Norfolk Wildlife Trust
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The Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Norfolk
, England, formerly known as the Norfolk Naturalists' Trust, is one of almost 50 wildlife trusts throughout the United Kingdom
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Founded in 1926, it is the oldest of all the trusts.
The Trust has over 30,000 members and over 1,000 volunteers.
The Trust cares for 38 sites in Norfolk:
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is part of The Wildlife Trusts partnership
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Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, England, formerly known as the Norfolk Naturalists' Trust, is one of almost 50 wildlife trusts throughout the United Kingdom
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Founded in 1926, it is the oldest of all the trusts.
The Trust has over 30,000 members and over 1,000 volunteers.
The Trust cares for 38 sites in Norfolk:
- Norfolk Roadside Nature Reserves
- Nature ReservesNorfolk Roadside Nature ReserveNorfolk Roadside Nature Reserve is a scheme which was set up in the mid-1990s by collaboration between the Norfolk County Council and the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. The aim of this scheme is to protect and promote the verges of Norfolk’s roadside, that contain rare and scarce plant and insect species...
across the county's road verges, on 67 sites (October 2007).
- Nature Reserves
- BrecklandBrecklandThe Breckland as a landscape region is an unusual natural habitat of England. It comprises the gorse-covered sandy heath that exists in the north of the county of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk. An area of considerable interest for its unusual flora and fauna, it lies to the south east of another...
- East Wretham Heath
- New BuckenhamNew BuckenhamNew Buckenham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 468 in 197 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....
Common - ThompsonThompson, NorfolkThompson, Norfolk is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 341 in 147 households as of the 2001 census...
Common - WeetingWeetingWeeting is a village in Norfolk, England.Its church, St. Mary, stands close to Weeting Castle, and is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.During the 1920s and 1930s, Weeting housed a Ministry of Labour work camp...
Heath - ThetfordThetfordThetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just south of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , has a population of 21,588.-History:...
Heath
- Broadland (within The Broads National Park)
- Alderfen BroadAlderfen BroadAlderfen Broad lies within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England.It is a nature reserve in the care of Norfolk Wildlife Trust....
- Barton BroadBarton BroadBarton Broad lies within The Broads in Norfolk, the United Kingdom. The broad is situated to the south and east of the village of Barton Turf, and is within the parish of Barton Turf....
- Cockshoot BroadCockshoot BroadCockshoot Broad, one of the Norfolk Broads, lies on the River Bure within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England. It is one of several Broads where boats are not allowed at any time of the year, although they can moor at its entrance. It is a nature reserve in the care of Norfolk Wildlife Trust...
- Hickling BroadHickling BroadHickling Broad lies within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England,. 4 km south-east of Stalham.It is a National Nature Reserve established by English Nature and in the care of the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, who run boat trips around the reserve for visitors. It is also part of the Upper...
- Ranworth BroadRanworth BroadRanworth Broad lies in The Broads. It is one of the nature reserves in the care of the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.Ranworth Broad has a floating visitor centre, a boardwalk and a bird observation hide....
- Upton FenUpton FenUpton Fen lies within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England.It is a nature reserve in the care of Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Notable species found on the reserve include:Bittern,Hobby,Norfolk Hawker,Swallowtail...
- Alderfen Broad
- Central Norfolk
- Hoe Rough
- Lolly Moor
- North NorfolkNorth NorfolkNorth Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Cromer. The council headquarters can be found approximately out of the town of Cromer on the Holt Road.-History:...
Coast- Cley MarshesCley MarshesCley Marshes is a national nature reserve in Norfolk, England, adjacent to the village of Cley next the Sea.Cley Marshes was purchased by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust in 1926 to be held "in perpetuity as a bird breeding sanctuary". Cley is renowned as a birdwatching site, both for the resident...
- SalthouseSalthouseSalthouse is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the salt marshes of North Norfolk. It is north of Holt, west of Sheringham and north of Norwich. The village is on the A149 coast road between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth. The nearest railway station...
Marshes
- Cley Marshes
- West Norfolk
- East WinchEast WinchEast Winch is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, a few miles southeast of King's LynnIt covers an area of and had a population of 782 in 325 households as of the 2001 census....
Common - NarboroughNarborough-Places:*Narborough, Leicestershire*Narborough, Norfolk*Narborough, Northamptonshire, a historical name for Northborough in a small village near the city of Peterborough in the East of England....
Railway Line - RoydonRoydonRoydon may refer to:* the given name of Roydon Hayes , New Zealander cricketer*Roydon, Essex, English village*Roydon, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, English village*Roydon, South Norfolk, English village...
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- East Winch
- Woodlands
- Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood
- FoxleyFoxleyFoxley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 15 miles north-west of Norwich and 9 miles south-east of Fakenham....
Wood - Honeypot Wood
- ThursfordThursfordThursford is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 16.3 miles south-west of Cromer, 24.5 miles north-west of Norwich and 121 miles north-east of London. The village lies 6.9 miles north-west of the nearby town of Fakenham. The nearest railway station is at...
Wood - WaylandWaylandWayland is a Germanic given name, from wela "battle" and, nand "brave", corresponding to German Wieland, Scandinavian Völund/Vølund...
Wood - HethelHethelHethel is a small village in Norfolk, England, near the historic market town of Wymondham, and approximately 10 miles south of the city of Norwich....
Old Thorn, HethelHethelHethel is a small village in Norfolk, England, near the historic market town of Wymondham, and approximately 10 miles south of the city of Norwich....
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Norfolk Wildlife Trust is part of The Wildlife Trusts partnership
The Wildlife Trusts partnership
The Wildlife Trusts is an organisation made up of 47 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom plus the Isle of Man and Alderney.The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after around 2,300 nature reserves covering more than 90,000 hectares...
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External links
- The Norfolk Wildlife Trust (official website)
- Map showing locations of the NWT's nature reserves (as of 2007)