Annie & Boo
Annie & Boo Ladies’ Boutique.
Feathers Yard, Market Place, Holt, NR25 6BW.
Tel: 01263 712020.
At Annie & Boo ladies boutique in Holt, the focus is very much on YOU! You are a woman who loves nice clothes, wants something that is good quality, easy to wear – and a little bit different.
Boutique Manager Samantha West says of Annie & Boo’s regulars “If we could put a label on you, you are ‘Funky at 30, 40, 50 and beyond!’ High fashion isn’t ‘you’, but you do want to look current in clothes that are flattering and suit your lifestyle. For day, evening or a special occasion, we’ve handpicked some gorgeous labels that you won’t find on the high street”.
Samantha is in charge of buying and has long experience of the ladies’ fashion industry. She is also one of the nicest people you’re likely to meet in North Norfolk and is always smiling!
Qualified colour and style consultant Sarah Morgan assists Samantha with buying and general ‘shop-girling’. Visit her at Annie & Boo every Thursday for tips on exactly what suits you.
Samantha and Sarah describe themselves as ‘Shop Girls Par Excellence’ (pointing out that they use the term ‘girl’ loosely…!) who simply want you to look and feel fabulous. If you prefer to browse undisturbed, you are very welcome. But if you are in a style rut or want some advice, feel free to ask; Samantha and Sarah are very good at choosing something perfect for YOU!
Annie & Boo hosts regular events and gatherings – their annual charity fashion show is always a sell out success. To find out about all the latest news, happenings and special offers why not sign up to the Annie & Boo newsletter?
Labels at Annie & Boo:
Almost Famous
Cocomenthe
Darling
DDP
Fever
Fly London footwear
In Town
Mado
Marie Mero (NEW for Autumn 2011)
Oxmo
Part Two
Passport
Passigatti scarves
Pret
Saltwater
Seasalt
Signature
Yaya
Gift vouchers available.
Annie & Boo is open 9.30 am – 5pm Monday to Saturday.
Latest: SALE continues – all fashions now 50% OFF!
Butlers of Holt
Butlers Café Bar Restaurant.
9 Appleyard, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6BN.
Tel: 01263 710790.
Located in the centre of the pretty market town of Holt, which is excellent for shopping or as a base to explore the surrounding area, Butlers is equally perfect for lunching during the daytime or for evening dining.
Opened in 2005, this family-run Café-Bar and restaurant has gone from strength to strength, receiving an AA Rosette for culinary excellence.
The open, airy restaurant bears hallmarks of a European brasserie, with a twist of rustic Norfolk charm. Secluded outside seating is excellent for al fresco dining on warmer days, while the inside with its sloping glass roof and large double doors offers perfect protection from autumn winds and chilly winter days, while still enabling diners to ‘experience the outside in’.
Experienced Chef and owner, Sean Creasey has created a modern European menu with a leaning towards the Italian. Seasonally influenced, ingredients are sourced wherever possible from good quality local suppliers. The menus change daily to offer the best and freshest produce.
For those who are simply looking for a break from work or shopping, Butlers Café is serious about its coffee and, of course, delicious cakes. Free WIFI makes Butlers the perfect escape from the office or hotel room. The large oak bar that runs the length of the room serves a good selection of wines, beers and spirits throughout the day for those looking for something a little stronger.
Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-11pm.
Breakfast served 9am-11am.
Lunch served 12noon-3pm.
Dinner served 6pm-9pm.
Open for Sunday Lunch every Sunday.
See Butlers Menu.
View Butlers’ Wine List.
Monday nights are Mussels Nights! A large bowl of hot steamed mussels, cooked in an onion, garlic and white wine sauce. Finished with a touch of cream, bread, bowl of french fries and either an 175ml glass of Cataratto, Ca di Ponti Italian wine, or a Pint of Peroni / Kozel – £13.95.
Every Tuesday evening, Butlers also have an Italian bistro menu from 6pm (regular menu also available).
2-For-1 Cocktails every on Thursday evening 6pm-late.
Victoria Goss
Victoria Goss,
7 Bull Street, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6HR.
01263 711627.
