Acle and the Bure Valley

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"Watch nervous novice boatmen from the safety of the banks of the picturesque River Bure."
Walk directions

Leave the car park, turn right on to Bridewell Lane, and look for Pyebush Lane on your right. Walk down this, passing the recreation ground on your right, to the cemetery at the end. Turn left where the gravel track soon becomes a narrow path through fields. It is well signposted, but the isolated little church at Fishley is a useful landmark.

When you draw level with the church, continue along the footpath and walk through a vast field, then a smaller one. The path then becomes enclosed by hedges and trees. It jigs right and emerges onto a lane next to a large pink house. Turn right, then go left when you reach The Green.

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  Terrain  - Mostly narrow paths along river banks and across fields
  Landscape  - Windmill-studded marshes and rural marshland
  Dog friendliness  - Dogs should be on lead on agricultural land
  Parking  - Free car park off Bridewell Lane, near library
  Toilets en route  - None on route
About the walk
The name Acle comes from an old Saxon word meaning oak grove, and this ancient settlement is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 23 villagers, 38 smallholders, 3 slaves and 40 pigs. Later, as the town continued to thrive, its occupants needed to travel further afield to sell their wares...
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The North Norfolk Coast is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and probably the finest of its kind in Europe. Here you’ll find a string of quaint villages and small towns – Holkham, Wells-next-the-Sea and Cley next the Sea are 21st-century favourites, while Sheringham and Cromer are classic examples of a good old-fashioned seaside resort where grand Victorian hotels look out to sea.
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Acle and the Bure Valley

Recommended by
Our view
"Watch nervous novice boatmen from the safety of the banks of the picturesque River Bure."
Location
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Additional information
  Terrain - Mostly narrow paths along river banks and across fields
  Landscape - Windmill-studded marshes and rural marshland
  Dog friendliness - Dogs should be on lead on agricultural land
  Parking - Free car park off Bridewell Lane, near library
  Toilets en route - None on route
About the walk
The name Acle comes from an old Saxon word meaning oak grove, and this ancient settlement is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 23 villagers, 38 smallholders, 3 slaves and 40 pigs. Later, as the town continued to thrive, its occupants needed to travel further afield to sell their wares...
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The North Norfolk Coast is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and probably the finest of its kind in Europe. Here you’ll find a string of quaint villages and small towns – Holkham, Wells-next-the-Sea and Cley next the Sea are 21st-century favourites, while Sheringham and Cromer are classic examples of a good old-fashioned seaside resort where grand Victorian hotels look out to sea.