Twenty Acre Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.63646, 1.23117
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
- 🛝Playground 232m 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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 232m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
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 km30 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
86 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
83,970 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
83,970 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springwinter
2026▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Mallard · Coot +41
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Polydrusus formosus · Pea-leaf Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +2
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Garden Grape-hyacinth · daffodils · Springbeauty +9
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- daffodilsNarcissus
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
- PignutConopodium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
83,970 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springwinter
2026▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Mallard · Coot +41
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Polydrusus formosus · Pea-leaf Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +2
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Garden Grape-hyacinth · daffodils · Springbeauty +9
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- daffodilsNarcissus
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
- PignutConopodium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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