Latest: Shop online at Victoria Goss’s NEW website! Lovely gift ideas and treats for you – available to buy online now.
A beautiful boutique named after owner Kay Loombes Grandmother, Victoria Goss in Holt offers an array of gorgeous things for your home, bath, body and wardrobe. Pretty things with just the slightest air of yesteryear adorn almost every inch.
Tucked behind Shirehall Plain on Bull Street in the charming Georgian market town of Holt, Victoria Goss stocks very carefully selected products that are crafted with natural materials (think baby-soft bamboo & cotton bathmats and Irish lambs wool throws by Foxford). It is the ultimate North Norfolk black book secret for sourcing inspired and unique artisan goodies for yourself or your home (also a good place for gifts if you can bear to part with what you buy!).
Visit Victoria Goss in Holt for sumptuous cotton nightwear by the likes of Fair Play, Star Dreamer, Calla Lily and Damask. Combine this with high thread count cotton bed linen, embroidered pillowcases, divine fragranced draw liners and natural wax candles by Max Benjamin and create a blissful bedroom sanctuary you’ll never want to leave.
Pamper yourself with Victoria Goss’s own indulgent range of rose-based toiletries. Handmade from natural and active botanical ingredients, the range is perfect for normal, mature and/or sensitive skin. As well as skincare and body products, it includes delights such as ‘Bouquet of Roses’ Scented Ironing Water. Just sublime.
Also pick up the Gin & Tonic range by The Littlecote Soap Co. Featuring organic Lemongrass and Juniper Essential Oils and “Made In The British Countryside”, this highly popular collection of goodies is great for general aches and pains and for uplifting the spirits. Not unlike a browse in Victoria Goss then, really.
A brief description cannot possibly do justice to the wonderful selection that awaits inside Victoria Goss. With a friendly and personal service, and plenty to delight, Victoria Goss is like the ultimate old-fashioned bed, bath & beauty emporium, transported to the 21st century.
Gorgeous handmade paper gift-wrapping service available.
Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm (10am-4pm, January & February) (or shop online through the Victoria Goss website at anytime).
Back to the Garden
Back to the Garden.
Letheringsett, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 7JJ.
Tel: 01263 715996.
Food doesn’t get purer or fresher than this. Back to the Garden grows their own organic fruit and vegetables, which are harvested and delivered daily to the Farm Shop, a large 18th Century restored barn situated beside the A148 in Letheringsett only four miles from the farm.
No chemical fertilisers, herbicides or insecticides are used on the Farm, and this non-intensive production extends to the meat, poultry and eggs. No antibiotics or growth promoters are used on the cattle and sheep (born on the Back to the Garden land) and all poultry is organic and free to roam. Their own grass-fed organic beef is matured for 21 days and sold in the Butchery.
In addition to the Farm’s own produce, Back to the Garden carefully selects other high quality organic and artisan foods from sustainable sources. Among the shelves and counters of foodie temptation, you‘ll find organic meat, organic chocolate, beers by local brewers, pickles and jams, organic wine, cheeses, fresh bread and pastries. There are green household and personal care products, and even natural products for your dog!
Back to the Garden also stocks plenty of diet-busting sweet goodies, including organic, locally made chocolates and homemade pastries and cakes.
Obviously, there is a pronounced emphasis on the organic and locally produced at Back to the Garden. However, this is not the extent of the Farm Shop’s philosophy. Describing themselves as offering a ‘realistic, but locally based alternative to supermarket shopping’, ultimately, everything in the shop has to be of the highest standard and taste really good. Together, these features make for a forward-thinking food-lovers dream-shopping destination.
Farm Shop Opening Times Tue-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.
(Summer Bank Holidays 10am-4pm).
Café Restaurant Opening Times
Tue-Fri 9am-4.30pm, Lunch 11.30am-3pm.
Sat As Tue-Fri plus Breakfast 9am-11.30am.
Restaurant open for Dinner Friday and Saturday evenings 7-9pm. Booking recommended.
Sun 10am-3.30pm, Breakfast 10am-11.30am, Lunch 12Noon-3.30pm.
The Owl Tea Rooms & Bakery
The Owl Tea Rooms & Bakery.
