Best walks to or from Hoveton and Wroxham

Hoveton and Wroxham Station to Acle Station

A mix of field paths, pavements and quiet lanes, mostly on small lanes. Field sections can be muddy and harder to navigate in wet weather and with road-based alternatives in places; some parts have become overgrown. Passes Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden, well worth visiting. Heads through the Broads.

16km.

There are short sections of fast 60mph road where stepping onto the bank is the only option when traffic comes.

Lunch: A pub, shop and cafe by Malthouse Broad at Ranworth, part-way along.

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Norwich Station to Hoveton and Wroxham Station

A mostly flat route that leaves Norwich over Mousehold Heath, where flint-stone paths are steep and uneven underfoot, before settling into quiet country lanes and field paths and a wide farm track. Some sections can be muddy after rain; pavements are generally wide. Several shops and supermarkets in Sprowston for supplies early on; little in the way of facilities for the final five miles after Spixworth. Frequent trains and buses run back to Norwich from Hoveton.

16km. Gentle ascents.

The route crosses the busy B1150 North Walsham Road twice, including a 50mph section, with no pedestrian crossing; take great care. The flint paths over Mousehold Heath are steep and uneven.

Lunch: Shops, supermarkets and takeaways in Sprowston, plus a cafe at Spixworth village hall around two-thirds of the way.

End-of-walk reward: the Kings Head.

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North Walsham Station to Hoveton and Wroxham Station

Heads towards the Broads.

15km. Flat terrain.

A stretch of over 1.5 miles follows the extremely busy B1150 Norwich to North Walsham road, with no path for most of it, which one walker considered too dangerous to take.

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