Wheatfen Broad - Ted Ellis Trust
ENTRY
Free
SETTING
Outdoors
WHERE
Norwich
What it’s like
Free wetland reserve for nature spotting and minibeast hunting, with paid family sessions like fungus forays for a few pounds.
This is a proper wild bit of marsh and woodland by the river, and the everyday visit costs nothing. You wander the paths looking for whatever's about, poke around for minibeasts, and generally let the kids get muddy in a good way. It's not built for entertainment in the playground sense, it's a nature reserve, so the appeal is in what you find rather than what's provided.
Where it gets more structured is the family events. The Family Woodland Discovery Sessions are £2.50 and get you crafts alongside the nature spotting, which is a nice way to slow a fidgety six-year-old down for twenty minutes. The Family Fungus Foray is £5 and does what it says, a proper hunt through the reserve for fungi, which suits a slightly older child who can be trusted not to eat anything they find.
Free entry most of the time makes this an easy one to fold into a weekend without much planning, and the paid sessions are cheap enough that booking one on a whim doesn't sting. There's no booking link listed, so these events are likely the kind of thing you turn up to on the day.
Plan your visit
How much does it cost?
General entry is free. The family events cost extra, £2.50 for the Woodland Discovery Sessions and £5 for the Family Fungus Foray.
Do we need to book?
There's no booking link given, so these sound like turn-up events rather than ones you need to reserve in advance.
What do the kids actually do there?
Nature spotting, minibeast exploration and crafts, with the fungus foray sessions adding a proper hunt through the reserve.
Is it an indoor or outdoor visit?
Outdoor. It's a woodland and wetland reserve, so it's a walking-about-outside kind of day.
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