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The Chapel on the Hill

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.49045, 1.23542

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 283m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 283m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlaygroundToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, toilets

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Dunnock, Skylark +27 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Dunnock, Skylark +27 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Boudicca WayWalking route60 km

Norwich to Diss

Named routeLength 60 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

Kett's Country WalkWalking route18 km

Wymondham to Norwich

Named routeLength 18 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Tas Valley WayWalking route42 km

Norwich to Attleborough

Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route

Manor Roadpublic footpath · 132 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 132 mPath type: residential

Manor Roadpublic footpath · 121 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 121 mPath type: residential

Manor Roadpublic footpath · 12 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 12 mPath type: residential

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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

8,659 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,659 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

spring

2025

Black-headed Gull · Dunnock · Skylark · Rook · Swift +25

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunnockPrunella modularis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwiftApus apus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WhitethroatCurruca communis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SwallowHirundo rustica

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,659 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

spring

2025

Black-headed Gull · Dunnock · Skylark · Rook · Swift +25

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunnockPrunella modularis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwiftApus apus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WhitethroatCurruca communis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SwallowHirundo rustica

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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