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It's pretty flat in terms of total elevation (highest point in Norfolk being Beacon Hill a mighty 105m above sea level) but as with most roads in the UK, there are deceptive undulations in a lot of places, and you might stumble across a short sharp climb or two along the coast.
I've ridden fixed from Norwich out to the coast too, and it's perfectly doable, but I'd say it's much faster/more enjoyable with gears. There's often a fair bit of wind in Norfolk, and the road surfaces aren't the best in places, so you can often find yourself grinding away for long periods.
Also, King's Lynn is a good 50 miles away from the Broads 'proper', so it'd be a reasonably big day to travel there and back fixed. Unless you're travelling between them in a car?
If you're just chilling out and want to do a couple of short/mid length rides, I'd go with the fixed if you're enjoying it. But if you want to go further afield, then maybe take gears.
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Right this may be the place to ask rather than a fresh thread: off to the Norfolk broads, around King's Lynn, for a week starting tomorrow. Debating whether I should take the road bike or the fixed, which I have been fucking loving riding at the moment. I hear it's very flat so leaning towards the fixed, does anyone know of good routes out that way?