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Fairstead Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

5 ha

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

DogsWildlifeBirds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

52.65975, 0.47461

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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
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nar Valley WayWalking route54 km

Kings Lynn to Gressenhall

Named routeLength 54 kmRegional walking route
Cross-Norfolk TrailWalking route96 km

King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 96 kmPoint-to-pointRhn
Pentney and Shouldham Warren via Pentney AbbeyWalking route10.5 km
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Mill Drovepublic footpath · 889 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 889 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Fairstead Drovepublic footpath · 266 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 266 mPath type: track
Lamson's Lanepublic footpath · 340 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 340 mSurface groundPath type: track
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
West WinchCycling route
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Warren Roadrestricted byway · 537 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 537 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Cottage by Fairstead Drove

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cottage by Fairstead Drove

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦STRADSETT HALLHistoric site3.7 km→🐄Watatunga Wildlife ReserveVisitor farm4.5 km→✦Medieval settlement remains immediately west of All Saints' ChurchHistoric site1 km→✦Remains of Pentney Priory at Abbey FarmHistoric site3.5 km→✦Moated site of Wormegay Priory, fishponds and associated enclosuresHistoric site3.7 km→✦Marham AbbeyHistoric site3.2 km→

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