Church Street, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6BB.
Tel: 01263 713232.
Dating back to Victorian times (making it one of Norfolk’s oldest tearooms), and presently a family run business for some 25 years, The Owl Tea Rooms in the centre of Holt is a delightful place to sample scrumptious homemade food all day long. Traditional in feel, The Owl resembles a large country cottage kitchen, with wooden booths and tables, earthenware condiment pots and fresh flowers on each table. There is a warm touch of nostalgia throughout.
Values too are traditional in that all food is freshly made from local ingredients, service is attentive and friendly and everyone is most welcome.
The menu, however, may surprise you. It is forward-looking with one shared theme: deliciousness. On the Specials board, classic British indulgences such as Local Norfolk Lamb Hotpot or The Owl Special Steak & Kidney Pie can be found alongside Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Fruit Infused Cous Cous and Roasted Butternut Squash stuffed with Cranberries and Chestnut Puree.
Lunch options include a number of lighter dishes – jacket potatoes, sandwiches and hot buttered crumpets. For the sweet tooth or to complement a tea or coffee, The Owl does a positively dangerous line in Cream Teas and homemade cakes.
There are options for all tastes and persuasions, including vegetarians, diabetics and those avoiding gluten. There is also a Children’s Menu.
For warmer days, The Owl boasts a hidden walled tea garden, tucked behind the Tea Rooms. A sheltered, tranquil spot to enjoy your yummy goodies, this really is an experience worth savouring on sunny days. Dogs are allowed in the garden and there is wheelchair access.
After you’ve enjoyed your meal or cream tea, the adjacent bakery and shop selling all manor of freshly baked bread and scrumptious cakes will enable you to take a little taste of The Owl away with you. Our personal favourite temptation – the fat, homemade donuts just bursting with jam. There should be a law against something so naughty.
As well as food, The Owl shop stocks a great range of wooden toys (perfect gifts and stocking fillers) and handmade greeting cards. You can also hire cake moulds.
Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-5pm (last orders 4.30pm) including Bank Holiday Mondays.
Lunch is served 11.45-2.15pm.
Gun Hill Clothing Company Holt
Gun Hill Clothing Company.
9 Market Place, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6BE.
Tel: 01263 712027.
Gun Hill Clothing Company, located in the centre of Holt for some 15 years, is the ideal place to stock up on a stylish wardrobe that reflects every aspect of all that is fabulous about North Norfolk life. From a stroll on a deserted beach in January, to a languid al fresco dinner with friends on a summer’s eve, Gun Hill Clothing has the complete kit from head to toe to enable you to look fabulous, and yet relaxed, throughout.
While reflecting the latest trends, we see Gun Hill Clothing as the next step, fashion speaking, for grown-ups with a comfortable sense of cool.
Inside you’ll find everything you need from footwear and underwear to shirts and T-shirts, for both men and women. There are also numerous fantastic accessories, including cufflinks, belts, wallets, bags and scarves, which make ideal gifts.
Notable aspects are the innovative Jeans Bar (flick through the styles with remarkable ease) and the fact that the men’s fashion section is larger than the women’s in this particular store – a rare and refreshing turnaround if ever we saw one.
Among the names you’ll see stocked at Gun Hill Clothing Company are:
Crew Clothing Co
Dubarry of Ireland
GANT
Hackett London
Lions Rampant
R. M Williams
White Stuff
Robert Graham
Ralph Lauren
In Town
Quba Sails
Superdry
Ness
And if you can’t make it to Holt or Burnham Market (where you’ll find Gun Hill’s flagship shop), Gun Hill Clothing offers online shopping from its website. Lock up your credit cards…
Hatfield Hines Gallery
Hatfield Hines Gallery.
3 Fish Hill, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6BD.
Tel: 01263 713000.
The Hatfield Hines Gallery in the centre of the pretty Georgian Market Town of Holt is a veritable Aladdin’s Cave for art-lovers seeking modern British art for their own personal collection.
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Back to the Garden Cafe Restaurant
Back to the Garden.
Letheringsett, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 7JJ.
Tel: 01263 715996.
