For this week's look at places of interest in the UK, we'll be taking a quick whistle-stop tour of Cromer, a delightful seaside resort on the Norfolk coast.

Cromer is a town of magnificent history. It is so old, that the residents created a new town, called Cromer, and abandoned their old town, which is called Old Cromer. It is imagination such as this that has lead Cromer to become one of the top resorts in the UK.

Cromer has something for all the family, young, or old. Elsie Durge, 84 (pictured), is chairman of Cromer's Youth Initiative, a project designed to raise Cromer's profile in the eyes of young people, and to create new and interesting events to attract them to the area.

Spritely Elsie, told us of how she got involved in the project; "Well, you see, I was going to Mr. Fru's bakery with my friend Eunice Werz, who I met in 1967 when the bakery was owned by Mr. Fur. Of course, these days the proprietor is dear Mr. Fru, and we do so often laugh at the similarity in their names. Well, we got to the bakery, and Eunice Werz, who I met in 1948 at Mr. Wiggins' Butchers shop laughed out loud. Thinking she'd had one of her funny turns, I called for help, but she stopped me; it turned out, she'd spotted some 'doughnuts'. 'Those aren't nuts, Mr. Fru', she chortled, 'they're cakes!'. Of course, Mr. Fru corrected her - he was simply trying to attract some younger customers with these American cakes."

"This got me thinking", continues Elsie, "and I realised that there was so little for the young 'uns to do in Cromer. So I decided to do something about it."

"Of course, convincing people to help out took some doing, but with the offer of free tea and scones all round, hardly anyone refused. Except for Archie Burrows, but he died the other day, so that's alright."

Since setting up the project, Elsie, and her colleagues have started a number of new initiatives in the area. They've converted a corner of their favourite bingo hall into a youth club, complete with a table football game. They even convinced Mr. Yarssshhhhhhhhhhhhh, the chip-shop owner to start selling French Fries and Maxi Burgers.

"Of course, we can't expect miracles, but I did see a young person the other day. A lovely young man. Driving one of those mo-peds, he was. I tried to stop him, and ask what he thought of the projects, but I don't think he heard me. A lovely young man, he was."

The influx of a young person into the town has also meant new jobs have been created, with the subsequent opening of a new discotheque, 'Bonkers Nightspot'.

The new venture has been very successful, with no less than three avid clubbers visiting on its opening night. The club management has even hired top local DJ Knerk Fnudge to play five nights a week.

"I don't really agree with all this new hard-trip-hand-dance music", says Knerk, 78, "and I can't really compete with the likes of Peter Dong and Almond Van Heaven, but I do like to entertain the crowds."

Knerk is famous in the town for his eclectic choices of music, ranging from the more sober Jim Reeves, to the modern tones of Cliff Richard. "I even once tried 'mixing' the records, but they wouldn't fit in the bowl", he quipped.

Of course, the town could not be as successful as it is simply by appealing to the youth market; there are a whole range of amenities for every possible taste.

Cromer Pier has always been famous locally for attracting only the best talent. Even television and radio celebrity, Grendle Snarg, was a regular on the stage, until his tragic death three weeks ago.

Of course, as all thespians will tell you, 'the show must go on', and local comedian, Benny Green was happy to step into the shoes of Grendle Snarg, as top billing for Cromer Pier's Summer Season.

Benny is one of the youngest talents to appear on stage at Cromer, at only 45 years old, but he acts with the manner of a seasoned professional.

"I like going on stage and telling jokes", says chirpy Benny, "it makes me feel good. The people all clap when I come on stage, and then they let me tell my jokes. Most of the audiences are very polite, and seldom interrupt my set by laughing. Occasionally, you get the odd rowdy one in, who laughs out loud, but that doesn't happen often enough to annoy."

Proving that Cromer is the springboard for new talent, it seems that Benny may be leaving after only one season; "I've been offered a part in a new situation comedy", he grins, "and I think it's going to be a big success."

Only time will tell how successful "Next Door Neighbours" will be, but with the double act of Benny Green and Les Dennis starring, it looks as if ITV is on to another winner.

So it's light-hearted entertainment on the main pier, but what else is there to sea on the seafront? Well, no trip to such a delightful coastal community would be complete without a trip to the lighthouse.

The lighthouse was built in 1756 by the then mayor of Cromer, Jim Robinson, as a result of a bet he had with the neighbouring town of Yarmouth; Robinson foolishly challenged the mayor of Yarmouth, Reg Varney, to place the word 'Great' in front of his towns' name, a challenge which the foolhardy Varney was only too happy to take up. Robinson's forfeit was to build the lighthouse, and the rest is history.

Of course, with the advent of automation, the lighthouse has not had a permanent lighthouse keeper for two years, although some of the locals swear that on a cold night, you can still here the nineteenth lighthouse keeper moaning and rattling around in the attic room.

The building now serves as a delightful tea room, a short distance out into the north sea. To ensure people are safe from the high voltages used by the light, engineers sealed the entrance to the attic room two years ago, shortly after being told that the lighthouse keeper had moved out.

The tea rooms make a delightful way to while away an hour or so, all the time admiring the beauty of the lush grey waters of the North Sea. Nature also occasionally puts on a show of her own, as large waves can crash against the sides of the building. Of course, over the years, this has weakened the structure of the building, but the engineers who did the original conversion on the old lighthouse are confident that it can withstand the waves for at least another twenty five years.

No visit to Cromer would be complete without concluding it with a ride along the famous 'Cromer Road', built by local construction workers as far back as 1985.

Local residents are particularly happy with the splendour of the road; sour-faced Ernest Grarrrrrch commented, "The road is unique because it has two lanes, which means that people can both get into the town and out of it as well. Just think of the trouble if we only had one lane; it doesn't bear thinking about."

Quite right, Ernest. Indeed the same could be said for Cromer as a whole - what if it didn't exist? It just doesn't bear thinking about.