THETFORD FOREST PARK

 

Free Admission

 High Lodge Forest Centre

 Forests of East Anglia

Many of our visitors are attracted to the Forests of East Anglia by the peace and tranquillity of the Forests as well as the wide range of recreation facilities. There is something for everyone. ...

 Thetford Forest Park

Thetford Forest is a patchwork of pines, heathland and broadleaves providing the ideal setting for a day out, and a welcome refuge for a rich variety of animal and plant life.Many of our visitors are ...

 Santon Downham

The Forest District Office, the administrative centre of the Forest Park, is based in Santon Downham. Much of the land here originally belonged to the Santon Downham estate, which was at one time ...

 North Norfolk Woods

Woodlands in North Norfolk

 Sandlings Forest

All three forests are quite a diverse mix of conifer plantations interspersed with broadleaved areas, lowland heathland and wetland areas. All these forests are part of the Suffolk Coastal AONB ...

 Thetford Forest Park St Helens

The Little Ouse Valley between Brandon and Thetford has been designated a Forest Nature Reserve by Forest Enterprise in recognition of its importance to wildlife. Along the valley, wetland areas of ...

 Grimes Graves

Grime's Graves is the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain. A grassy lunar landscape of over 400 shafts, pits, quarries and spoil dumps.

 Two Mile Bottom

The magnificent beeches lining the A134 at this site provide the setting for one of the most attractive picnic spots within the forest. Despite its proximity to the road, the splendour of the beech ...

 Lynford Stag

Glimpsed through the roadside trees, a passing traveller could be forgiven for marvelling at the audacity of the bold deer parading at this popular picnic site. The distinctive creature, however, is ...

 Weeting Castle

The ruins of a substantial early medieval manor house surrounded by a shallow, rectangular moat.

 Thetford Warren Lodge

Probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford, this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers. Much later used by the local 'warreners' who harvested rabbits here.

 Rishbeth Wood

Rishbeth Wood is an interesting mixture of Pine, Oak, Beech and Larch. It is particularly attractive in autumn and is a good fungi hunting area. On the approach to the wood you cross a sandy ...

 Thetford Priory

The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford.

 Lynford Arboretum and Lakes

Formerly part of Lynford Hall estate, this area still retains features which reflect its 'parkland' origins. The present hall, built in 1858, has a chequered history. It has served as a ...

 Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn. Thetford Priory is within walking distance.

 THETFORD

 High Ash

The Cromwell tank marks the entrance to the forest at Swaffham. This tank is a memorial to the 7th Armoured Division Desert Rats who were based here during World War II.The easy access route has ...

 Euston Hall

Georgian country house in brick, one substantial wing of a larger house which suffered fire in 1902. The reduced space now accentuates the richness of the interiors which include collections from ...

 The Kings Forest

Kings picnic site is in the heart of Kings Forest, on the outskirts of Thetford Forest Park. There are no waymarked walks but it is an ideal place to stop off and have a picnic in a wonderful ...