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Oldlands Wood

✦ Ancient woodland5 ha

📷 Robert Walden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome5 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Meadowsweet, Hawthorn +13 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cyperus Sedge, Pill Sedge, Distant Sedge +98 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Cyperus Sedge, Pill Sedge, Distant Sedge +98 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Swallow +46 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Swallow +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Comma, Large White, Small Copper +297 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Comma, Large White, Small Copper +297 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Nar Valley WayWalking route54 km

Kings Lynn to Gressenhall

Named routeLength 54 kmRegional walking route

Cross-Norfolk TrailWalking route96 km

King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 96 kmPoint-to-pointRhn

Narborough Circular WalkWalking route3.8 km

Named routeLength 3.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Pentney and Shouldham Warren via Pentney AbbeyWalking route10.5 km

Named routeLength 10.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Leziate CircularWalking route4.8 km

A peaceful route passes between the sleepy villages of Leziate and Ashwicken.

Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King's Lynn-SwaffhamCycling route

Named routeRef Gold (5)Local cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,613 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,613 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds13 species

spring

2025

Tawny Owl · Grey Partridge · Red-legged Partridge · Little Owl · Collared Dove +8

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Little OwlAthene noctua
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023

🐝

Insects32 species

summer

2026

Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Scarce Emerald Damselfly · Small Red-eyed Damselfly +27

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Scarce Emerald DamselflyLestes dryas2024
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2023
Contacyphon padiContacyphon padi
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Contacyphon variabilisContacyphon variabilis
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024
Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Fig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi2023
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
Hairy-legged HorseflyHybomitra bimaculata2023
Tenthredo baeticaTenthredo baetica2023
Yellow-shouldered Nomad BeeNomada ferruginata2023
Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2023
Marsh Click BeetleActenicerus sjaelandicus2023
Cinquefoil StriderMacrophya annulata2023

🌿

Plants81 species

spring

2025

Pill Sedge · Distant Sedge · Common Gromwell · Cyperus Sedge · Fine-leaved Water-dropwort +76

Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Distant SedgeCarex distans
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
Cyperus SedgeCarex pseudocyperus
Fine-leaved Water-dropwortOenanthe aquatica
Marsh FernThelypteris palustris
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa
Bog PimpernelLysimachia tenella
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
DockRumex
RoseRosa
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
IvyHedera helix
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
daffodilsNarcissus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
BrambleRubus fruticosus
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Water MintMentha aquatica
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Common NettleUrtica dioica
CleaversGalium aparine
DandelionTaraxacum
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
TamusTamus
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
ElmUlmus
Sweet-GrassGlyceria
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common ChickweedStellaria media
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
WillowSalix
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HazelCorylus avellana
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
NipplewortLapsana communis
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum2024
Marsh HelleborineEpipactis palustris2024
Tufted-sedgeCarex elata2024
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,613 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds13 species

spring

2025

Tawny Owl · Grey Partridge · Red-legged Partridge · Little Owl · Collared Dove +8

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Little OwlAthene noctua
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023

🐝

Insects32 species

summer

2026

Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Scarce Emerald Damselfly · Small Red-eyed Damselfly +27

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Scarce Emerald DamselflyLestes dryas2024
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2023
Contacyphon padiContacyphon padi
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Contacyphon variabilisContacyphon variabilis
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024
Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Fig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi2023
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
Hairy-legged HorseflyHybomitra bimaculata2023
Tenthredo baeticaTenthredo baetica2023
Yellow-shouldered Nomad BeeNomada ferruginata2023
Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2023
Marsh Click BeetleActenicerus sjaelandicus2023
Cinquefoil StriderMacrophya annulata2023

🌿

Plants81 species

spring

2025

Pill Sedge · Distant Sedge · Common Gromwell · Cyperus Sedge · Fine-leaved Water-dropwort +76

Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Distant SedgeCarex distans
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
Cyperus SedgeCarex pseudocyperus
Fine-leaved Water-dropwortOenanthe aquatica
Marsh FernThelypteris palustris
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa
Bog PimpernelLysimachia tenella
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
DockRumex
RoseRosa
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
IvyHedera helix
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
daffodilsNarcissus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
BrambleRubus fruticosus
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Water MintMentha aquatica
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Common NettleUrtica dioica
CleaversGalium aparine
DandelionTaraxacum
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
TamusTamus
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
ElmUlmus
Sweet-GrassGlyceria
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common ChickweedStellaria media
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
WillowSalix
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HazelCorylus avellana
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
NipplewortLapsana communis
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum2024
Marsh HelleborineEpipactis palustris2024
Tufted-sedgeCarex elata2024
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robert Walden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦NARFORD HALLHistoric site4.7 km→✦Medieval settlement remains east of Walton CommonHistoric site1.5 km→✦Well Hall Roman settlementHistoric site4.4 km→✦Remains of Pentney Priory at Abbey FarmHistoric site4.9 km→⛪St Nicholas's ChurchReligious grounds3.1 km→🌱All Saint's ChurchUrban park3.8 km→

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