Expect idyllic views of meadows and skies and the river Bure. Both the Buxton and Oxnead mills are in the Domesday Book, witness to a once busy waterway. For those who remember ‘Black Beauty’, the writer Anna Sewell once lived in Buxton. Oxnead Hall, an ancient manor house across the river, is a fine sight. […]
Start this lovely walk by exploring the wonderful meadow between Saxlingham Nethergate and Saxlingham Green, a local community project, which is generating a wildflower grassland habitat alongside a community orchard.Then follow tree-lined paths and quiet tracks until you come across the evocative ruins of St Mary’s Church, sitting serenely within a wood. It’s a reminder […]
Discover the charm of the Norfolk countryside around Salhouse, following a walk that takes you out of the village along quiet lanes and scenic footpaths, through open fields, past an ancient church and a willow-fringed pond. It’s fitting that the name Salhouse comes frommSallows, a name for a type of willow tree, in an area […]
Roman town remains and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery means this walk offers an evocative reminder of how people have lived here for thousands of years. You can clearly see the outlines of what was Venta Icenorium, the largest Roman town in East Anglia, established in the 1st century boasting a temple, a forum, town hall and […]
This sunny market town, with its winding high street and marina, is surrounded by rolling countryside, dipping gently towards the River Chet, South Norfolk’s gateway to the Broads. Loddon is thought to be Celtic for muddy river and was first mentioned in Aelfric Modercope’s will in the 1040s, before the Norman Conquest. The imposing Holy […]
Step into history and nature in the tranquil Ladybelt Country Park. It’s an opportunity to get away from busy days, exploring open grassland and woodland, pausing by ponds and wildlife-rich habitats before reaching the restored Victorian Icehouse. This fascinating Grade II listed structure used to store ice for Ketteringham Hall. Today, it serves as a […]
