Old Belt - Conifer woodland
10 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
52.77324, 0.60607
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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
- 📍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
Named hiking route nearby: Harpley Circular Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King's Lynn-SwaffhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Gold (5)Local cycle route
King's Lynn - FakenhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Green (2)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
2,682 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,682 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Pheasant · Red-legged Partridge +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common GullLarus canus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Mole · Muntjac · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Hairy Shieldbug · Nysius senecionis · Rhinusa neta · Turnip Tigress · Chrysotoxum bicinctum +58
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Nysius senecionisNysius senecionis
- Rhinusa netaRhinusa neta
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
Clustered Bellflower · Ploughman's-spikenard · Common Broomrape · Squinancywort · Cat-mint +14
- Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata
- Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae
- Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor
- SquinancywortAsperula cynanchica
- Cat-mintNepeta cataria
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Basil ThymeClinopodium acinos
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,682 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Pheasant · Red-legged Partridge +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common GullLarus canus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Mole · Muntjac · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Hairy Shieldbug · Nysius senecionis · Rhinusa neta · Turnip Tigress · Chrysotoxum bicinctum +58
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Nysius senecionisNysius senecionis
- Rhinusa netaRhinusa neta
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
Clustered Bellflower · Ploughman's-spikenard · Common Broomrape · Squinancywort · Cat-mint +14
- Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata
- Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae
- Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor
- SquinancywortAsperula cynanchica
- Cat-mintNepeta cataria
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Basil ThymeClinopodium acinos
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas