Plan your visit
Getting here
52.60332, 1.45745
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ 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
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
Bird watching
Very strong match
Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Mute Swan, Blue Tit, Greylag Goose +83 more · last seen 2026
Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Insect spotting
Strong match
Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates; Insects — Coccidula rufa, Dictyla convergens, Mycetophagus multipunctatus · last seen 2026
Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area
Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
15 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walking
Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Circular RouteWalking route
Shirley's PathWalking route
Burlingham Wood Circular WalkWalking route5.5 km
Wherry Lines Walk 1Walking route2.5 km
Buckenham to Brundall
🚴Cycling
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling
NCN National Route 1Cycling route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km
Main RouteCycling route11.8 km
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km
🐴Horse riding
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Horse riding
Tinkers' Lanebyway open to all traffic · 436 m
Tinkers' Lanebyway open to all traffic · 365 m
Wildlife to spot
Photos

Strumpshaw Fen: White Admiral butterfly 'Limenitis camilla' on bramble
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