Food doesn’t get fresher than this. Back to the Garden’s fabulous new Café Restaurant uses their own organic fruit and vegetables, locally reared organic beef, lamb and game and a rainbow of other Norfolk-produced goodies to create tantalising food from homemade cake to blow-out Sunday lunches.
Housed in a towering 18th Century barn situated beside the A148 in Letheringsett, the Café Restaurant is wonderfully, yet minimalistically, styled to combine touches of the rural/agricultural with chic modernity. Accents from the huge focal-point pendant lamp that resembles a large metal tractor wheel to the stylish metal-framed images of rural scenes that adorn the walls provide subtle, but wonderful decoration against the exposed brickwork, generous timber and almost floor-to-ceiling windows.
The menus (breakfast, lunch and Sunday lunch, as well as a lavish selection of drinks that includes lagers and wines) are well thought out, including high quality seasonal local fare in generous portions.
The organic Sunday lunch is a highlight (see our review), and despite the fact that the tables were pretty much all full by the time we finished our 2-hour eat-a-thon, the waiter/waitress service was impeccable throughout.
If you do find space lacking inside the barn, and the weather is pleasant, there are further tables outside in a beautiful garden area (think country cottage garden, but larger). Tranquil and pretty, with grapes growing on vines, a fish pond and discreetly hidden boxes for owls and bats, you’ll find yourself so relaxed that if you’re not on holiday, you’ll feel like you are.
For afternoon treats or morning coffee, Back to the Garden stocks plenty of diet-busting sweet goodies, including homemade pastries and cakes (the Chocolate & Guinness Cake looked very interesting).
The Café Restaurant and garden at Back to the Garden are available to hire for parties, wedding receptions and functions. And best not to get us started on the adjacent Farm Shop…
Café restaurant Opening Times
Tue-Fri 9am-4.30pm, Lunch 11.30am-3pm.
Sat As Tue-Fri plus Breakfast 9am-11.30am.
Restaurant open for Dinner Friday and Saturday evenings 7-9pm. Booking recommended.
Sun 10am-3.30pm, Breakfast 10am-11.30am, Lunch 12Noon-3.30pm.
Farm Shop Opening Times Tue-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.
(Summer Bank Holidays 10am-4pm).
Barn House Holidays
Barn House Holidays.
The Barn House, Gresham Road, East Beckham, Norfolk, NR11 8RP.
Tel: 01263 824250.
In all honesty, we’d be hard pressed to top what Owners Cate and Fergus have said themselves about their gorgeous self-catering barns in East Beckham, near to Holt and Sheringham:
“Our holiday cottages are tucked away in rolling countryside close to the wild North Norfolk coast. Decorated in a fresh relaxed style, the cottages are ideal for lively children, romantic couples and all lovers of a slower way of life.
Within minutes you could be building sandcastles on an award-winning beach, snug by the fire of a foodie pub, checking out the vibrant arts scene, spotting wildlife on a windy salt marsh or day-dreaming with a book and a glass of wine.
We moved here to make things, grow stuff and raise free-range children and animals. If you like rural England, and want a place to unwind and revive, we think this is the place to be.”
The Barn House holiday cottages currently consist of two barns (with a third on the way), named after two of Cate and Fergus’s favourite local beaches, Salthouse and Overstrand.
Both are equipped to an exceedingly high standard and are wonderfully family friendly, without compromising on style. Inside you’ll find all manner of mod cons and thoughtful additions to ensure that, rain or shine, your holiday in North Norfolk is relaxing and fun.
Salthouse has one king-sized bedroom with an ensuite bathroom and a spacious open plan living area (with sofa bed and space for a cot). Distinctive design touches include the floorboards, reclaimed from a Victorian school and the door lintel, which is a chunk of greenheart that was once part of a coastal breakwater.
Overstrand cottage has two adjoining bedrooms and a bathroom on the ground floor by the front door (perfect for ushering in sandy children). Behind the cottage is a gated area of decking that overlooks the garden.
If you are travelling with children, you’ll love the little extras like the toy box packed with Lego, Duplo and finger puppets, the BPA-free toddler-friendly cutlery, the child-safe hobs, the high chairs, bed guards and even a pushchair for guests use. Having children of their own, Cate and Fergus are in a great position to know what one desperately needs, but always forgets when going on family holidays. Brilliant.
