Cley Next The Sea
Coordinates: 525704 10235 / 52.951N 1.043E / 52.951; 1.043
Cley next the Sea
Cley next the Sea
Cley next the Sea
Cley next the Sea shown within Norfolk
Area
8.63km2 (3.33sqmi)
Population
608(parish, 2001 census)
-Density
70/km2 (180/sqmi)
OSgridreference
TG045436
-London
129miles (208km)
Parish
Cley next the Sea
District
North Norfolk
Shirecounty
Norfolk
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereignstate
United Kingdom
Post town
HOLT
Postcodedistrict
NR25
Diallingcode
01263
Police
Norfolk
Fire
Norfolk
Ambulance
East of England
EUParliament
East of England
UKParliament
North Norfolk
List of places: UK England Norfolk
Cley next the Sea is a village (population 376) on the River Glaven in Norfolk, England, 4 miles north-west of Holt and east of Blakeney. The main A149 coast road runs through the centre of the village, causing congestion in the summer months due to the tight, narrow streets. It lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast.
St Margaret's church
Despite its name, Cley (pronounced "Clay" by some, "Cly" by others) has not been "next the sea" since the 17th century, due to land reclamation. There are remnants of the quay, especially the 18th-century windmill. The windmill was owned by the family of singer James Blunt for many decades and operated as a bed and breakfast. The mill was sold in 2006, but continues to operate as a bed and breakfast on a non-profit making basis. The mill was used as a backdrop of the 1949 film Conspirator, with Elizabeth Taylor, and it features in a BBC1 continuity link.
It is hard to imagine Cley as one of the busiest ports in England, where grain, malt, fish, spices, coal, cloth, barley and oats were exported or imported. The many Flemish gables in the town are a reminder of trade with the Low countries.
The failed land reclamation scheme led to the silting up of the port, and Cley had to find another industry. In the late 19th century, it became a holiday resort.
Cley Towermill stands at the edge of village, next to the coastal marshes and a network of drainage channels.
The marshes around Cley are bird reserves in the care of the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.
Cley is one of the best sites for seeing rare birds in Britain because of its location and habitats, notably Cley Marshes and Salthouse Marshes Norfolk Wildlife Trust reserves. It is a Mecca for "twitchers", the British word for hardcore rare bird chasers. It is the home of the Bird Information Service, publishers of Birding World.
The salt and fresh water marshes used to be very well protected. However the cost of replenishing the shingle spit grew too much for the town to sustain. Once the repairing stopped, it became easier for waves to get through; in 1953 a large storm, (see North Sea flood of 1953) hit the North Norfolk coast and the shingle ridge was mostly destroyed. SMP's strategies of Advance the line, Hold the line, Managed retreat and Do nothing, they have chosen to do nothing even for an important area of study (SSSI). Although the town could not afford to keep up the beach replenishment, DEFRA would be expected to do so.
References
^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes."
^ BBC - Norfolk - Entertainment - James Blunt interview
External links
Photographs of Cley
Cley windmill history
Ornithologist - poem inspired by Cley
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Civil Parishes of North Norfolk
Alby with Thwaite Aldborough Antingham Ashmanhaugh Aylmerton Baconsthorpe Bacton Barsham Barton Turf Beeston Regis Binham Blakeney Bodham Briningham Brinton Briston Brumstead Burgh and Tuttington Catfield Cley next the Sea Colby Corpusty Cromer Dilham Dunton East Beckham East Ruston Edgefield Erpingham Fakenham Felbrigg Felmingham Field Dalling Fulmodeston Gimingham Great Snoring Gresham Guestwick Gunthorpe Hanworth Happisburgh Helhoughton Hempstead Hempton Hickling High Kelling Hindolveston Hindringham Holkham Holt Honing Horning Horsey Hoveton Ingham Ingworth Itteringham Kelling Kettlestone Knapton Langham Lessingham Letheringsett with Glandford Little Barningham Little Snoring Ludham Matlaske Melton Constable Morston Mundesley Neatishead Northrepps North Walsham Overstrand Paston Plumstead Potter Heigham Pudding Norton Raynham Roughton Runton Ryburgh Salthouse Scottow Sculthorpe Sea Palling Sheringham Sidestrand Skeyton Sloley Smallburgh Southrepps Stalham Stibbard Stiffkey Stody Suffield Sustead Sutton Swafield Swanton Abbott Swanton Novers Tatterford Tattersett Thornage Thorpe Market Thurning Thursford Trimingham Trunch Tunstead Upper Sheringham Walcott Walsingham Warham Wells-next-the-Sea West Beckham Westwick Weybourne Wickmere Wighton Witton Wiveton Wood Norton Worstead
See also: South Norfolk Great Yarmouth Broadland North Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Breckland
Categories: North Norfolk | Villages in Norfolk | Coastal settlements in Norfolk
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