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Shelterhouse Brake - Grassland

19 ha

📷 Bob Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha

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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 462m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 462m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Icknield Way Path

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Nature TrailWalking route1.5 km

Named routeLength 1.5 kmLocal walking route

Beowulf & Grendel TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lark Valley PathWalking route

Named routeListed length 24 kmLocal walking route

The Great Barrow WalkWalking route

Named routeListed length 104 mi

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Thetford Cycle LoopCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wolf WayCycling route400 km

Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

9,223 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,223 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

spring

2025

Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler · Wren · Linnet +40

StonechatSaxicola rubicola
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CuckooCuculus canorus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WhitethroatCurruca communis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SiskinSpinus spinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CurlewNumenius arquata
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
RookCorvus frugilegus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springautumn

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Common Darter

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,223 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

spring

2025

Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler · Wren · Linnet +40

StonechatSaxicola rubicola
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CuckooCuculus canorus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WhitethroatCurruca communis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SiskinSpinus spinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CurlewNumenius arquata
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
RookCorvus frugilegus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springautumn

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Common Darter

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bob Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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