Guests sans-children will appreciate the welcome pack, flowers and wine on arrival, the free WiFi, outside table & chairs, BBQ and enough wine glasses to welcome friends.
Guests staying at Barn House Holidays Cottages have full use of the garden.
Tariffs from £430 – £790 (Salthouse, 7 nights), £490 – £890 (Overstrand, 7 nights). Short breaks (3/4 nights) are also available.
Back to the Garden Cafe
Back to the Garden.
Letheringsett, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 7JJ.
Tel: 01263 715996.
Housed in a lofty 18th Century barn situated beside the A148 in Letheringsett just outside Holt, the Back to the Garden Café Restaurant is wonderfully, yet minimalistically, styled to combine touches of the rural/agricultural with chic modernity. Accents from the huge focal-point pendant lamp that resembles a large metal tractor wheel to the stylish metal-framed images of rural scenes that adorn the walls provide subtle, but wonderful decoration against the exposed brickwork, generous timber and almost floor-to-ceiling windows.
Ideal for a relaxing mid-morning coffee or indulgent afternoon tea, there is an extensive drinks menu, with a variety of coffee and tea, and a selection of delicious soft drinks. The Café is licensed, so you can even treat yourself to a glass of wine or lager. In keeping with Back to the Garden’s ethos that food and drink should be as fresh and natural as possible, there are organic options across the board.
To eat, Back to the Garden stocks plenty of diet-busting sweet goodies, including homemade pastries and cakes (the Chocolate & Guinness Cake looked very interesting). There are also savoury choices including breakfast, light meals, salads and toasted bagels. Collectively, the Café has deemed such items ‘All Things Lovely’. And they are.
On warmer days, there are further tables outside in a beautiful garden area (think country cottage garden, but larger). Tranquil and pretty, with grapes growing on vines, a fish pond and discreetly hidden boxes for owls and bats, you’ll find yourself so relaxed that if you’re not on holiday, you’ll feel like you are.
The Café Restaurant and garden at Back to the Garden are available to hire for parties, wedding receptions and functions. Best not to get us started on the adjacent Farm Shop…
Café restaurant Opening Times
Tue-Fri 9am-4.30pm, Lunch 11.30am-3pm.
Sat As Tue-Fri plus Breakfast 9am-11.30am.
Restaurant open for Dinner Friday and Saturday evenings 7-9pm. Booking recommended.
Sun 10am-3.30pm, Breakfast 10am-11.30am, Lunch 12Noon-3.30pm.
Farm Shop Opening Times Tue-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.
(Summer Bank Holidays 10am-4pm).
Great To Be Green
Great to be Green.
9 Chapel Yard, Albert Street, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6HG.
Tel: 01263 711733.
With its warm, friendly atmosphere and eye-catching displays, Great to be Green in Holt is quickly gaining a reputation for it’s stylish gifts for the home and garden.
Everything within is British made or Fair Trade, from locally grown herbs to beautiful soft furnishings. Add in a healthy serving of vintage collectibles, and you’re sure to find something for every occasion and taste.
Wonderfully, the shop is conveniently located right next to Chapel Yard car park, so there’s no trek back to the car with all those bags! When in Holt, and if you like beautiful things, a visit to the shop is simply a must.
One Internet review that we found of Great to be Green said:
“5 stars. Fabulous shop a real treasure trove of wonderfully diverse things – from hand made cards to beautiful throws. Very friendly staff. This shop is tucked away – but well worth finding.” – C of Norwich (2010).
Couldn’t put it better ourselves…
Mrs Jones
Mrs Jones.
7 Fish Hill, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6BD.
Tel: 01263 715 935.
Mrs Jones in Holt is so much more than simply a boutique for clothes, accessories and footwear for the astute middle-youth woman (call it mid-thirties to mid-seventies, but who’s really counting?). Rather, Mrs Jones offers a unique and rounded shopping experience.
