Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.63593, 1.35430
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️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
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️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🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull, Coot +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull, Coot +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Norfolk Aeshna, Red-eyed Damselfly +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 2Walking route5.6 km▾
Salhouse
Named routeLength 5.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Circular WalkWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal 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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
The Cottage Driverestricted byway · 848 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 848 mSurface gravelPath type: path
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
29,104 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,104 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Gadwall · Coot · Mallard +28
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TealAnas crecca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pea-leaf Weevil · Cabbage Stem Weevil · Blue Shieldbug · Limnephilus lunatus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Alexanders · Cleavers · Common Nettle +17
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,104 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Gadwall · Coot · Mallard +28
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TealAnas crecca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pea-leaf Weevil · Cabbage Stem Weevil · Blue Shieldbug · Limnephilus lunatus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Alexanders · Cleavers · Common Nettle +17
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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