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Breckland Forest

Open accessin a country park open to the public

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Breckland Forest is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, covering 181 km². The county has 140 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. None of the SSSIs in the county is larger.

For more of the same, Berner's Heath, Icklingham and East Wretham Heath are close by. Brandon Station is under a kilometre away.

More places to visit near Breckland Forest

Photo along the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path, a 158-mile National Trail running from Thetford to Cromer, eastern England.Highlight

Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path

National Trail

A Roman road to the sea, then saltmarsh, seal colonies and enormous Norfolk skies.

adjoining · Norfolk

Photo along the Icknield Way Path, a 110-mile long-distance path running from Ivinghoe Beacon to Knettishall Heath, England.

Icknield Way Path

Long-distance path

The missing middle of the 'oldest road in Britain', linking the Ridgeway at Ivinghoe Beacon to the Peddars Way at Knettishall Heath.

adjoining · spans 7 counties

Photo of Thetford Forest, a landmark near Brandon, Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Thetford Forest

Landmark near Brandon

Britain's largest lowland pine forest, a Breckland expanse laced with walking and cycling trails.

0.1 km SW

Photo of Fullers Mill Garden, a garden near West Stow, Suffolk, eastern England.

Fullers Mill Garden

Garden near West Stow

A tranquil riverside garden of seven acres on the Culford Stream in the Breckland, noted for lilies, marginal planting and light woodland.

0.1 km S

Photo of Grime's Graves, a flint mine near Brandon, Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Grime's Graves

Flint mine near Brandon

Neolithic flint mines you can climb down into.

0.2 km W

Photo of Thetford Warren Lodge, a landmark in Norfolk, eastern England.

Thetford Warren Lodge

Landmark near Thetford

Stout flint tower-house of about 1400 in Thetford Forest, built by the Prior of Thetford to shelter his gamekeepers from poachers.

0.2 km S