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Smith's Hill

✦ Ancient woodland6 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

52.63604, 1.12149

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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
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Jackdaw +78 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Jackdaw +78 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Marsh Helleborine, Polypodium vulgare, Honesty +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper, Brachypera zoilus +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper, Brachypera zoilus +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Countryside TrailWalking route

Norfolk County Council Circular Walks; Length: 180m

Named route

Yellow RouteWalking route500 m

Named routeLength 500 mLocal walking route

Blue RouteWalking route1 km

Named routeLength 1 kmLocal walking route

Red RouteWalking route2 km

Named routeLength 2 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Blue PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

74,265 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

74,265 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Coot · Blue Tit · Tufted Duck +49

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
CootFulica atra2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Muntjac · Grey Squirrel

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Speckled Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Brachypera zoilus · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Birch Shieldbug

Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

74,265 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Coot · Blue Tit · Tufted Duck +49

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
CootFulica atra2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Muntjac · Grey Squirrel

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Speckled Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Brachypera zoilus · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Birch Shieldbug

Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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