Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.62812, 1.23518
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route
Boudicca WayWalking route60 km▾
Norwich to Diss
Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bittern Line Walk 1Walking route3 km▾
Norwich
Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Marriott's WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway
Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route
85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Purple PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PurpleRound tripLocal cycle route
Blue PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Orange PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef OrangeRound tripLocal cycle route
Edith Cavell PilgrimageCycling route22.5 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 22.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Pink PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
57,756 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
57,756 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspring
2026▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Magpie +34
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Polydrusus formosus +11
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Cherry Plum · Garden Grape-hyacinth · daffodils +9
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- daffodilsNarcissus
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,756 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspring
2026▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Magpie +34
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Polydrusus formosus +11
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Cherry Plum · Garden Grape-hyacinth · daffodils +9
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- daffodilsNarcissus
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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