Town Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
17 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
52.82048, 0.65755
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Harpley Circular WalkWalking route8 km▾
Named routeLength 8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Houghton CircularWalking route4.5 km▾
This route circles one of Norfolk's most important Bronze Age landscapes.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Peddars WayWalking route74 km▾
Named routeLength 74 kmNational walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King's Lynn - FakenhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Green (2)Local cycle route
Bircham Cycle RouteCycling route10.5 km▾
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Peddars Way Cycle RouteMountain bike route83.6 km▾
The Peddars Way with suggested detours to avoid footpath-only sections.
Named routeLength 83.6 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,994 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,994 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Greenfinch · Goldfinch · Robin · Blue Tit +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
Brown Hare · Red Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
16-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Tutsan · Bracken · Daisy · Elder · Ivy +4
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- ElderSambucus nigra
- IvyHedera helix
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,994 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Greenfinch · Goldfinch · Robin · Blue Tit +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
Brown Hare · Red Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
16-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Tutsan · Bracken · Daisy · Elder · Ivy +4
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- ElderSambucus nigra
- IvyHedera helix
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Hedge Woundwort
Stachys sylvatica
Stachys sylvatica
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