Accommodation guide for Wells-next-the-Sea including Bed and Breakfast, Hotels, Self Catering and Camping Accommodation in Wells, North Norfolk, East Anglia, UK.

Once upon a time, in the Middle Ages, when East Anglia became the richest part of the country, (on the back of the sheep), Wells-next-the-Sea was a commercial hub, a port for the small sailing ships that carried much of the nation’s trade. Coal came in, grain went out and fishing boats ranged as far as Iceland. In the time of Elizabeth I, it was the leading port in North Norfolk with, in 1580, nineteen ship of over sixteen tons. In the ’70s and ‘80s, Wells Harbour still looked like a commercial port but, the occasional small coaster apart, no longer was. The famous Albatros, the Dutch North Sea Clipper and last sail trader to and from the UK, worked valiantly in the early ‘90s but its last cargo contract expired in ’96 and it returned to Holland. Wells-next-the-Sea also neighbours Blakeney which is prime location for seal watching