Gate of Bridewell, part of No 6 St Andrew's Hill
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🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.63006, 1.29571
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Shako Mako Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Shako Mako Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2026
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird +58 more · last seen 2026
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: BRIDEWELL MUSEUM
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Bluebell, Nettle-leaved Figwort, Sweet Violet +15 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
99 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
22 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
☕Café
Shako Mako Cafe · 22m
🅿️Parking
Saint Andrews · Paid · 98m
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
60,661 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
60,661 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds58 species
autumnwinter
2026Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Wren
+53 more speciesHide species list
All 58 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026Common Frog
🐝Insects61 species
winterspringautumn
2026Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Syrphus
+56 more speciesHide species list
All 61 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026Bluebell · Nettle-leaved Figwort · Sweet Violet · Lords-and-Ladies · Marsh-marigold
+13 more speciesHide species list
All 18 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrina
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
60,661 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds58 species
autumnwinter
2026Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Wren
+53 more speciesHide species list
All 58 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026Common Frog
🐝Insects61 species
winterspringautumn
2026Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Syrphus
+56 more speciesHide species list
All 61 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026Bluebell · Nettle-leaved Figwort · Sweet Violet · Lords-and-Ladies · Marsh-marigold
+13 more speciesHide species list
All 18 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrina
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orange Ladybird
Orange Ladybird
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusPhaonia tuguriorumPhaonia tuguriorumPhaonia tuguriorumPhaonia tuguriorumPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaWahlgreniella nervata arbutiWahlgreniella nervata arbutiWahlgreniella nervata arbutiWahlgreniella nervata arbutiHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaGlischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensisVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciSilver FishLepisma saccharinumSilver FishLepisma saccharinumPseudapion rufirostrePseudapion rufirostrePseudapion rufirostrePseudapion rufirostreLeptinus testaceusLeptinus testaceusLeptinus testaceusLeptinus testaceusRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesMuscina prolapsaMuscina prolapsaMuscina prolapsaMuscina prolapsaPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusNysius huttoniNysius huttoniNysius huttoniNysius huttoniHalesus radiatusHalesus radiatusHalesus radiatusHalesus radiatusAspidapion aeneumAspidapion aeneumAspidapion aeneumAspidapion aeneumScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusPhloiophilus edwardsiiPhloiophilus edwardsiiPhloiophilus edwardsiiPhloiophilus edwardsiiOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusTaeniapion urticariumTaeniapion urticariumTaeniapion urticariumTaeniapion urticariumLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignusLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignusPellitory-of-the-wall AphidAphis (Aphis) parietariaePellitory-of-the-wall AphidAphis (Aphis) parietariaeEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesNasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigriNasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigriNasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigriNasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigriMyzus (Nectarosiphon) persicaeMyzus (Nectarosiphon) persicaeMyzus (Nectarosiphon) persicaeMyzus (Nectarosiphon) persicaePsychoda sigmaPsychoda sigma2025Psychoda sigmaPsychoda sigma2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris2025Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris2025Ptinomorphus imperialisPtinomorphus imperialis2025Ptinomorphus imperialisPtinomorphus imperialis2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Mesopsocus unipunctatusMesopsocus unipunctatus2025Mesopsocus unipunctatusMesopsocus unipunctatus2025Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2025Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2025Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii2025Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Whitefoot Raspberry Mining SawflyMetallus albipes2025Whitefoot Raspberry Mining SawflyMetallus albipes2025Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025MyzocallisMyzocallis2025MyzocallisMyzocallis2025Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaSmall NettleUrtica urensSmall NettleUrtica urensMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaButterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Events & activities nearby
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