Norwich to Wymondham - In Search of Kett's Oak

Start: Norwich bus station (NR1 3GX) Grid ref. TG 229 080

(S) From Norwich bus station, leave via the steps onto Queens road, turn right and take the underpass across the road. Take the left at the roundabout onto the A11.

(1) Where the roads branch take the right onto Newmarket Road and keep to this, over the outer ring road and through to the exit into Cringleford. Follow the road (Easton Street) down through Cruingleford, across the old river bridge and then bear round to the right at the junction to pass the church on the left.

(2) Where the road returns to the main road, turn left then immediately right down the side of a housing estate, Cantley Lane. keep to this, past the houses and onwards to the bridge across the A47. There is a bit of a dog leg to get across the bridge but the route is obvious and brings one out onto Cantley Lane on the other side.

(3) Turn left onto the lane and follow the road round to where it passes under the railway. Take the footpath on the right that rises up to the side of the railway and follows its course for a mile. Navigate around the house at the end out onto the road.

(4) Turn left and follow the road across the railway. Immediately after there is a footpath on the right which diagonally crosses the field out onto the road into Ketteringham. Turn right and follow the road through the village. Keep straight ahead at the junction where the road bears to the left. At the next junction take the road on the right and follow this through to Hethersett.

(5) Turn left onto the main road out of the village. There is a broad pavement to the end of the housing where a car dealer is the last sign of civilisation. Immediately after this, a permissive path leads down onto the field side of the hedge. Keep to this and Kett's Oak soon reveals itself on the left. Continue along the path until it leads off to the right.

(6) Take this and at the top turn left and follow a curved route past some trees. Keep to this until the path straightens out and a little further onwards there is a path on the left. Take this and follow it out onto the road.

(7) Turn left and follow the road for a mile until there is a footpath on the left that cuts across the field. At the far end cross the road and turn right along the road briefly to Hewitts Lane on the left. Take this road through the Wymondham housing estates continuing straight ahead until it meets a junction with Town Green.

(8) Turn left, then veer off on the right down Vicar Street. Pass the abbey on the left and continue down to the river. Cross the bridge.

(9) Before the railway take the path on the left through the meadows. At the far end turn left onto Damgate Street and proceed up this back into town. Turn right at the top and continue to the Market Cross where the buses back to Norwich are found on the left of the Market Cross, Wymondham. (E)

Start: Norwich bus station (NR1 3GX) Grid ref. TG 229 080

Terrain: The route follows country lanes and footpaths through to Ketts Oak and beyond to Wymondham.

Transport:
First Group Norwich buses Green Line route linking Norwich with Wymondham

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Kett's oak