.[48][49]

Coastal erosion

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A Happisburgh road partially washed away by coastal erosion.

Happisburgh has become well known for its coastal erosion.[50] A total of 38 residential properties have been lost to coastal change since 1988.[51] [52] Governmental policy now focuses on adaptation to change, rather than investing in new defences. [53]

Land has been lost to the sea in the area since the last ice age, meaning Happisburgh was once inland.[54][51] The medieval settlement of Whimpwell, recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as part of the parish of Happisburgh, is believed to have existed to the east of the current coastline. Whimpwell is reported to have been lost to the sea by 1183, the name living on in Whimpwell Street in Happisburgh village centre, and the hamlet Whimpwell Green.[55] [56]

Following the North Sea Flood of 1953, which killed 307 people in the UK, including seven along the coast at Sea Palling,[57] the British Government made major investments in new sea defences. The construction of Happisburgh's new defences started in 1959. These consisted of wooden revetments, parallel to the cliffs along the village's shoreline, and groynes at regular intervals at right angles to the shoreline. In the 1980s a concrete sea wall was built between 'Low Light', the area of beach where Happisburgh's second lighthouse once stood, and Cart Gap. The wooden defences were maintained up until the 1990s. Deterioration of the defences in the 1990s resulted in a period of rapid erosion along one section of the cliff line, creating an embayment.[58]

Planned new schemes in the early 2000s didn't go ahead for a number of reasons.[59] In March 2007, when North Norfolk District Council were conducting emergency works by placing rock armour on the beach, a community group enabled the extension of the amount of rock placed on the beach by 20 percent through a fundraising campaign. [60]

The first of two adaptation pilot schemes that the village has been involved in, Pathfinder, ran from 2009 to 2011.[61] Nine properties were bought by the council as part of the project at 40% of their market value, and demolished in 2012.[62] [63] [64] The Caravan Park was also relocated to a site inland, and a new community car park was built with reusable materials to allow relocation at a later date. The Coastwise project, part of the Environment Agency and DEFRA Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme started in 2022 and runs to 2027. Three properties at immediate risk of erosion were demolished in April 2026 by North Norfolk District Council through the Coastwise project.

Changes in national policy mean that coastal protection in Happisburgh can no longer be funded from central government. [52]

A detailed timeline of events can be found in the first draft of the Coastal Transition Plan for Happisburgh.[51]

Archaeology

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Photographs of Area A at Happisburgh, showing: (a) view of Happisburgh footprints surface looking north; and (b) view of footprint surface looking south, also showing underlying horizontally bedded laminated silts
The Happisburgh Handaxe, found on the beach between Happisburgh and Cart Gap in 2000.

In 2000, a local dog walker found a flint tool embedded in clay on the foreshore between Happisburgh and Cart Gap. Subsequently named the Happisburgh Handaxe, its discovery led to the beach at Happisburgh becoming a site of global archaeological importance.[65] The Happisburgh Handaxe is now on permanent display at Norwich Castle Museum.[66]

In 2010, Simon Parfitt and colleagues from University College London published a paper stating that they had discovered flint tools near Happisburgh.[67][68] The tools were dated to "somewhere between 866,000 to 814,000 years ago or 970,000 to 936,000 years ago",[69] around 100,000 years earlier than finds at Pakefield. The flints were probably left by hunter-gatherers of the human species Homo antecessor who inhabited the flood plains and marshlands that bordered an ancient course of the river Thames. The flints were then washed downriver and came to rest at the Happisburgh site.[70]

In May 2013, the Happisburgh footprints, the oldest human footprints found outside of Africa, being more than 800,000 years old, were reported to have been discovered on the beach.[71]

Folklore

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There is a local legend dating from the 16th century that Happisburgh is haunted by the ghost of a murdered smuggler. The ghost was reported as having no legs, and its head hanging behind its back by a thin strip of flesh. The legend says that the smuggler's mutilated body was found in a well, once located at Pump Hill Corner, at the junction of Whimpwell Green and Coronation Road, hence its name, 'The Pump Hill Ghost' (also known as the 'Happisburgh Torso' and the 'Happisburgh Smuggler').[72][73][74]

Notable residents

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Music

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The lighthouse features in the first line of the folk song 'Windy Old Weather': "As we were a-fishin' off Happisburgh Light, Shootin' and haulin' and trawlin' all night." Classified as number 472 in the Roud Folk Song Index, the song dates from at least as early as the nineteenth century. Early audio recordings include of Harry Cox from nearby Catfield in 1953 and Sam Larner, from Winterton in 1959. [75]

The village has been used as a backdrop for a number of music videos, including for Ellie Goulding, The Writer (2010),[76] Grace Petrie, Storm to Weather (2021) [77] and The Fat Lady Sings, Arclight (1991).[78]

Film and Television Drama

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Various locations in the village, including the churchyard, were used for the 1972 BBC adaptation of the MR James short story A Warning to the Curious (film)[79] as part of their A Ghost Story for Christmas series. The lighthouse features in series 2 episode 1 (2008) of the ITV drama Kingdom, starring Stephen Fry.[80] The lighthouse and beach feature in the BBC's 2021 film The Trick.[81]

