Walk · Norfolk

Watton to Thompson Common and Thompson Water

Watton

6.3MILES

3hON FOOT

45mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 72% 28% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 38%Lane & track 34%Road with traffic 28%

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 long-stay car park behind the High Street, Watton

Parking

Free and untimed behind Watton High Street with well over 100 spaces; only busy on Wednesday market day, when the front rows go by nine. No parking at Thompson Water itself

Directions to the start →

Six and a quarter miles and about three hours, mostly on lane verge, farm track and the Peddars Way, running south out of the market town to the pingo-pocked common and the reed-fringed shallows of Thompson Water before returning by Merton. It starts from the free long-stay car park behind Watton High Street, which has well over a hundred untimed spaces and is only busy on Wednesday market day. Norfolk Wildlife Trust requires dogs on a lead throughout Thompson Common, where cattle, ponies, sheep and goats graze at different times and some compartments carry a temporary no-dogs restriction, and Thompson Water is the only place on the route a dog can drink.

THE SMALL PRINTNorfolk Wildlife Trust requires dogs to be kept on a lead throughout Thompson Common, and some areas may carry a temporary no-dogs restriction. Cattle, ponies, sheep and goats graze the site, so follow the signage.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORFOLK

GRID · 52.5715, 0.8300

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.NORFOLKWILDLIFETRUST.ORG.UK/THOMPSONCOMMON

Watton to Thompson Common and Thompson Water

House rules, decoded

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