Situated in the beautiful county of Norfolk, the Sandringham Estate occupies 20,000 acres of land - 600 of which are formed of woodland and heathland - full of wildlife and open to the public for free all year long.
You can visit the house, the museum or, depending on the time of year you are around, even pilfer the produce from the pick your own orchards or Christmas tree plantations (for a fee of course!)
We were there for the Flower Show, which is a staggeringly sized event given that it is only on for one day every year.
As well as the beautiful show gardens, the floral tents and produce show, there were wonderful local produce stands, nursery stands and craftsman exhibits. Even though a huge amount of visitors flowed through the gates there was the air of a very large village show - albeit in a grand and royal setting...
So - we had a lovely wander around the gardens, and did a little wander around the surrounding countryside and stunning coastline that makes up Norfolk, including the fantastic lavender fields and breathtaking seaside paths and villages.
We stopped at Wells-next-the-sea and ate some beautiful and fresh winkles and chips, washed down with a sweet and thirst quenching local cider (from the Whin Hill cider and perry shop - cleverly situated right next door to the car park...)
Sandringham and Norfolk - beautiful, scented and tasted like a dream...And we can highly recommend camping on the royal lawns (with permission of course), and to prove it all - here is the photo of us outside the Royal Gates...
want to visit the Sandringham Estate? Have a look here at campsites that might suit, so you can camp on the Royal lawns as well - now that's a good addition to the logbook...
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