Documentaries and Reality Television

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An episode of the BBC TV programme Challenge Anneka was filmed in the village in 1990, where the presenter Anneka Rice was tasked with painting the lighthouse in 33 hours.[82]

The discovery of flint tools in Happisburgh, and its significance, is covered in Series 1, episode 2 of Digging for Britain (2010) presented by Alice Roberts.[83]

The village was included in the 2018 Channel 4 documentary Village of the Year with Penelope Keith. [84]

Happisburgh has featured in a number of reality TV shows, including Escape to the Country [85], Homes Under the Hammer [86], and Come Dine with Me.[87]

Radio

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In December 1982, BBC Radio 2 broadcast 'Rolf's Christmas Walkabout' recorded at the village hall. Guests included Eve Graham and Danny Finn, formerly of The New Seekers, alongside local performers.[88][89]

Happisburgh in art

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The Time and Tide Bell at Happisburgh: 'The Spirit of Haisbro'

The Sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth were among a group of artists that stayed at Church Farm in the early 1930s. There, they experimented with carving the smooth ironstone pebbles found on the beach, which is said to have had an influence on their respective styles.[90][91]

The Happisburgh Time and Tide Bell, named by the community as 'The Spirit of Haisbro' was installed in 2023 and is designed to chime with the movements of the tide.[92][93]

J.M.W. Turner visited the Norfolk Coast in c1824 making sketches. The sketchbooks are archived by the Tate Gallery and can be viewed online.[94] The artist also produced a number of vignettes in c1834, intended for book illustrations. One is entitled ‘Hasborough Sands' [89]

Local artist Belinda Opie creates sculptures from flotsam and jetsam and curates an ever-changing sculpture on the beach at Cart Gap.[95][96]

Happisburgh in literature

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The cypher in the Sherlock Holmes story Adventure of the Dancing Men. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired to write the story while Staying at the Hill House in Happisburgh

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired to write The Adventure of the Dancing Men while staying at the Hill House Inn in 1903.[97]

Happisburgh Lighthouse is described as a landscape feature in both Devices and Desires by PD James and Thunder and Lightnings by Jan Mark.

A fictional version of Happisburgh appears in The House at Sea's End,[98] one of the Ruth Galloway series of novels by Elly Griffiths.

The village pub, the Hill House Inn, is owned by the family of Lorna Sage.[99] A photograph of her is displayed in the bar. [100]

War memorial

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Happisburgh's war memorial is a marble plaque topped with a golden sword inside St. Mary's Church which lists the following names for the First World War:[101][102]

Rank Name Unit Date of death Burial/Commemoration
PO1C John Mason HMS Cressy 22 Sep. 1914 Chatham Naval Memorial
PO1C Frederick Wiseman HMS Pembroke 31 Aug. 1914 Woodlands Cemetery
LCpl. James W. Spanton 7th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 28 Apr. 1917 Dury Cemetery
Dvr. John Monsey Royal Field Artillery att. 18th Brigade 2 Dec. 1918 St. Sever Cemetery
Gnr. Cubitt C. Siely[a] 227th Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery 2 Nov. 1918 Terlincthun Cemetery
Pte. William J. Millar 5th Bn., Duke of Wellington's Regt. 11 Apr. 1917 St. Mary's Churchyard
Pte. James Platford 9th Bn., Durham Light Infantry 13 Apr. 1917 Agny Cemetery
Pte. Norman R. Leeder 5th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 19 Apr. 1917 Jerusalem Memorial
Pte. Richard Grimmer 8th Bn., Norfolk Regt. 10 Mar. 1917 Thiepval Memorial
Pte. George Monsey 3rd Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment 8 Mar. 1919 Norwich Cemetery

The following names were added after the Second World War:

Rank Name Unit Date of death Burial/Commemoration
Gnr. Arthur Batchelor 1 L.A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery 30 May 1940 Dunkirk Memorial
Gnr. Cyril J. Pardon 107 Regt., Royal Horse Artillery 6 Jun. 1942 Alamein Memorial
ASn. Robert A. Boyce HMS Bedouin 15 Jun. 1942 Chatham Naval Memorial
ASn. Jim Clarke MiD HMS Stonehenge 20 Mar. 1944 Chatham Naval Memorial
Gdsm. Benjamin B. Dennis 5th Bn., Coldstream Guards 11 Nov. 1944 Venray Cemetery
Pte. Christopher G. Harvey 1st Bn., Royal Berkshire Regt. 21 Mar. 1943 Taukkyan War Cemetery
Pte. Wilfred E. Grimmer 4th Bn., Suffolk Regiment 16 Oct. 1943 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Smn. Cannon W. Harvey H.M. Trawler Tervani 7 Feb. 1943 Lowestoft Memorial

See also

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Local offshore sandbanks dangerous to shipping:

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Footnotes

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Gunner Siely died of gunshot wounds to the back and leg which, fatally, fractured his femur. Siely was formally a labourer and joined the Army in 1916.

References

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