Heigham Grove - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.62096, 1.28143
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 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
73,211 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
73,211 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🐝Insects51 species
winterspring
2026▾
10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +46
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Nettle-leaved Figwort · Sweet Violet · Alder · Small Nettle · Ivy +3
- Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrina
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Small NettleUrtica urens
- IvyHedera helix
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
73,211 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🐝Insects51 species
winterspring
2026▾
10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +46
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Nettle-leaved Figwort · Sweet Violet · Alder · Small Nettle · Ivy +3
- Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrina
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Small NettleUrtica urens
- IvyHedera helix
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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