Mrs Jones specialises in classic investment pieces, ideally by British brands (although you’ll find lines carefully sourced from further a field as well). Be it bold handbags by the exciting Brit designer Anya Hindmarch (exclusively sold in Norfolk at Mrs Jones), elegant ballet pumps from Pretty Ballerinas or practical-and-oh-so-comfortable-yet-oh-so-stylish denim by J Brand, it is clear to see that the buzzword here is quality.
Alongside clothes and accessories for every occasion, Mrs Jones also stocks a formidable range of gorgeous toiletries and spa products. The natural Green & Spring body and skincare for example (“handmade in the British countryside”), is divine with its bird-adorned packaging and blends for relaxing, indulging or revitalising.
Despite the fabulous brands and emphasis on quality, Mrs Jones is a relaxed and friendly boutique (unlike similar outlets which frequently come across as snobbish and cold). Claire and Nell are happy to advise if you need inspiration.
Designers stocked at Mrs Jones include:
ANYA HINDMARCH
ANNINA VOGEL
APC MADRAS
BABY CEYLON
BEAUTIFUL BOTTOMS (fabulous award winning lingerie and nightwear with roots right here in North Norfolk)
BLAUER
BOBBIE
GREEN & SPRING
HAVAIANAS
J BRAND
JUCCA
PAIGE
PRETTY BALLERINAS
PRINGLE 1815
RETROSUN
SCHUMACHER
SEE BY CHLOE
SPLENDID
VANESSA BRUNO ATHE
YUMMIE TUMMIES
Doric Arts
Doric Arts.
Gallery:
4 Albert Street, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6HX.
Framing Studio:
1B Market Place, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6BE.
Tel: 01263 711084.
If 20th Century Contemporary art is your thing, or if you’re looking for inspiration for a great piece to enhance your home or give as a gift, then a visit to Doric Arts in Holt is essential.
Packed with a wide selection of international 20th Century prints, paintings, photography, sculpture and design classic furniture, you’ll find the well-known (the last 3 exhibitions have featured Matisse, Eric Gill and David Hockney) alongside new and up and coming artists. We love the stuff by designer G. H. Holt.
Over two floors, this light, open gallery is deceptively concentrated with a feast of 20th Century fine and modern art. The index of gallery artists quite literally ranges from A to Z. You’ll be amazed at what fabulous pieces you can find within.
Doric Arts also operates a professional framing service, for both contemporary and traditional work and a restoration service of frames, artwork (oil or work on paper) or both.
Doodle Pots Ceramic Cafe
Doodle Pots Ceramic Café.
1A New Street, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6JJ.
Tel: 01263 713135.
Imagine a place open to everyone – the very young to the very old, that combines the relaxed vibe of a café with the facilities to let you unleash your most artistic tendencies. Doodle Pots is such a place.
Located just off the main High Street in Holt, Doodle Pots Ceramic Café is based on a simple, but appealing philosophy: choose a piece of pottery, decorate it with your own design (go on, go wild!) and then once it is fired and glazed (process takes 3-4 days•) you can take it home to display in all its glory. Remember when your Parents first hung a picture you did on the wall when you were 4 years old? Well imagine recapturing that feeling now. And if you have your own 4 year old, let them unleash their inner Bernard Leach so you can display their fabulous creation with pride. All while sipping a delicious Lavazza cappuccino (you, not the child).
Doodle Pots has heaps of colours, brushes and stencils to select from, as well as books and, of course, the friendly and enthusiastic Café staff.
If you’re visiting the area briefly or want to make something you can take home the same day, you can ‘Make and Take’. Try your hand with mosaics or use acrylics on pottery. The technique of Decopatch allows you to revamp any old object (furniture, photo frames, dishes, trinket boxes…) by covering it with beautiful paper and varnish to create a stunning, long-lasting finish. Recycling never looked so elegant.
Doodle Pots also hosts Children’s parties, Office/Corporate sessions and Hen Parties. Doodle Pots can come to you for parties, youth groups or fund raising events. Please contact Rachel on 01263 713135 for more information.
Doodle Pots also offers a Baby/Toddler Hand and Footprint service to capture those tiny baby hand and footprints forever. The perfect gift for Mothers/Fathers Day or for adoring Grandparents.
Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm (plus Sundays during the summer).
Group booking at other times.
Closed Thursdays Sept-May during school term time.
Booking is advised during school holidays to avoid disappointment.
*don’t worry – Doodle Pots can also post your creation safely in enough bubble wrap to keep your kids entertained all year!
Tidal Therapies Health & Fitness
Tidal Therapies.
Creake Abbey, North Creake, NR21 9LF.
Tel: 07854 001590.
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Suite 4, High Silver, 35 High Street, Holt, NR25 6BN.
Tel: 07773 252170.
Based at both Creake Abbey Studios and Holt, Tidal Therapies offers a unique and holistic approach to wellbeing through the combination of complementary therapies, exercise and nutrition. Think less beauty salon, and more ’Wellness Centre’.
That’s not to say you won’t find a plethora of utterly divine sounding beauty-boosting treatments available, but all also provide the added benefits of treating the mind, body and soul. Beauty is more than skin-deep at Tidal Therapies.
Treatments for the body include the full body Hot Compress Massage, which involves compresses made of traditional Thai herbs being heated and applied to the skin using a time-honoured Thai Massage technique and the Intensive Back Facial Treatment, designed to target one of the most neglected areas of the body and essential for swimwear-clad holidays.
Facial treats include the Collagen Hydrating Facial – perfect for dry, dehydrated and tired skin and the Holistic Facial, which also includes a back and scalp treatment to leave you feeling shiny and super-chilled.
If it’s a more complete overhaul you’re looking for, why not try Tidal Therapies’ nutritional and weight loss consultations, or fitness programs, including Personal Training, 1-to-1 Yoga for remedial therapy or the unbelievably fabulous Nordic Walking Classes. Developed by the Norwegian Cross Country Ski Team, this workout uses specially designed Nordic Poles to tone the whole body in a fun, sociable way that is easy on the hip and knee joints. Burning 45% more calories than ordinary walking, yet still enabling you to enjoy fresh air and the best scenery North Norfolk has to offer. Getting fit and healthy never sounded so appealing.
Gift vouchers available.
Appointments: Sun-Weds: 9am – 5pm, Thurs – Sat: 9am – 7pm.
View full Tidal Therapies Treatment List.
Timetable for Nordic Walking Classes:
Weds 9.30am-10.30am (begin at Creake Abbey Studios), 6-7.30pm (Creake Abbey or Burnham Deepdale May-Sept)
Thurs 9am-10am (begin at Burnham Deepdale)
Fri 9am-10am (begin at Dersingham)
Sat 9am-10am (begin Fakenham)
Taster Class – £5, including hire of pole
Normal Class £7.50 incl hire of poles or £30 for 5 classes.
Pre-booking is essential – call 07854 001590.
Anna – Holt
Anna.
1 Pound House, Market Place, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6BW.
Tel: 01263 710665.
The latest addition to this rather fantastic little family of independent women’s boutiques, Anna in Holtopened at the beginning of November 2010.
Anna specialises in fresh & innovative clothing, shoes, accessories and bags, and prides itself on offering excellent customer service. The shops achieve the unique combination of a laid-back, accessible ambience within a chic, elegant setting. It is little wonder that it is a darling destination of some of the World’s most fabulous women.
Designers stocked include:
- Odd Molly
- Selected Femme
- Velvet
- Farhi
- Ann Louise Roswald
- J Brand
- Joseph
- Milly
- All My Love
- Lavenham
- Ralph Lauren
- James
- Twinset
- Anna
- Day
- By Malene
- Birger
- Penelope Chilvers
- Paige
- Rutzou
- Hudson
As if we needed another excuse to visit Holt (well worth a look for its eclectic collection of independent boutiques, specialist stores and places to eat) it seems this new addition to the Market Place may well be it.
Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Closed Sundays.
North Norfolk Pilates
North Norfolk Pilates Studio.
Rear of 7 Fish Hill, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6BD.
Tel: 01263 712305 / 07769 694316.
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- Take the Beginners Course for only £99 (normally £155) (please mention you are an EnjoyMent Cardholder when booking).
- 15 per cent off all MBT shoes in stock when you show your EnjoyMent Card.
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