Wroxham to Norwich via Spixworth

Start: Wroxham Railway Station (NR12 8UU) Grid ref. TG 302 185

(S) Leave Wroxham station and walk through the car park, along the railway line to meet River Bure. Turn left and keep to the river side until the path meets the main road. Turn right and take the footbridge across the river, continuing along the road side. Take Church Lane on the right. This leads over the railway to a junction beyond, turn left and follow this road. The road soon turns to a track and leads out into the countryside. Just beyond the woodland on the right is a cottage, take the track off to the left up to a junction.

(1) Turn right and follow this track through to the junction with Dobbs Lane. Continue straight ahead. Keep to this country lane until it meets the main road. Cross straight over and into Spixworth. Just before the village sign, take a left turn into Rosetta Road and follow this down, turning right into Park Road. Turn left at the end onto Buxton Road. This crosses the A1270 and continues into Norwich. At the point where there is some parkland on the left amid the housing, there is also an entry into Catton Park on the opposite side of the road.

(2) Take this and follow the paths around the perimeter until it leads out onto Oak Lane. Turn right and follow the road to the junction. Cross straight over. Continue down this road. After passing Angel Road Junior School take a left onto Long Row, then first right onto Traverse Street. The Duke of Wellington pub is at the end of this as it junctions Waterloo Road.

(3) Turn right from Traverse Street onto Waterloo Road, the next left onto Albany Road. At the end turn right and continue down into the city. At the Artichoke pub cross straight over onto Magdalen Street. Continue down this, under the flyover and a little further up the street where the Kings Head pub is on the right. Keep on ahead down Magdalen Street, then continue straight ahead as it junctions with Tombland and the Cathedral on the left.

(4) At the far end of the cathedral take the lane left through Ethelbert Gate. Turn right along the Cathedral then left along The close. This leads down to Pulls Ferry at the river.

(5) Turn right onto the riverside path. Continue until it meets the road by the Compleat Angler pub. Turn left across the bridge and Norwich Station is across the road. (E)

Start: Wroxham Railway Station (NR12 8UU) Grid ref. TG 302 185

Transport : Greater Anglia - Train Service : Bittern Line - Bittern Line linking Norwich with Cromer and Sheringham

Terrain: Tracks, country lanes, and path from Wroxham to Norwich.

Accommodation : Woodhill Park Campsite

Refreshments :
Duke of Wellington, Norwich NR3 1EG
The Kings Head, Norwich NR3 1JE

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