Walsingham Priory (remains)
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome
Getting here
52.89368, 0.87558
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Norton's Cafe Bar — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Norton's Cafe Bar — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Glossy Ibis +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: REMAINS OF ST MARYS PRIORY; Historic site
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Glossy Ibis +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dogwood, Pedunculate Oak, Greater Knapweed +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Long-winged Cone-head, Marmalade Hoverfly +4 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
London to Walsingham - stage 10Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW10Local walking route
Walsingham WayWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Blind Dick's Lanebridleway · 125 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 125 mPath type: unclassified
Sandy Lanebridleway · 397 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 397 mPath type: track
Photos
Walsingham Abbey, the remains of the Augustinian priory
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Wildlife to spot
10,198 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,198 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Glossy Ibis · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff +24
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- PintailAnas acuta
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Pedunculate Oak · Soapwort · Wild Marjoram · Greater Knapweed · Great Mullein +14
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- SoapwortSaponaria officinalis
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,198 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Glossy Ibis · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff +24
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- PintailAnas acuta
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Pedunculate Oak · Soapwort · Wild Marjoram · Greater Knapweed · Great Mullein +14
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- SoapwortSaponaria officinalis
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas