Bluebell Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.61061, 1.26041
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 290m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 290m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km30 signed routes nearby · 3 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 1Walking route3 km▾
Norwich
Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Marriott's WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway
Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Haworth Waypublic footpath · 335 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 335 mSurface bitmacPath type: footway
Turnberrypublic footpath · 28 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 28 mPath type: residential
88 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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Red fungi in woodland, Eaton (Norwich)
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Wildlife to spot
113,121 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
113,121 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Jay · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +40
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Pine Ladybird · Eupteryx melissae · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +3
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Lesser Celandine · Cherry Plum · Lords-and-Ladies · Springbeauty · Pignut +7
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- PignutConopodium majus
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
113,121 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Jay · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +40
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Pine Ladybird · Eupteryx melissae · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +3
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Lesser Celandine · Cherry Plum · Lords-and-Ladies · Springbeauty · Pignut +7
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- PignutConopodium majus
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas