New Inn

Horning riverside and Cockshoot Broad

Four and a quarter miles there and back, two hours on grass river wall and boardwalk, following the Bure downstream from Horning to the dyke and hide at Cockshoot Broad, the first Broads lake to be dammed and cleared of nutrient-rich mud. It starts from the Lower Street staithe in Horning, free but tight, and the going is level throughout with no stiles and only two gates. This is water on both sides for most of the way with unfenced banks, so a lead where the path narrows makes sense, and the Broads Authority reminds walkers never to enter the water after a dog and to check policies because many nature reserves and permissive paths do not allow them at all.