Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
52.48037, 1.72549
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Little Grebe
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 101m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Little Grebe
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 101m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Little Grebe, Moorhen +75 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Little Grebe, Moorhen +75 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Harlequin Ladybird +7 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Angles WayWalking route150 km▾
Named routeLength 150 kmRegional walking route
Suffolk Coast PathWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Circular routeWalking route▾
King Charles III England Coast Path: Lowestoft to Sea PallingWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Via BeataWalking route▾
A pilgrimage with a difference... with a dream to span Great Britain from Lowestoft to St Davids.
Named routeRegional walking route
95 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Route 517Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 517National Cycle Network
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route67 m▾
Named routeLength 67 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeLength 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Playing field at Normanston Park, Oulton Broad
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
47,709 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,709 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Grebe · Moorhen · Mallard · Magpie · Mute Swan +40
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Field-speedwell · Alexanders · Ground-ivy · Lesser Celandine · Green Alkanet +4
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,709 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Grebe · Moorhen · Mallard · Magpie · Mute Swan +40
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Field-speedwell · Alexanders · Ground-ivy · Lesser Celandine · Green Alkanet +4
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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