Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.67712, 1.06267
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Goldfinch +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Goldfinch +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Dendroxena quadrimaculata, Tortoise Bug +97 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rough Meadow-grass, Perennial Rye-grass, Common Nettle +204 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Marriott's WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway
Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Wensum WayWalking route19 km▾
Named routeLength 19 kmLocal walking route
Walsingham WayWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Cross-Norfolk TrailWalking route96 km▾
King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 96 kmPoint-to-pointRhn
Swanton Morley CircularWalking route3.3 km▾
Walk 14
Named routeLength 3.3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
St Michael's church in Hockering - medieval bench end
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,825 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,825 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Robin +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects27 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carabus problematicus · Violet Ground Beetle · Tortoise Bug · Pediopsis tiliae · Downlooker Snipefly +22
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Pediopsis tiliaePediopsis tiliae
- Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
- Common Awl RobberflyNeoitamus cyanurus
Red Dead-nettle · Ribwort Plantain · Hoary Willowherb · Groundsel · Rough Meadow-grass +47
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,825 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Robin +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects27 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carabus problematicus · Violet Ground Beetle · Tortoise Bug · Pediopsis tiliae · Downlooker Snipefly +22
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Pediopsis tiliaePediopsis tiliae
- Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
- Common Awl RobberflyNeoitamus cyanurus
Red Dead-nettle · Ribwort Plantain · Hoary Willowherb · Groundsel · Rough Meadow-grass +47
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2024Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2024Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2024Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2024Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024Wild RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum2024Wild RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum2024Fat-henChenopodium album2024Fat-henChenopodium album2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2024Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2024Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2024Common CouchElymus repens2024Common CouchElymus repens2024Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2024Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2024Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2024Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2024Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis2024Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2024Common SallowSalix cinerea2024Common SallowSalix cinerea2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024Smoke-treeCotinus coggygria2024Smoke-treeCotinus coggygria2024PearPyrus communis2024PearPyrus communis2024HemlockConium maculatum2024HemlockConium maculatum2024Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Events & activities nearby
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