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Alder Carr

18 ha

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome18 ha

Getting here

52.75048, 1.50976

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Black-headed Gull +70 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Ruddy Darter, Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km

Cromer to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route
Briggate/Worstead CircularWalking route5.2 km
Named routeLength 5.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
East Ruston Circular WalkWalking route6 km

A varied walk alongside the North Walsham & Dilham canal and through farmland, wet woodland and grazing marshes.

Named routeLength 6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Potter Heigham CircularWalking route5.8 km
Named routeLength 5.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Honing Lock CircularWalking route3.5 km

A walk through grazing meadows, past a gushing canal lock and along the course of a dis-used railway.

Named routeLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Three Rivers WayCycling route
Named routeRef TRWLocal cycle route
Weavers’ WayCycling route
Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Sutton Fen: Yellow flag 'Iris pseudacorus' in a field of buttercups and orchids

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sutton Fen: Yellow flag 'Iris pseudacorus' in a field of buttercups and orchids

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Bakers Arms GreenUrban park4.8 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds2.4 km→🌱PB GardenUrban park4 km→🌱Greyhound Pub GardenUrban park4.1 km→⛪St Catherines ChurchReligious grounds4.9 km→⛪Holy Trinity ChurchReligious grounds3.9 km→

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