🌱 Urban park

The Green

📷 JThomas · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.58949, 0.50692

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4 activities

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Playgrounds

Free78%

playground

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Boughton Fen Wildlife WalkWalking route▾

Named route

Parkland Walk, Oxburgh EstateWalking route4.5 km▾

Circular walk through the Oxburgh parkland on grassed and uneven paths.

Named routeLength 4.5 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route

River Walk, Oxburgh EstateWalking route2 km▾

Only open in summer. Short walk on uneven grass paths. https://www.accessable.co.uk/national-trust/oxburgh-estate-national-trust/access-guides/oxburgh-estate-hall

Named routeLength 2 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route

Oxborough to Gooderstone Heritage Walk, Oxburgh HallWalking route5.6 km▾

Enjoy this gentle Norfolk walk, which takes in some of Breckland's protected farmland and heritage. This route is made up of farm tracks, bridleways and roads. There are no steep slopes.

Named routeLength 5.6 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route

Woodland Walk, Oxburgh EstateWalking route2.5 km▾

Circular walk through the woodland at Oxburgh Estate on relatively flat carstone paths. https://www.accessable.co.uk/national-trust/oxburgh-estate-national-trust/access-guides/oxburgh-estate-hall

Named routeLength 2.5 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Regional Route 30 (alternative)Cycling route▾

Named routeRef (30)Regional cycle route

Brecks Cycling Discovery RouteCycling route▾

Named routeRegional cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km▾

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

N/ACycling route25 m▾

Named routeLength 25 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route1.3 km▾

Named routeLength 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route388 m▾

Named routeLength 388 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

About this urban park

The Green is a urban park.

Wildlife to spot

7,002 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds59 species recorded

Snipe · Cuckoo · Moorhen

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Mammals1 species recorded

Brown Hare

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Insects11 species recorded

10-spot Ladybird · Dermestes murinus · Large Red Damselfly

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Events & activities nearby

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Bookable tours

🌱 Visiting this spring

🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Playground

64m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱ParterreUrban park4.5 km→⛪St John's ChurchReligious grounds4.5 km→✦OXBURGH HALLHistoric site4.6 km→✦Oxburgh HallHistoric site4.4 km→✦Site of St Mary's AbbeyHistoric site4 km→✦Remains of Barton Bendish medieval settlement immediately west of Abbey FarmHistoric site4.6 km→