SADLERS WOOD Raising the Standard of Parks and Green Spaces
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HOW TO FIND SADLERS WOOD Raising the standard of Parks and Green Spaces NORTH BACTON RD WALSHAM SADLERS P MANOR RD A9 HALL LANE RIC ILN RD WOOD P SADDLERS SPA COMMON HIGH WAY SCHOOL NORTH WALSHAM MANOR RD HAPPISRGH RD LEARN, TO NORWICH PLAY, A9 EXPLORE Local car parks: New Road - NR28 9DE / Vicarage Street - NR28 9DQ CONTACT & INFORMATION Sadlers Wood is owned and managed by North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9EN. Practical management and site maintenance is carried out by the Council’s Countryside Team, who are based at Holt Country Park but look after 14 sites across the district. Head office:01263 513811 Ranger office:01263 712610 Email: [email protected] www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/countryside Get updates from our Countryside Service: /HoltCountryPark @CountryHolt CHARGES There is no specified parking for Sadlers Wood therefore you are advised to park locally and walk to the site, or visit by foot. There are no charges to use Sadlers Wood. Sadlers Wood and the surrounding open SA DL ER space lies at the eastern side of North Walsham. S W AY It provides an important natural resource that serves a large residential area and the wider ROAD community, with visitors from further afield E TION S A O L NT C always welcome. The site is a Green A E PL L K Flag Award Winner. C U S Y E N NELSO O The wood is predominantly a plantation of scots pine H HONEY NR RECREATION SUC KL dating back to the 1950’s but it also contains some veteran OA GROUND E C LO D S oak, sweet chestnut and hornbeam trees. In spring the E woodland floor is covered in a carpet of bluebells. The surrounding area consists of grassland for informal games and natural grassland where native flora is encouraged. Play area PL AY FAIRVIEW Sadlers Wood plays home to a small children’s ROAD play area, which includes swings, a slide, a zip line and supernova roundabout. Woodland Access point Footpaths Woodland Trail WILDLIFE E VENU SA Tawny owls live in the T BENE woods along with many ST species of bat, soprano pipistrelles and common pipistrelles, on warm days H A P P IS butterflies can be seen B U R G along the wild flowers of the H R O A grassland meadows, and D in the summer dragonflies can be seen dashing about OODSIDE hunting for prey. W LEARN Opportunities to learn exist throughout the site with wildlife interpretation and two regularly updated noticeboards providing information to visitors, and an education area available for use by schools and community groups. HOW TO FIND SADLERS WOOD Raising the standard of Parks and Green Spaces NORTH BACTON RD WALSHAM SADLERS P MANOR RD A9 HALL LANE RIC ILN RD WOOD P SADDLERS SPA COMMON HIGH WAY SCHOOL NORTH WALSHAM MANOR RD HAPPISRGH RD LEARN, TO NORWICH PLAY, A9 EXPLORE Local car parks: New Road - NR28 9DE / Vicarage Street - NR28 9DQ CONTACT & INFORMATION Sadlers Wood is owned and managed by North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9EN. Practical management and site maintenance is carried out by the Council’s Countryside Team, who are based at Holt Country Park but look after 14 sites across the district. Head office:01263 513811 Ranger office:01263 712610 Email: [email protected] www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/countryside Get updates from our Countryside Service: /HoltCountryPark @CountryHolt CHARGES There is no specified parking for Sadlers Wood therefore you are advised to park locally and walk to the site, or visit by foot. There are no charges to use Sadlers Wood..