Barkers Lane Open Space
9 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
52.66311, 1.32260
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 241m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 241m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +115 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mugwort, Holly, Shining Crane's-bill +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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 2Walking route5.6 km▾
Salhouse
Named routeLength 5.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Bittern Line Walk 1Walking route3 km▾
Norwich
Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
78 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
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Footpath to Barker's Lane
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
30,617 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jay · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +41
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects46 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Brown Hawker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird +41
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
🌿Plants10 species
springautumn
2026▾
Holly · Gorse · Broom · Mistletoe · Yarrow +5
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jay · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +41
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects46 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Brown Hawker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird +41
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
🌿Plants10 species
springautumn
2026▾
Holly · Gorse · Broom · Mistletoe · Yarrow +5
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-legged Shieldbug
Red-legged Shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025OpomyzaOpomyza2025OpomyzaOpomyza2025IssusIssus2025IssusIssus2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatus2025Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatus2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025Eurhadina concinnaEurhadina concinna2025Eurhadina concinnaEurhadina concinna2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Black LaggardApethymus serotinus2025Black LaggardApethymus serotinus2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2025Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2025Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2025Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2025Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025Japanese-LanternAlkekengi officinarum2025Japanese-LanternAlkekengi officinarum2025Events & activities nearby
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