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Lime Kiln

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

52.72046, 1.15107

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackcap
✦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

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackcap
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Blackcap, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Wren, Blackcap, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Epistrophe eligans, Platycheirus albimanus +19 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Scarlet Pimpernel, Wild Mignonette, Viper's-bugloss +39 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Two StationsWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Themelthorpe LoopWalking route12.5 km

Named routeLength 12.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Cawston CircularWalking route4.5 km

Named routeLength 4.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Ten Towers TrailWalking route15 km

Named routeLength 15 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Marriott's WayWalking route42 km

Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway

Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Norwich - Lincoln

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Marriott's WayCycling route

Named routeRef MWLocal cycle route

Themelthorpe Cycle LoopCycling route13.5 km

Named routeLength 13.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route44 m

Named routeRef 1Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route52 m

Named routeLength 52 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

8,868 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,868 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

summer

2026

Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Collared Dove · Wren · Woodpigeon +47

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

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Insects3 species

wintersummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Common Cockchafer · Tipula vittata

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Tipula vittataTipula vittata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,868 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

summer

2026

Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Collared Dove · Wren · Woodpigeon +47

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🐝

Insects3 species

wintersummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Common Cockchafer · Tipula vittata

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Tipula vittataTipula vittata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View along Reepham Road

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