text: Hunstanton Golf Club, founded in 1891 by Hamon Le Strange, is an 18-hole championship links along the sandy coast of Old Hunstanton. It has a classic "out and back" design on either side of a central spine or dune ridge. The 12th, 13th and 14th holes play across the ridge.
  The town has hosted several international sporting events, including the 2005 World Water Ski Racing Championships.
  Notable people
  In birth order:
  Edmund the Martyr (died 869), King of East Anglia, supposedly landed here to claim his kingdom about 855.
  Sir Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704), Royalist and pamphleteer, was born here.
  Guy Le Strange (1854–1933), Middle East scholar and linguist, was born here.
  George Grundy (1859–1945), first-class cricketer, died here.
  Tiverton Preedy (1863–1928), Anglican cleric and sports promoter, was born here.
  Clara Dow (1883–1969), operatic soprano and actress, made her stage début here in 1899.
  Robert Herring MC (1897–1973), an officer in the London Regiment, a flying ace in the Royal Flying Corps, and the Royal Air Force during both World Wars, born here.
  Reis Leming (1930–2012), US airman, received the UK George Medal for rescuing 27 people from South Beach during the North Sea flood of 1953.
  Richard Greer (born 1946), motorcycle speedway rider in the 1970s and 1980s, lives here.
  Bill Alexander (born 1948), theatre director, was born here.