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12 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ 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
📍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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Large White +77 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Large White +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bracken, Common Nettle, Cat's-ear +175 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bracken, Common Nettle, Cat's-ear +175 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Pedunculate Oak, Blackthorn +26 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The BrecksWalking route

Named route

Swaefas WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Nar Valley WayWalking route54 km

Kings Lynn to Gressenhall

Named routeLength 54 kmRegional walking route

Castle Acre Circular (Long)Walking route6.5 km

Named routeLength 6.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Peddars WayWalking route74 km

Named routeLength 74 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Blue PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

King's Lynn-SwaffhamCycling route

Named routeRef Gold (5)Local cycle route

Brecks Cycling Discovery RouteCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Peddars Way Cycle RouteMountain bike route83.6 km

The Peddars Way with suggested detours to avoid footpath-only sections.

Named routeLength 83.6 kmNational Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

4,847 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,847 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐟

Fish2 species

winterspring

2026

Grayling · Pike

GraylingThymallus thymallus
PikeEsox lucius

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Birch Catkin Bug

Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae

🌿

Plants136 species

autumn

2026

Bracken · Common Nettle · Common Mallow · Viper's-bugloss · Rough Chervil +131

BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Green NightshadeSolanum nitidibaccatum2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Common OracheAtriplex patula2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Night-flowering CatchflySilene noctiflora2025
WeldReseda luteola2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Small NettleUrtica urens2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025
Yellow Bristle-grassSetaria pumila2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025
White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
Field PansyViola arvensis2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025
Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale2025
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2025
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2025
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025
BoxBuxus sempervirens2025
Hoary CinquefoilPotentilla argentea2025
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Hybrid CampionSilene dioica x latifolia = S. x hampeana2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Many-leaved SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. leersii2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2025
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis2025
Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2025
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum2025
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2025
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
WalnutJuglans regia2025
Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2025
Populus canescensPopulus canescens2025
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,847 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐟

Fish2 species

winterspring

2026

Grayling · Pike

GraylingThymallus thymallus
PikeEsox lucius

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Birch Catkin Bug

Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae

🌿

Plants136 species

autumn

2026

Bracken · Common Nettle · Common Mallow · Viper's-bugloss · Rough Chervil +131

BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Green NightshadeSolanum nitidibaccatum2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Common OracheAtriplex patula2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Night-flowering CatchflySilene noctiflora2025
WeldReseda luteola2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Small NettleUrtica urens2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025
Yellow Bristle-grassSetaria pumila2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025
White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
Field PansyViola arvensis2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025
Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale2025
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2025
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2025
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025
BoxBuxus sempervirens2025
Hoary CinquefoilPotentilla argentea2025
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Hybrid CampionSilene dioica x latifolia = S. x hampeana2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Many-leaved SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. leersii2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2025
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis2025
Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2025
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum2025
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2025
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
WalnutJuglans regia2025
Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2025
Populus canescensPopulus canescens2025
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Keith Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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