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🦅Birds✦Heritage🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.70550, 0.63453
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Sericostoma personatum, Mystacides azurea, Hydropsyche pellucidula +204 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nar Valley WayWalking route54 km▾
Kings Lynn to Gressenhall
Named routeLength 54 kmRegional walking route
Castle Acre Circular (Long)Walking route6.5 km▾
Named routeLength 6.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Peddars WayWalking route74 km▾
Named routeLength 74 kmNational walking route
Cross-Norfolk TrailWalking route96 km▾
King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 96 kmPoint-to-pointRhn
Narborough Circular WalkWalking route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King's Lynn-SwaffhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Gold (5)Local cycle route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Peddars Way Cycle RouteMountain bike route83.6 km▾
The Peddars Way with suggested detours to avoid footpath-only sections.
Named routeLength 83.6 kmNational Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
The church of All Saints in West Acre - east window (detail)
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Wildlife to spot
4,960 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,960 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Linnet · Wren · Chiffchaff · Blackcap +19
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Brown Hare · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Blue Shieldbug · Bishop's Mitre · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Glow-worm +1
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Elder · Holly · Lesser Burdock · Hogweed · Hemp-agrimony +138
- ElderSambucus nigra
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,960 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Linnet · Wren · Chiffchaff · Blackcap +19
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Brown Hare · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Blue Shieldbug · Bishop's Mitre · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Glow-worm +1
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Elder · Holly · Lesser Burdock · Hogweed · Hemp-agrimony +138
- ElderSambucus nigra
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas