Walk · Norfolk

Thetford, the Little Ouse and Nunnery Lakes

Thetford

4.2MILES

2hON FOOT

25mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 84% 16% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 48%Lane & track 36%Road with traffic 16%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, 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 riverside parking by Thetford Priory on Water Lane, off Bury Road

Parking

Free at the priory but only about 20 spaces; the long-stay pay-and-display behind the Guildhall is five minutes away and always has room

Directions to the start →

Four and a quarter miles in two hours on riverside path, town park and gravel track, out from the priory ruins along the Little Ouse to the flooded gravel pits and heath of the Nunnery Lakes and back through Butten Island. Start at the free riverside parking by Thetford Priory on Water Lane, a short walk from the town centre, or use the long-stay car park behind the Guildhall if it is market day. The going is level and firm with kissing gates rather than stiles, the river gives an easy shallow drink all along its length, and the grazed compartments at the lakes hold sheep in summer so a lead is needed there.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORFOLK

GRID · 52.4148, 0.7420

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