The Wilderness - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.62997, 1.30636
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Play Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Play Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
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 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
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
Photos
View of a patch of daffodils on the Riverside Walk #3
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Wildlife to spot
57,636 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
57,636 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
winterspring
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mute Swan · Mallard · Tufted Duck +21
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 14-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Anthomyia +37
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- AnthomyiaAnthomyia
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
🌿Plants22 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Sweet Violet · Few-flowered Garlic · Bluebell · Viola odorata var. dumetorum +17
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
- Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,636 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
winterspring
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mute Swan · Mallard · Tufted Duck +21
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 14-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Anthomyia +37
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- AnthomyiaAnthomyia
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
🌿Plants22 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Sweet Violet · Few-flowered Garlic · Bluebell · Viola odorata var. dumetorum +17
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
- Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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