The B1159 is a road in

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, running for about between

Cromer Cromer ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is north of Norwich, north-northeast of London and east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline. The local government authorities are Nor ...

and

Caister-on-Sea Caister-on-Sea, also known colloquially as Caister, is a large village and seaside resort in Norfolk, England. It is close to the large town of Great Yarmouth. At the 2001 census it had a population of 8,756 and 3,970 households, the populati ...

, parallel to and at a short distance from the northeastern coast of Norfolk. Made famous by Norfolk's modern English folk band
Addison's Uncle
Their debut single, titled B1159, gained extensive regional press coverage and they filmed a music video along the B1159 which can be viewed here
B1159 Music Video
From north to south the road passes through: *

Overstrand Overstrand is a village (population 1,030) on the north coast of Norfolk in England, two miles east of Cromer. It was once a modest fishing station, with all or part of the fishing station being known as Beck Hythe. In the latter part of the 19t ...

Sidestrand Sidestrand is a village and a civil parish on the coast of the English county of Norfolk. The village is north of Norwich, south east of Cromer and north-east of London. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham for the Bittern Line whi ...

* Trimingham *

Mundesley Mundesley /ˈmʌndz.li/ is a coastal village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north-north east of Norwich, south east of Cromer and north east of London. The village lies north-north east of the town of Nort ...

* Paston * Bacton * Keswick * Walcott *

Happisburgh Happisburgh () is a village civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is on the coast, to the east of a north–south road, the B1159 from Bacton on the coast to Stalham. It is a nucleated village. The nearest substantial to ...

* Whimpwell Green * Lessingham * Ingham Corner * Sea Palling * Horsey Corner * Horsey * West Somerton * East Somerton *

Winterton-on-Sea Winterton-on-Sea is a village and civil parish on the North Sea coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is north of Great Yarmouth and east of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The civil parish ...

Hemsby Hemsby is a village, seaside resort and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. It is situated some north of the town of Great Yarmouth.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . In the 2001 census Hemsby had a ...

* Dowe Hill * Scratby

Sections of interest (north to south)

From about halfway between Cromer and Overstrand to Mundesley, the road parallels the disused course of the

Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway The Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway (NSJR) was a British joint railway company. The NSJR was owned by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) and the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (MGNJ) and consisted of two distinct sections: a line betwee ...

, which can be glimpsed from time to time. Between Paston and Bacton, "the road runs through acres of gasholders, pipes, control wheels and other gadgetry, all protected by formidable fences. This is the Bacton Natural Gas Terminal, which receives gas through pipelines from the offshore wells.".Illustrated Guide to Britain's Coast, Drive Publications Limited (for the AA), 1987, . The site is also one terminal of the Interconnector pipeline link with continental Europe. A quarter-mile stretch at Walcott is a section of this "coast road" that runs in close proximity to the sea, although somewhat more distant sea views are available at numerous other points, such as at Sidestrand, Trimingham and Mundesley 1:50,000 Landranger Sheet 134 Norwich & The Broads (Great Yarmouth), Edition C1,

Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was a ...

, 2000

Notes and references

;Primary references: * 1:50,000 First Series Sheet 133 North East Norfolk,

, 1974 -

- Ingham Corner. * 1:50,000 Landranger Sheet 134 Norwich & The Broads (Great Yarmouth), Edition C1,

, 2000 - Whimpwell Green -

. * Touring Guide to Britain, AA Publishing, 1986, , in which the B1159 forms half of Tour 64. ;Inline references:

External links

Photos taken along the road
at Geograph.org {{DEFAULTSORT:1-1159 Roads in England Transport in Norfolk

Sections of interest (north to south)

See also

Notes and references

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