Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.80256, 0.65209
Open directionsv
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 Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Tutsan, Daisy, Elder +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harpley Circular WalkWalking route8 km▾
Named routeLength 8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Houghton CircularWalking route4.5 km▾
This route circles one of Norfolk's most important Bronze Age landscapes.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Peddars WayWalking route74 km▾
Named routeLength 74 kmNational walking route
Brickyard Lanepublic footpath · 122 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 122 mPath type: track
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King's Lynn - FakenhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Green (2)Local 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
Harpley St. Lawrence's church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,219 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,219 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Blackcap +30
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Zygina flammigera · 22-spot Ladybird · Iassus lanio · Summer Chafer +2
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Iassus lanioIassus lanio
- Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
- 7-spot Ladybird
Tutsan · Daisy · Elder · Germander Speedwell · Trailing Bellflower +13
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,219 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Blackcap +30
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Zygina flammigera · 22-spot Ladybird · Iassus lanio · Summer Chafer +2
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Iassus lanioIassus lanio
- Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
- 7-spot Ladybird
Tutsan · Daisy · Elder · Germander Speedwell · Trailing Bellflower +13
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaBlack SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumPink-sorrelOxalis articulataPink-sorrelOxalis articulataWhite CampionSilene latifoliaWhite CampionSilene latifoliaCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaTrifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatumScorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifoliaScorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifoliaEvents & activities nearby
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