Before you come
If you are driving a fair way, you may as well make a day of it. These are all within about five miles of us, and all of them work with small children and a buggy. It is November, so check opening times before you set off: several of the Broads sites go down to winter hours or shut altogether.
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden
about 4 milesSouth Walsham. Probably the strongest of these for under-fives: wide flat paths through the woodland garden and a boardwalk out to the inner broad. Check the November opening hours before you set off.
Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
about 3 milesFlat boardwalks and hides, buggy-friendly for most of the reserve. Quiet in November, which is rather the point.
Salhouse Broad
about 5 milesA short walk down through the woods to the water. Free to walk, small charge to park. Worth checking what is running in November.
Surlingham Church Marsh RSPB
about 4 milesSmall, quiet and easy. A circular walk with the river at the far end.
Rockland St Mary staithe
about 5 milesA boardwalk out across the reeds to the broad. Twenty minutes, and lovely in low light.
Brundall and Blofield playgrounds
2 to 4 milesThe reliable option when the weather has other ideas about a nature reserve.
Whitlingham Country Park
about 7 milesTrowse, just past the five-mile mark. A much bigger playground than anything closer, plus a flat circuit of the broad.
Then, for after dark: Broadland folklore →