Walks in Norfolk

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Horsey Mere

Difficulty - Easy
Find whispering reed beds, silent windmills and finish at a National Trust-owned pub.
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Breydon Water

Difficulty - Hard
Vast skylines and endless reed-choked marshes make you feel very small in this fascinating landscape.
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Ludham

Difficulty - Medium
Family-friendly
Enjoy the windmill-studded skyline in this lovely stroll to the River Ant.
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Hickling Broad

Difficulty - Medium
A longer walk to Hickling Broad to see drainage mills and rare birds.
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Acle

Difficulty - Medium
Watch nervous novice boatmen from the safety of the banks of the picturesque River Bure.
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Loddon

Difficulty - Easy
Head-high reeds rustle all around as you walk from Loddon between the River Chet and Hardley Flood.
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Worstead

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Tread in the footsteps of wealthy medieval weavers as you explore ancient sheep-rearing country.
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Overstrand

Difficulty - Hard
From the coast at Overstrand through the Victorians' beloved Poppylands
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Norwich

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly Family-friendly
Explore a fine medieval city, discovering famous past residents.
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Caistor St Edmund

Difficulty - Hard
Dog-friendly
Walk in the footsteps of the Icenian queen as you explore the land around a Roman fortress.
Walks

Pulham Market

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
Walk through fields between the two villages, where airships once flew overhead.
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Blickling

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Enjoy some of the loveliest scenery in Norfolk as you stroll through the grounds of Blickling Hall
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Mannington Hall

Difficulty - Medium
Walk a circuit between two halls
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Wymondham

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
Break your exploration of nature in a lovely market town.
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New Buckenham

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Stroll along peaceful country lanes around a remarkable medieval planned town and its castle.
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Reepham

Difficulty - Hard
Dog-friendly
Enjoy the countryside around an ancient market town.
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Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
Walks

Holt Country Park

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
A circular walk through coniferous forest and across rolling meadows to the village of Hempstead.
Walks

Mattishall

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
Wander in the steps of diarist Parson Woodforde to five churches he knew and loved.
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North Elmham

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
Walk where Saxons prayed and Victorians built their railways.
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Blakeney

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Walk along the sea defences to some of the finest bird reserves in the country
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Gressenhall

Difficulty - Hard
Dog-friendly
Enjoy Norfolk's spectacular workhouse museum and then walk through countryside changed little through the centuries.
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Walsingham

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
Tread in the pilgrims' footsteps around one of the most important medieval shrines in England.
Walks

East Wretham Heath

Difficulty - Easy
Family-friendly
Once shaken by World War II aircraft, the heath is now a peaceful nature reserve
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Thompson Common

Difficulty - Easy
A Walk along an old railway course that has remnants of the ice age.
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Hockham Heath

Difficulty - Medium
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Thetford

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Walk along the river from the medieval town and see geese, ducks and a silent forest.
Walks

Great Cressingham

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Stroll in quiet lanes around Pickenham Hall in the valley of the River Wissey.
Walks

Weeting

Difficulty - Hard
Dog-friendly
Travel in time from a 12th-century moated house to a prehistoric flint mine.
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Burnham Overy

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Tread in the footsteps of Admiral Lord Nelson around the Burnham villages and marshes.
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Swaffham

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Walk from the gracious town of Swaffham to the ancient Peddars Way.
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Thetford Forest

Difficulty - Easy
Walk along the pine-carpeted paths of Thetford Forest and discover a mock-Jacobean hall.
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Castle Acre

Difficulty - Hard
Dog-friendly
A walk between Castle Acre and West Acre, once dominated by religious houses.
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Brancaster

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
The air is rich with the scent of the sea as you walk from Brancaster to its Roman fort
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Brancaster

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Discover reed beds, marsh and the site of a Roman fort.
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The Massinghams

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
These charming rural villages have medieval churches, a pretty duck pond and a friendly country pub.
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Sandringham

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
Enjoy stately home, country park, historic railway station and nature reserves on a forest stroll.
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Old Hunstanton

Difficulty - Hard
Dog-friendly
From the coast's wide-open magnificence to a peaceful nature reserve
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Castle Rising

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
From the medieval splendour of Castle Rising to lovely ancient woodlands.
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Roydon Common

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
The largest surviving heath in West Norfolk, grazed by Dartmoor ponies and Hebridean sheep
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Oxborough

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Lush meadows and peaceful farmland surround one of England's finest country houses.
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King's Lynn

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly Family-friendly
Cobbled lanes lead to the historic port's museums, the river and a ferry ride
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Downham Market

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly
Visit a fenland town and the floodgate which protects the land from tidal surges.
Walks

Downham Market

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
Walks

Welney

Difficulty - Easy
Stroll along the Summer Walk at Welney Washes from a great bird reserve.
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Knettishall Heath

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly Family-friendly
Explore the diverse landscapes and wildlife of Suffolk's largest country park.
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Brandon

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly Family-friendly
A pleasant riverside and forest walk on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk.
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Knettishall Heath

Difficulty - Hard
Dog-friendly
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Little Cressingham

Difficulty - Easy
Dog-friendly Family-friendly
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North Pickenham

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
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Rhubarb Cottage

Difficulty - Medium
Dog-friendly
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Fring Cross

Difficulty - Easy
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Wells-Next-The-Sea

Difficulty - Easy
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Blakeney

Difficulty - Easy
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Metton

Difficulty - Medium
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Aylsham

Difficulty - Medium
Walk in the footsteps of Romans and railways in Norfolk
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Cley Next The Sea

Difficulty - Hard
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Holme Next The Sea

Difficulty - Easy
Discover a great walk by the dunes and the world-famous wood henge.