Twelve Acre Wood - Conifer woodland
34 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome34 ha
Getting here
52.35326, 0.56304
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
- 🐕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
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Nature TrailWalking route1.5 km▾
Named routeLength 1.5 kmLocal walking route
Beowulf & Grendel TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lake TrailWalking route3.5 km▾
Named routeLength 3.5 kmLocal walking route
Lark Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 24 kmLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thetford Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
8,981 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,981 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodlark · Goldcrest · Robin · Jay · Wren +45
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Sicus ferrugineus · 10-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
🌿Plants15 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Hawthorn · Shepherd's-purse · Blackthorn · Orpine · Spindle +10
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- OrpineHylotelephium telephium2025
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,981 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodlark · Goldcrest · Robin · Jay · Wren +45
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Sicus ferrugineus · 10-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
🌿Plants15 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Hawthorn · Shepherd's-purse · Blackthorn · Orpine · Spindle +10
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- OrpineHylotelephium telephium2025
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
White MelilotMelilotus albus2025White MelilotMelilotus albus2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2025Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2025Small NightshadeSolanum triflorum2025Small NightshadeSolanum triflorum2025Marsh HelleborineEpipactis palustris2025Marsh HelleborineEpipactis palustris2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025