Vernon Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.58107, 1.20908
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Edith Cavell PilgrimageWalking route11 km▾
Named routeLength 11 kmLocal walking route
Green TrailWalking route1.7 km▾
Named routeLength 1.7 kmRound tripUea active campus
Orange TrailWalking route1.5 km▾
Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripUea active campus
Rectory Lokepublic footpath · 712 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 712 mSurface grassPath type: path
6 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
Pink PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Yellow PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
12,063 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,063 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Wren +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Lesser Celandine · Groundsel · Daisy · Common Field-speedwell · Creeping Comfrey +26
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
- Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
- Drooping Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum nutans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,063 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Wren +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Lesser Celandine · Groundsel · Daisy · Common Field-speedwell · Creeping Comfrey +26
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
- Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
- Drooping Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum nutans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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