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Snettisham sits about ten miles north of King’s Lynn, tucked just inland from the eastern edge of the Wash. It is a substantial village built largely from the distinctive, honey-coloured local carrstone, which gives the older houses a rugged, earthy character quite different from the flint-heavy villages nearby. While it has deep roots - famously evidenced by the discovery of the Snettisham Hoard of Iron Age gold torcs on its outskirts - daily life today revolves around a practical set of amenities, including a primary school, a traditional GP surgery, and a small collection of shops at its centre. To the west, the landscape flattens out towards the coast where the RSPB reserve and the shingle beach offer a vast, open space that stays relatively quiet even in summer. Because the village faces west across the water, it is one of the few places in Norfolk where you can watch the sun set directly over the sea, a view framed by the distant silhouette of the Lincolnshire coastline.