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46 ha

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome46 ha

Getting here

52.66910, 0.59146

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🌿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

Good to know

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

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackcap, Blue Tit +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackcap, Blue Tit +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Beech, White Dead-nettle, Elder +26 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Small White, Green-veined White +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Ploughman's-spikenard, Common Fumitory, Autumn Gentian +182 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Ploughman's-spikenard, Common Fumitory, Autumn Gentian +182 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
The BrecksWalking route
Named route
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
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
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
King's Lynn-SwaffhamCycling route
Named routeRef Gold (5)Local cycle route
Brecks Cycling Discovery RouteCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Pyramidal orchid, Narborough Railway Line

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pyramidal orchid, Narborough Railway Line

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦West Acre Priory, and square barrow within the precinctHistoric site4.8 km→✦NARFORD HALLHistoric site2.7 km→✦Devil's Dyke, Beechamwell and Barton Bendish. Section 1km in length West of Smeeth WoodHistoric site2.8 km→⛪All Saint's ChurchReligious grounds5 km→🌱All Saint's ChurchUrban park2 km→✦Cowell StoneHistoric site2.1 km→

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