Heigham Grove - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.61994, 1.26860
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 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
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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Wildlife to spot
115,915 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
115,915 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJay · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Dunnock +40
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
🐝Insects39 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird +34
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Cherry Plum · Daisy · Evergreen Oak
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
115,915 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJay · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Dunnock +40
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
🐝Insects39 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird +34
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Cherry Plum · Daisy · Evergreen Oak
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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