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Fairstead Plantation - Conifer woodland

8 ha

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

52.66194, 0.47571

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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 377m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

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

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

4 signed routes nearby · 11 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
Narborough Circular WalkWalking route3.8 km
Named routeLength 3.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Pentney and Shouldham Warren via Pentney AbbeyWalking route10.5 km
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Fairstead Drovepublic footpath · 266 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 266 mPath type: track
Fairstead Drovepublic footpath · 68 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 68 mPath type: residential
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

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

Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths
Warren Roadrestricted byway · 28 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 28 mPath type: unclassified
Warren Roadrestricted byway · 5 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 5 mPath type: unclassified
Warren Roadrestricted byway · 537 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 537 mPath type: unclassified
Warren Roadrestricted byway · 13 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 13 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Outdoor pigs by Warren Road

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Outdoor pigs by Warren Road

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦STRADSETT HALLHistoric site4 km→🐄Watatunga Wildlife ReserveVisitor farm4.5 km→✦Medieval settlement remains immediately west of All Saints' ChurchHistoric site1.2 km→✦Remains of Pentney Priory at Abbey FarmHistoric site3.3 km→✦Moated site of Wormegay Priory, fishponds and associated enclosuresHistoric site3.6 km→✦Marham AbbeyHistoric site3.1 km→

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