Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.58171, 1.72744
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Picasso's Gallery — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Picasso's Gallery — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Rock Dove, Starling +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Rock Dove, Starling +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, Field Grasshopper, Hornet Hoverfly +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Narrow-leaved Ragwort, Henbit Dead-nettle, Musk Stork's-bill +127 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Norfolk Coast PathWalking route191.7 km▾
Named routeRef NCPLength 191.7 kmNational walking route
Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route
Angles WayWalking route150 km▾
Named routeLength 150 kmRegional walking route
Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km▾
Cromer to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Lowestoft to Sea PallingWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Route 517Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 517National Cycle Network
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Caister Castle Cycle RouteCycling route13 km▾
Named routeLength 13 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route564 m▾
Named routeRef 30Length 564 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route8 m▾
Named routeRef 30Length 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Northern end of the High Street, Gorleston-on-Sea
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
24,450 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,450 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Herring Gull · Starling · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove +44
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MagpiePica pica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Loxia curvirostra curvirostraLoxia curvirostra curvirostra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- SwiftApus apus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
- GannetMorus bassanus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
🐝Insects8 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Field Grasshopper · Hesperocorixa · Vine Weevil · Cantharis rustica +3
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- HesperocorixaHesperocorixa
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Emperor Dragonfly
Sea Sandwort · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Water Bent · Guelder-rose · Jersey Cudweed +16
- Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2024
- Water BentPolypogon viridis2024
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Jersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbum
- Ray's KnotgrassPolygonum oxyspermum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,450 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Herring Gull · Starling · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove +44
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MagpiePica pica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Loxia curvirostra curvirostraLoxia curvirostra curvirostra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- SwiftApus apus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
- GannetMorus bassanus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
🐝Insects8 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Field Grasshopper · Hesperocorixa · Vine Weevil · Cantharis rustica +3
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- HesperocorixaHesperocorixa
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Emperor Dragonfly
Sea Sandwort · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Water Bent · Guelder-rose · Jersey Cudweed +16
- Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2024
- Water BentPolypogon viridis2024
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Jersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbum
- Ray's KnotgrassPolygonum oxyspermum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator
Anax imperator
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2024Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2024Bladder-senna
Bladder-senna
Colutea arborescens
Colutea arborescens
Rose CampionSilene coronariaRose CampionSilene coronariaPhygeliusPhygeliusPhygeliusPhygeliusSuffocated CloverTrifolium suffocatumSuffocated CloverTrifolium suffocatumPrickly SaltwortSalsola kali2024Prickly SaltwortSalsola kali2024Sea RocketCakile maritima2024Sea RocketCakile maritima2024Sea-hollyEryngium maritimum2024Sea-hollyEryngium maritimum2024Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgare2024Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgare2024Stone ParsleySison amomum2024Stone ParsleySison amomum2024Common MallowMalva sylvestris2024Common MallowMalva sylvestris2024Pale Pink-sorrelOxalis incarnata2024Pale Pink-sorrelOxalis incarnata2024White MelilotMelilotus albus2024White MelilotMelilotus albus2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Small-flowered CatchflySilene gallica2024Small-flowered CatchflySilene gallica2024Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2024Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2024Events & activities nearby
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