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We are located in and surrounded by un-spoilt open countryside, no fast noisy roads run past our 'camp site' so you can be sure of a peaceful stay.
There are many close by local attractions, too many to list here but below is a small selection that will hopefully whet your appetite and satisfy the most demanding of tastes :-
Norfolk Broads
The Broads is Britain's largest
nationally protected wetland. Its rivers, broads (shallow lakes), marshes and
fens make it a unique area, rich in rare habitats, which support myriad plants
and animals. Globally, wetlands are among the most threatened of landscapes.
The Broads is also one of Europe's most
popular inland waterways which stretch for some 125 miles. Once an essential
transport network, today the waterways are used for recreation, attracting
more than a million visitors a year.
The Broads has special status - it is one
of the national and international family of National Parks - for its blend of
wildlife, distinctive landscapes and buildings, and the opportunities for
people to relax and enjoy themselves both on land and on many kilometres of
lock-free navigable waterways.
Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path
This National Trail is
effectively two routes. The Peddars Way runs northwards through the Norfolk
countryside for some 91 miles to near Hunstanton, following a Roman road that
may have been built along the line of an even older track way. The coast path
section then runs eastwards via Sheringham. Connections with the Weavers Way
and Angles Way allow a long circuit of Norfolk to be completed.
The Way was first discussed as a possible long
distance route in the 1960s as part of a vision for a lengthy series of routes
along ancient track ways across southeast England. The route along the Roman
road was thought to be too short for a National Trail in its own right and so
was combined with the coastal path and opened in 1986. It now forms the last
link in a chain of routes including the Wessex Ridgeway, Ridgeway National
Trail and Icknield
Way between Lyme Regis and Hunstanton
Great Eastern Pingo Trail
Pingo's are circular
ponds created during the Ice Age. The Great Eastern Pingo Trail starts at
nearby Stow Bedon. The Thompson village website explains that “the shallow
depressions were originally low hillocks, which formed around 20,000 years ago
during the last ice age, when water beneath the surface froze to form ‘lenses’
of ice, pushing the soil up. During the summer thaw, the soil on the surface
would sludge off and accumulate round the edges, When the ice finally melted,
the hillocks collapsed leaving the shallow craters we see today.” They’re
definitely worth a visit. The Pingo Trail is an eight-mile walk that takes in
the common. Much of the walk goes through wooded countryside and wetlands,
forested areas and parts of the ancient Peddars Way as well as open
countryside. Parking is at the A1075 at Stow Bedon, in the old railway station
yard.
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