Hickling Broad, Norfolk Broads

Name: Hickling Broad
Address: Norfolk Broads, United Kingdom

#23 among attractions in Norfolk Broads

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Hickling Broad is a 600-hectare nature reserve 4 km south-east of Stalham, north-east of Norwich in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. It is a National Nature Reserve and part of the Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest and Hickling Broad and Horsey Mere Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. It is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and part of the Broadland Ramsar site and Special Protection Area, and The Broads Special Area of Conservation. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: -7 ft b.s.l.Coordinates: 52°44'18"N, 1°34'43"E

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Hickling Broad – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Museum of the Broads, Horsey Windpump, Weavers' Way, The Ingham Swan.

3.3 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
The Museum of the Broads, Norfolk Broads
84 min walk • The Museum of the Broads is an accredited museum and registered charity in Stalham, Norfolk, England. It describes its mission as being to "bring the story of the Broads alive". The Norfolk Broads are a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
2.5 miE
Windmill, Historical place
Horsey Windpump, Norfolk Broads
65 min walk • Horsey Windpump is a windpump or drainage windmill in the care of the National Trust in the village of Horsey, on The Broads near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The structure is a grade II* listed building.
4.2 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Weavers' Way, Stalham and Sutton
107 min walk • The Weavers' Way is a 61-mile long-distance footpath in Norfolk, England. Much of the Weavers’ Way footpath follows the old trackbed of the Aylsham to Great Yarmouth railway line operated by Midland and Great Northern Railway Company.
3.1 miNW
Church
The Ingham Swan
81 min walk • Holy Trinity Church in Ingham, Norfolk, England has been designated as a Grade I listed building by Historic England. The tower dates from the 15th century.
3.7 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Norfolk Coast Path
95 min walk • The Norfolk Coast Path is a long-distance footpath in Norfolk, running 83 miles from Hunstanton to Hopton-on-Sea. It was opened in 1986 and covers the North Norfolk Coast AONB.
4.3 miN
Church
St Andrew's Church
110 min walk • St Andrew's Church, Hempstead is the Church of England parish church of Hempstead, near Stalham, Norfolk, England. Hempstead is in Lessingham civil parish about 7+1⁄2 miles east of North Walsham and 1⁄2 mile from the North Sea coast.
2.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Horsey Mere, Norfolk Broads
53 min walk • Horsey Mere is one of the Norfolk Broads in the east of England; it is one of the more northerly broads close to the North Sea coast. It is reached by Hickling Broad and the River Thurne. The nearest settlements are Horsey and West Somerton. Horsey Mere is part of Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
2.7 miS
52°41'60"N • 1°34'13"E
Wind Energy Museum, Potter Heigham
69 min walk • Science museum, Museum
4.5 miW
Church
St Michael and All Angels Church
116 min walk • St Michael and All Angels is the Church of England parish church of Barton Turf in the county of Norfolk in England. See Inside here. It stands about a kilometre south-west of the village in the midst of a plantation of trees. Particularly notable for its surviving paintings, the church is listed with Grade I.
2.5 miS
Park
Ludham – Potter Heigham National Nature Reserve, Norfolk Broads
64 min walk • Ludham - Potter Heigham Marshes is a 101.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Norwich in Norfolk. Part of the site is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and a National Nature Reserve.
2.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Martham Broad, Norfolk Broads
72 min walk • Martham Broad is a 60-hectare national nature reserve north of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, and is part of the Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest.