St Joseph's Catholic Church

The red-brick Victorian structure rises quietly from the Cromer streets without much fanfare, which rather suits a Catholic church in overwhelmingly Protestant Norfolk. St Joseph's is a proper period piece - all Gothic Revival flourishes and honest craftsmanship from the 19th century, built when Catholics still felt like outsiders in East Anglia.

What you're looking at is solid ecclesiastical architecture rather than flashy decoration. The interior has genuine character: period fittings, stained glass that catches the light properly, and the sort of hushed reverence that comes from actual use rather than preservation for tourists. It's the kind of place where you can sit for ten minutes and actually feel the weight of a hundred years of worship.

This is genuinely worth a quick visit if you're staying at one of the nearby parks - Beeston Regis is practically on the doorstep at under a mile away. The walk through Cromer town centre takes barely five minutes. You won't need more than twenty minutes inside, and there's no admission charge as far as I can tell, though it's worth respecting opening times for services.

Families with older children who appreciate architecture will get something from it. Younger kids will find it quiet and rather dull, to be honest. But walkers heading into Cromer from Woodhill or Manor Farm caravan parks could easily fold this into a morning exploring the high street and seafront. It's a genuine local landmark that doesn't try to be anything grander than it is.