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Dovehouse Plantation

9 ha

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha

Getting here

52.67213, 1.57706

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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
🐕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

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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Eristalis nemorum, Hairy Dragonfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly +9 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis nemorum, Hairy Dragonfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km

Cromer to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route

Acle CircularWalking route7.2 km

Weavers’ Way - Walk 10

Named routeLength 7.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Burlingham Wood Circular WalkWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wherry Lines Walk 8Walking route3.5 km

Acle

Named routeLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Potter Heigham CircularWalking route5.8 km

Named routeLength 5.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Caister Castle Cycle RouteCycling route13 km

Named routeLength 13 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

10,426 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,426 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Cormorant +54

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
TealAnas crecca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,426 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Cormorant +54

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
TealAnas crecca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Potter Heigham BridgeHistoric site4.2 km→🐄Thrigby Hall Wildlife GardensVisitor farm4.7 km→✦Site of St Mary's Priory, Wey BridgeHistoric site2.8 km→🌱The GreenUrban park3.9 km→✦St Benet's AbbeyHistoric site4 km→⛪Acle Methodist ChurchReligious grounds4 km→

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