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Knettishall Heath
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Annetta
July 29, 2021
Narure reserve and wild swimming.
Roger
August 13, 2022
Beautiful woodland area for walks with river and heathland
Mark
March 13, 2021
Go foreign! Suffolk! Some nice posted walks down the border river. Our daughter learnt to swim on the safe beach here. Take a direct line on a map from here. Ice cream coffee and toilets. Plus picnic benches. A long distance path goes past Riddlesworth Hall School a little way on. Princess Diana went to the school.
Ellie
January 25, 2021
A brilliant local walk, with reservoir, livestock, and miles of meandering paths.
Victoria
December 29, 2021
Breckland is one of the UK’s biodiversity hotspots and the designation of much of Knettishall Heath as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) reflects this. Despite its name, Knettishall Heath is in fact a diverse mosaic of habitats with woodland and riverside meadows, as well as large areas of heath. It extends to over 430 acres. The open landscape created by our Bronze Age ancestors 4,000 years ago had changed very little until the 20th century when forestry and modern farming transformed large parts of The Brecks. Knettishall Heath still retains a sense of what this ancient landscape must have looked like in the past. The 18th century rabbit warren and the Bronze Age burial mound at Hut Hill are evidence of thousands of years of human occupation, but at the western end of the heath, the ‘patterned ground’ is the product of a much earlier time. At the end of the last ice age, repeated freezing and thawing of the ground created a unique mixing of the sandy soil and the underlying chalk. The unusual vegetation stripes seen here reflect the two soil types and the different plants that grow in each. An absolutely fantastic place to explore with unrivalled opportunity to observe wild ponies, deer, birds and other wildlife in a natural setting. The public car park often hosts coffee and ice creams vans at busy times.
Breckland is one of the UK’s biodiversity hotspots and the designation of much of Knettishall Heath as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) reflects this. Despite its name, Knettishall Heath is in fact a diverse mosaic of habitats with woodland and riverside meadows, as well as large areas o…
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Knettishall, England