Hurst Fen Neolithic site
13 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
52.36247, 0.53193
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Comma +104 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Viper's-bugloss, Lady's Bedstraw, Hyacinthoides +125 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Lark Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 24 kmLocal walking route
The Great Barrow WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 104 mi
The Warrener's World TrailWalking route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmLocal walking route
BlueWalking route▾
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
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
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Eldon Lanebyway open to all traffic · 63 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 63 mPath type: track
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,175 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Song Thrush +32
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Muntjac · Red Deer · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Agrypnus murinus · Water Scorpion · Wormwood Moonshiner +15
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Wormwood MoonshinerAmara fusca
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
🌿Plants63 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Field Horsetail · Spotted Medick · Blackthorn · Climbing Corydalis · Lesser Celandine +58
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
- Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Song Thrush +32
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Muntjac · Red Deer · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Agrypnus murinus · Water Scorpion · Wormwood Moonshiner +15
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Wormwood MoonshinerAmara fusca
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
🌿Plants63 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Field Horsetail · Spotted Medick · Blackthorn · Climbing Corydalis · Lesser Celandine +58
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
- Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
