Big Wood - Conifer woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.70611, 0.65908
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
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Nar Valley Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nar Valley WayWalking route54 km▾
Kings Lynn to Gressenhall
Named routeLength 54 kmRegional walking route
Castle Acre Circular (Long)Walking route6.5 km▾
Named routeLength 6.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Peddars WayWalking route74 km▾
Named routeLength 74 kmNational walking route
Cross-Norfolk TrailWalking route96 km▾
King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 96 kmPoint-to-pointRhn
London to Walsingham - stage 08Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW08Local walking route
Mill Lanepublic footpath · 99 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 99 mSurface duck_boardsPath type: footway
Mill Lanepublic footpath · 748 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 748 mSurface groundPath type: footway
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King's Lynn-SwaffhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Gold (5)Local cycle route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional 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
9,147 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,147 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Swift · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +31
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Blue Shieldbug · Bishop's Mitre · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Cream-spot Ladybird +1
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Elder · Holly · Hogweed · Cleavers · Ground-elder +129
- ElderSambucus nigra
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,147 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Swift · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +31
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Blue Shieldbug · Bishop's Mitre · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Cream-spot Ladybird +1
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Elder · Holly · Hogweed · Cleavers · Ground-elder +129
- ElderSambucus nigra
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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