Cringleford Wood - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
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🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.61082, 1.24278
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Church & Churchyard 104m away — 18 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Church & Churchyard 104m away — 18 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km30 signed routes nearby · 2 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
The Lokepublic footpath · 207 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 207 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
85 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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Wildlife to spot
65,593 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
65,593 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard · Jay · Blackbird +41
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Muntjac
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Firebug · Pea-leaf Weevil · Polydrusus formosus · Pine Ladybird · Eupteryx melissae +5
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 10-spot Ladybird
Lesser Celandine · Cherry Plum · Lords-and-Ladies · Springbeauty · Mistletoe +10
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
- PignutConopodium majus
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
65,593 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard · Jay · Blackbird +41
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Muntjac
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Firebug · Pea-leaf Weevil · Polydrusus formosus · Pine Ladybird · Eupteryx melissae +5
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 10-spot Ladybird
Lesser Celandine · Cherry Plum · Lords-and-Ladies · Springbeauty · Mistletoe +10
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
- PignutConopodium majus
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia decempunctata
Adalia decempunctata
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisEvergreen OakQuercus ilexEvergreen OakQuercus ilexWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Events & activities nearby
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