The Cathedral of St John the Baptist
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.62908, 1.28354
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bread Source — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bread Source — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
12 activities🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +90 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route
Boudicca WayWalking route60 km▾
Norwich to Diss
Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bittern Line Walk 1Walking route3 km▾
Norwich
Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Marriott's WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway
Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route
95 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Purple PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PurpleRound tripLocal cycle route
Blue PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Orange PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef OrangeRound tripLocal cycle route
Edith Cavell PilgrimageCycling route22.5 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 22.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Pink PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
The Cathedral of St John the Baptist
Photos
The Cathedral of St John the Baptist
Facilities
🅿️Parking
The Vauxhall Centre · Paid · 83m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
64,767 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
64,767 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds57 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Jackdaw
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2025Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Feral Cat · Hedgehog
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummerautumn
2026Common Frog
🐝Insects93 species
wintersummer
20267-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Firebug
+88 more speciesHide species list
All 93 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Orange Ladybird
Black Nightshade · Lesser Celandine · Broad-leaved Dock · Marsh-marigold · Butterfly-bush
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
64,767 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds57 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Jackdaw
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2025Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Feral Cat · Hedgehog
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummerautumn
2026Common Frog
🐝Insects93 species
wintersummer
20267-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Firebug
+88 more speciesHide species list
All 93 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Orange Ladybird
Black Nightshade · Lesser Celandine · Broad-leaved Dock · Marsh-marigold · Butterfly-bush
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Halyzia sedecimguttata
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brevicollis2025Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2025Anoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corni2025Anoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corni2025Water Lily AphidRhopalosiphum nymphaeae2025Water Lily AphidRhopalosiphum nymphaeae2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Hayhurstia atriplicisHayhurstia atriplicis2025Hayhurstia atriplicisHayhurstia atriplicis2025Suillia imberbisSuillia imberbis2025Suillia imberbisSuillia imberbis2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Trigonometopus frontalisTrigonometopus frontalis2025Trigonometopus frontalisTrigonometopus frontalis2025Sphaerophoria taeniataSphaerophoria taeniata2025Sphaerophoria taeniataSphaerophoria taeniata2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Common Sedge-sawflySelandria serva2025Common Sedge-sawflySelandria serva2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus 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TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025HollyhockAlcea rosea2025HollyhockAlcea rosea2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrinaNettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrinaYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaSmall NettleUrtica urensSmall NettleUrtica urensMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesEvergreen OakQuercus ilexEvergreen OakQuercus ilexBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Garden LobeliaLobelia erinus2025Garden LobeliaLobelia erinus2025Nicotiana sylvestrisNicotiana sylvestris2025Nicotiana sylvestrisNicotiana sylvestris2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025ChicoryCichorium intybus2025ChicoryCichorium intybus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Indehiscent AmaranthAmaranthus bouchonii2025Indehiscent AmaranthAmaranthus bouchonii2025Tree SpinachChenopodium giganteum2025Tree SpinachChenopodium giganteum2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Salvia hispanicaSalvia hispanica2025Salvia hispanicaSalvia hispanica2025VervainVerbena officinalis2025VervainVerbena officinalis2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Tree-of-heavenAilanthus altissima2025Tree-of-heavenAilanthus altissima2025Events & activities nearby
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