Plan your visit
🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic✦ Heritage
Public access Dogs welcome 94 ha
Getting here
52.51418, 1.53481
Open directionsv Raveningham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England, about 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Norwich. There are 10 acres of gardens, and it has a rural estate of 5,500 acres.
Read more on Wikipedia → English country house Grade II* listed building
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Kestrel +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Kestrel +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Lygus pratensis, Coenosia tigrina +322 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wherryman's Way Walking route 56 km ▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named route Length 56 km Regional walking route
Show on map Angles Way Walking route 150 km ▾
Named route Length 150 km Regional walking route
Show on map Via Beata Walking route ▾
A pilgrimage with a difference... with a dream to span Great Britain from Lowestoft to St Davids.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Beccles and Geldeston circular walk Walking route 7 km ▾
Named route Length 7 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Wherry Lines Walk 4 Walking route 4 km ▾
Reedham
Named route Length 4 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 30 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Southwald to Reedham Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 31 Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map Regional Cycle Route 30 Cycling route 373 km ▾
Named route Ref 30 Length 373 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 104 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 104 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,970 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,970 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Jay +37
Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jay Garrulus glandarius Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Greenfinch Chloris chloris Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rook Corvus frugilegus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Magpie Pica pica Skylark Alauda arvensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Swallow Hirundo rustica Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Whitethroat Curruca communis Little Owl Athene noctua Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Redwing Turdus iliacus Chinese Water Deer · Brown Hare · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
Chinese Water Deer Hydropotes inermis Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Mole Talpa europaea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Migrant Hawker +11
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas Blue-tailed Damselfly 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
Guelder-rose · Snowdrop
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,970 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Jay +37
Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jay Garrulus glandarius Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Greenfinch Chloris chloris Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rook Corvus frugilegus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Magpie Pica pica Skylark Alauda arvensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Swallow Hirundo rustica Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Whitethroat Curruca communis Little Owl Athene noctua Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Redwing Turdus iliacus Chinese Water Deer · Brown Hare · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
Chinese Water Deer Hydropotes inermis Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Mole Talpa europaea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Migrant Hawker +11
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas Blue-tailed Damselfly 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
Guelder-rose · Snowdrop
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ischnura elegans
Ischnura elegans
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva 