Fringe Project Safety This leaflet is one of a series of self-guided trails that will help you enjoy the Norwich • Before starting your journey, check Fringe countryside. Norwich to your bike is safe to ride. Norwich Fringe Project aims to promote • Although the route follows quiet informal recreational facilities in the lanes, you will meet other vehicles; countryside surrounding Norwich. ride in single file on narrow or busy Cycle Tour lanes and never more than two Approx 25 miles/40 kms abreast. A 1 4 Take care crossing main roads. 0 •

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STREET E this route may be busy or have sharp or blind corners. E ID YS A D U Q I BI S S R HOP D River - E GA A TE V Maps are based upon or reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the I Wensum O R R Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. © Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Norwich City Council Licence No.100019747 2004 NORWICH The tour is approximately 25 miles or 40 kms. Norwich to The Broads Cycle Tour 1. The route starts in Tombland, by the neutralise acid soil, in mortar for build - the 1019 acre Bure Marshes National Anglican Cathedral. ing and various other products. Local Nature Reserve, and many varieties Wroxham and Hoveton kilns closed as cheaper, better-quality of birds and plants can be seen. A bustling place, especially in the 2. Old Catton Park. The landscaping in Derbyshire lime became available. The village has many delightful summer, where you can hire a day- the park is believed to be the first The kiln at Sprowston closed in 1966. thatched cottages and a village green boat, take a trip on the Bure Valley commissioned piece of work by with its own well and nearby forge. Railway or refresh yourself at one -a famous landscape 6. You may detour here and go to of the numerous waterside cafes. designer of the second half of the 18th Wroxham and Hoveton . Caution : the 10. Little Plumstead. The name Details of things to do in the area Century, whose landscape designs can main road (A1151) is very busy. ‘Plumstead’ is thought to mean are available from the Broads be seen in the Castle Museum. Arable "dwelling site near plums" and was Information Centre on Station Road production increased after World War 7. Salhouse Broad. A popular place to listed as 'Plumestede' in the (01603 782281). II when much of the original park was watch boats - if you are lucky you Domesday Book. You can pick up information on turned into farmland, although the might even catch the Ice Cream boat!. other cycle routes around the Deer Park survives on the east side of Wheel your bicycles from Vicarage 11. The Church of St Gervase and Norfolk and Suffolk Broads from the Spixworth Road. There are plans to Road down to the broad along the St Protase is an interesting building the Centre. restore Old Catton Park to its former hard-surfaced track which is lined on on the edge of the grounds of the glory and open the Park to visitors. both sides by pollarded oak trees. In former Little Plumstead Hospital.

the spring you will see bluebells in the 3. The Longe Arms public house is wood, flag irises fringing the shore and 12. Mousehold Heath. This is the B 1 3 5 named after the Longe family who an abundance of geese and ducks on largest local nature reserve in Norwich 4 Railway Station once owned Spixworth Hall. the broad. The grassy bank which rises (92.2 hectares). As the name sug gests, Riverside HOVETON Park from the broad has sandy areas and this area used to be heathland but 1

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T 1 1 R A A 4. Dobbs Beck . There has been fallen trees making it a natural play today is mainly woodland. There is O T I A O evidence of otters in the stream, area for children. an abundance of wildlife on i D N D A D O A R although this highly-secretive animal Mousehold Heath, including reptiles, O R CH y RCH R a CHU HU w C is rarely seen as it is mainly active at 8. Woodforde's ‘Broadland Brewery' is butterflies, dragonflies and grey il a night. Hunting activities, pesticide housed in partly thatched farm build - squirrels. In early spring mating frogs R poisoning and habitat loss took the ings and the nearby Fur and Feather gather around the 'Vinegar Pond' and Norfolk otter population to the brink Inn sells many of the beers brewed on warm summer days lizards can WROXHAM

of extinction. Fortunately, the release of there. Public tours of the brewery are sometimes be seen. 1 5 1 1 captive-bred otters into the wild is now available. You might see green and spotted A helping the population to recover. woodpeckers and jays as well as 9. Woodbastwick . The name ‘Wood - the more common woodland birds. 5. Lime Kiln Hole. Nowadays, a name bastwick’ means ‘farm or village in a Trees and plants include oak, birch, on a map may be the only indication of lime tree grove’ in Old English, and the beech, lime, gorse, bracken and the site of a traditional rural industry. village sign shows two sturdy wood - heather. There were once many lime kilns in cutters at work outside a thatched operation in this area which burnt the house under a lime tree. While every effort has been made to include accurate local chalk to produce lime powder, The village is surrounded by large and up-to-date information, the Norwich Fringe Project which was then used in farming to areas of marshland, being part of does not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions. If you find any inaccuracies we would be very pleased www.norwichfringeproject.co.uk to hear about them.