Walk · Norfolk

Castle Acre, the Nar and the Peddars Way

Castle Acre · PE32 2AE
South Acre Castle Acre River Nar Wash Pit Plantation N 880 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
5MILES
2h 30mON FOOT
75mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 82% 18% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 42%Lane & track 40%Road with traffic 18%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at
Free village green car park inside the castle bailey, Castle Acre PE32 2AE
Parking
Free and untimed on the village green, about 30 spaces; it fills on summer weekends when the priory and the two pubs are busy, and the lanes are too narrow to park on
Directions to the start →

Five miles and around two and a half hours on chalk track, water-meadow path and the broad green line of the Peddars Way, out of the finest medieval village in Norfolk past the priory ruins, down the Nar to West Acre and back over the fields. Start from the free village green car park inside the castle bailey at Castle Acre, postcode PE32 2AE, which is untimed and takes about thirty cars; the priory has its own small car park when it is open. The Nar is a shallow chalk stream that gives a safe drink and a swim the whole way, sheep and cattle graze the meadows so leads are needed there, and the Peddars Way itself is stile-free.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed
Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORFOLK
GRID · 52.7040, 0.6900
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.NATIONALTRAIL.CO.UK/EN_GB/TRAILS/PEDDARS-WAY-AND-NORFOLK-COAST-PATH/
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