Bracondale Grove - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.61453, 1.30405
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 250m 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 250m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 1
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
96 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
65,736 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
65,736 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Mallard · Robin · Tufted Duck +44
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- PochardAythya ferina
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🐝Insects20 species
winterspring
2026▾
14-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Anthomyia · Cabbage Stem Weevil · Silver Fish +15
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- AnthomyiaAnthomyia
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
- Leptinus testaceusLeptinus testaceus
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Few-flowered Garlic · Bluebell · Viola odorata var. dumetorum · Nettle-leaved Figwort · Sweet Violet +7
- Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
- Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrina
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
65,736 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Mallard · Robin · Tufted Duck +44
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- PochardAythya ferina
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🐝Insects20 species
winterspring
2026▾
14-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Anthomyia · Cabbage Stem Weevil · Silver Fish +15
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- AnthomyiaAnthomyia
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
- Leptinus testaceusLeptinus testaceus
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Few-flowered Garlic · Bluebell · Viola odorata var. dumetorum · Nettle-leaved Figwort · Sweet Violet +7
- Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
- Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrina
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Euophryum confineEuophryum confineEuophryum confineEuophryum confineAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataNysius huttoniNysius huttoniNysius huttoniNysius huttoniBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignusLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignusPellitory-of-the-wall AphidAphis (Aphis) parietariaePellitory-of-the-wall AphidAphis (Aphis) parietariaeNasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigriNasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigriNasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigriNasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigriSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumEvents & activities nearby
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