Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.72024, 0.75254
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +52 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +52 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
East Lexham Circular WalkWalking route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 kmRound tripLocal walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 08Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW08Local walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 09Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW09Local walking route
Castle Acre Circular (Short)Walking route1.5 km▾
Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Nar Valley WayWalking route54 km▾
Kings Lynn to Gressenhall
Named routeLength 54 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Peddars Way Cycle RouteMountain bike route83.6 km▾
The Peddars Way with suggested detours to avoid footpath-only sections.
Named routeLength 83.6 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
East Lexham, St. Andrew's Church: The nave
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,402 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,402 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Wren · Blackcap · Robin · Dunnock +27
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Muntjac
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Donacia clavipes
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Donacia clavipesDonacia clavipes
Branched Bur-reed · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hesgen Lwyd · Lesser Water-parsnip · Tufted Vetch +3
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa
- Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
- Garden CandytuftIberis umbellata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,402 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Wren · Blackcap · Robin · Dunnock +27
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Muntjac
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Donacia clavipes
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Donacia clavipesDonacia clavipes
Branched Bur-reed · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hesgen Lwyd · Lesser Water-parsnip · Tufted Vetch +3
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa
- Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
- Garden CandytuftIberis umbellata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Osier
Osier
Salix viminalis2024
Salix viminalis2024
Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2023Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2023