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Attleborough Gorse

2 ha

📷 Roy William Shakespeare · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

52.50782, -1.40852

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Mallard +87 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Mallard +87 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Greater Bulb-Fly, Blackthorn Leaf-miner, Willow Bent-wing +23 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Greater Bulb-Fly, Blackthorn Leaf-miner, Willow Bent-wing +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

45 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route

ACW Circular Walk 13Walking route

Named routeRef C13Listed length 12 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 13A (short-cut for C13)Walking route

Named routeRef C13ALocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 14Walking route

Named routeRef C14Listed length 13 km

🚴

Cycling

78 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 52Cycling route

Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network

Alternative RouteCycling route498 m

Named routeRef 52Length 498 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route59 m

Named routeRef 52Length 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route21 m

Named routeRef 52Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Alternative RouteCycling route61 m

Named routeRef 52Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route25 m

Named routeLength 25 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

8,734 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,734 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

spring

2025

Mallard · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Blackbird +49

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
RavenCorvus corax
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great TitParus major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RookCorvus frugilegus
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SwallowHirundo rustica
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
CootFulica atra
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JayGarrulus glandarius
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

Greater Bulb-Fly

Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,734 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

spring

2025

Mallard · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Blackbird +49

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
RavenCorvus corax
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great TitParus major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RookCorvus frugilegus
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SwallowHirundo rustica
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
CootFulica atra
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JayGarrulus glandarius
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

Greater Bulb-Fly

Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Roy William Shakespeare · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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