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Brownslane Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

5 ha

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

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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
🅿️Parking 497m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞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
🅿️Parking 497m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Hiking

Moderate match

Named hiking route nearby: Burlingham Wood Circular Walk

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km

Norwich to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route

Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km

Cromer to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route

Circular RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Shirley's PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Acle CircularWalking route7.2 km

Weavers’ Way - Walk 10

Named routeLength 7.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

The Greenpublic footpath · 287 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 287 mPath type: bridleway

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Caister Castle Cycle RouteCycling route13 km

Named routeLength 13 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route11.8 km

Named routeRef 1Length 11.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

9,537 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,537 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

springsummer

2025

Long-tailed Tit · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Kestrel +32

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GullLarus canus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CootFulica atra
Common TernSterna hirundo
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Striped Slender Robberfly

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica2024

🌿

Plants115 species

summerautumn

2025

Ground-ivy · Square-stalked Willowherb · Broad-leaved Dock · Creeping Bent · Spear Thistle +110

Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Common CouchElymus repens2023
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023
Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
NipplewortLapsana communis2023
Red CampionSilene dioica
CowslipPrimula veris
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica2024
Field PansyViola arvensis2024
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2024
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024
Wild RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum2024
Viola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contemptaViola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contempta2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024
Common OracheAtriplex patula2024
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Black BentAgrostis gigantea2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2024
Bastard CabbageRapistrum rugosum2024
Fat-henChenopodium album2024
Common CudweedFilago germanica2024
Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Wild-oatAvena fatua2024
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024
Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2023
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2023
Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2023
Great LettuceLactuca virosa2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2023
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2023
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2023
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
Small Leaved ElmUlmus minor2023
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
White Dead-nettleLamium album2023
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2023
Goat WillowSalix caprea2023
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2023
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2023
White ComfreySymphytum orientale2023
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2023
HollyIlex aquifolium2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2023
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2023
Great BromeAnisantha diandra2023
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2023
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2023
Dog-roseRosa canina2023
Dutch ElmUlmus glabra x minor x plotii = U. x hollandica2023
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,537 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

springsummer

2025

Long-tailed Tit · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Kestrel +32

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GullLarus canus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CootFulica atra
Common TernSterna hirundo
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Striped Slender Robberfly

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica2024

🌿

Plants115 species

summerautumn

2025

Ground-ivy · Square-stalked Willowherb · Broad-leaved Dock · Creeping Bent · Spear Thistle +110

Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Common CouchElymus repens2023
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023
Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
NipplewortLapsana communis2023
Red CampionSilene dioica
CowslipPrimula veris
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica2024
Field PansyViola arvensis2024
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2024
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024
Wild RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum2024
Viola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contemptaViola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contempta2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024
Common OracheAtriplex patula2024
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Black BentAgrostis gigantea2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2024
Bastard CabbageRapistrum rugosum2024
Fat-henChenopodium album2024
Common CudweedFilago germanica2024
Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Wild-oatAvena fatua2024
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024
Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2023
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2023
Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2023
Great LettuceLactuca virosa2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2023
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2023
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2023
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
Small Leaved ElmUlmus minor2023
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
White Dead-nettleLamium album2023
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2023
Goat WillowSalix caprea2023
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2023
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2023
White ComfreySymphytum orientale2023
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2023
HollyIlex aquifolium2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2023
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2023
Great BromeAnisantha diandra2023
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2023
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2023
Dog-roseRosa canina2023
Dutch ElmUlmus glabra x minor x plotii = U. x hollandica2023
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023