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Spring Wood

✦ Ancient woodland8 ha

Plan your visit

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Free entryDogs welcome8 ha

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

Good to know

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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Stock Dove, Swallow, Kestrel +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Stock Dove, Swallow, Kestrel +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Grass-leaved Orache, Alexanders, Midland Hawthorn +40 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Yellow Oat-grass, Black Bryony, Amaranthaceae +339 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Wheat Stem Borer, Rose Leaf-roller Sawfly, Torpedo Sawfly +57 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Wheat Stem Borer, Rose Leaf-roller Sawfly, Torpedo Sawfly +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Boudicca WayWalking route60 km

Norwich to Diss

Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Angles WayWalking route150 km
Named routeLength 150 kmRegional 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
Bigod's WayWalking route5.5 km
Named routeLength 5.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Spring Wood viewed from Springwood Lane

Spring Wood viewed from Springwood Lane

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