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Hidden away near Surlingham in the heart of the Broads, Wheatfen is a magical nature reserve just waiting to be discovered. Visit our website for more info.

Home to swallowtails, otters and other incredible species. Independently-owned and free to enter.

31/10/2026

Some call it grey, we call it atmospheric! Nothing like a walk out on the fen. Listen out for squealing Water Rail, screaming Water Deer, barking Muntjac and croaking Raven.

31/10/2026

This Thursday we ran a Family Woodland Discovery Day! Everyone got stuck in finding minibeasts, going on a leaf hunt, creating autumnal crafts, making bug houses and exploring the magic of our Hidden Sounds trail 🪱🐞🌳
Thank you all very much for attending and we hope to run more of these sessions in the future!

26/10/2026

With most of our trails flooded and 4 hours to go before high tide, we have had to close the reserve today. We will probably be closed a lot of this week with the forecasted tides and recent rain. Hopefully see you all again soon when we've dried out a little...

26/10/2026

Fungi have been springing up all over Wheatfen thanks to recent rain. Keep your eyes peeled as you explore the reserve to find weird and wonderful mushrooms 🍄

24/10/2026

With high spring tides and storms this week there is a good chance we will be closed due to flooding. It is aready very soft underfoot where we don't have boardwalks. Please check our socials for updates and consult a tide table and weather forecast before you set out!

23/10/2026

The calm before the storm 🌧

21/10/2026

Watch a boardwalk spring to life! Yesterday our volunteers were hard at work building an extension to one of our boardwalks after the ground became dangerously boggy. We are halfway through construction, so be careful as you use it this week.

18/10/2026

Over the autumn and winter you may come across what seems to be piles of dumped reed on our footpaths. This is not the work of lazy Wardens, we put cut vegetation onto boggy patches of path to make them easier to walk on! So please give them a good stomp as you walk over them and they will soon break down and help us to keep our paths open for longer.

16/10/2026

It might look like the wardens have been making a mess but these piles of cut reed and sedge are actually covering up the softer patches of our low lying paths. Now it's getting wetter we need to reinforce some of the paths and wellies are often needed at high tide.

15/10/2026

Check out our wonderful Warden Lewis talking about Ted Ellis and Wheatfen on BBC Radio Norfolk's series 'Secret Norfolk'! 📻
Listen at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0pdlrvv

Address

Wheatfen Nature Reserve, The Covey, Surlingham
Norwich
NR147AL

Telephone

+441508538036

Website

http://www.wheatfen.org/

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