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Getting here
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 266m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 266m 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, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syritta pipiens, Green Shieldbug +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Perennial Rye-grass, Greater Plantain +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Marriott's WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway
Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Kett's Country WalkWalking route18 km▾
Wymondham to Norwich
Named routeLength 18 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Tas Valley WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Attleborough
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Countryside TrailWalking route▾
Norfolk County Council Circular Walks; Length: 180m
Named route
Edith Cavell PilgrimageWalking route11 km▾
Named routeLength 11 kmLocal walking route
22 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
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
Green PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
22,508 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,508 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Leistus spinibarbis · Ocys · Hairy Shieldbug +12
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
- OcysOcys
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
Common Evening-primrose · Radish · Common Stork's-bill · Mugwort · Field Pansy +10
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- RadishRaphanus raphanistrum
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Common Fiddleneck
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,508 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Leistus spinibarbis · Ocys · Hairy Shieldbug +12
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
- OcysOcys
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
Common Evening-primrose · Radish · Common Stork's-bill · Mugwort · Field Pansy +10
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- RadishRaphanus raphanistrum
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Common Fiddleneck
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025Monoceros BeetleNotoxus monoceros2025Monoceros BeetleNotoxus monoceros2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2025Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2025Ochetostethus nanusOchetostethus nanus2025Ochetostethus nanusOchetostethus nanus2025Amsinckia micrantha
Amsinckia micrantha
White CampionSilene latifoliaWhite CampionSilene latifoliaCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusWeldReseda luteolaWeldReseda luteolaViola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contemptaViola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contemptaViola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contemptaViola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contemptaBuglossLycopsis arvensisBuglossLycopsis arvensisSmall NettleUrtica urensSmall NettleUrtica urens