Norfolk County Council
Norfolk County Council is the upper-tier Local government in England, local authority for Norfolk, England. Below it there are seven second-tier district councils: Breckland District, Breckland, Broadland, Borough of Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmo ...
manages and promotes a number of long-distance footpaths in the county under the Norfolk Trails brand. The Norfolk Trails network brings together over 1,200 miles of walks, cycle and bridle routes throughout the county of Norfolk. They aim to help people discover the diverse landscape of unique market towns, rich wildlife and cultural heritage which Norfolk is so well known for.
It was initially considered a controversial decision within the walking community,Ramblers’ continued concerns over Norfolk’s public rights of way ''Eastern Daily Press'', 2 September 2012. as it involved a focusing of the council's resources for
Public Rights of Way
A right of way (also right-of-way) is a specific route that people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so. Rights-of-way in the physical sense include controlled-access h ...
on these key routes. However, the trails are expanding to encompass a series of popular circular walks and it is the council's aim is to maintain and promote the Norfolk Trail routes to the same standard as the
National Trails
National Trails are long distance footpaths and bridleways in England and Wales. They are administered by Natural England, an agency of the UK government, and Natural Resources Wales, a Welsh government-sponsored body.
National Trails are ma ...
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The Trails
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Angles Way
The Angles Way is a long-distance footpath in England, close to the River Waveney and River Little Ouse and thus close to the Norfolk/Suffolk border between Great Yarmouth and Thetford.
Originally the Angles Way went only as far as Knettishall ...
Marriott's Way
The Marriott's Way is a footpath, cycle-path and bridleway in north Norfolk, England, between Norwich and Aylsham via Themelthorpe. It forms part of the National Cycle Network (NCN) (Route 1) and the red route of Norwich's Pedalways cycle ...
Paston Way
The Paston Way is a Trail, footpath. It is entirely within the England, English county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. The footpath is twenty miles in length, the Portal (architecture), portals to the Trail, path are Cromer at its northwester ...
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Peddars Way
The Peddars Way is a long distance footpath that passes through Suffolk and Norfolk, England.
Route
The Peddars Way is 46 miles (74 km) long and follows the route of a Roman road. It has been suggested by more than one writer that it was ...
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Weavers' Way
The Weavers' Way is a long-distance footpath in Norfolk, England. Much of the Weavers’ Way footpath follows the old trackbed of the Aylsham North railway station, Aylsham to Yarmouth Beach railway station, Great Yarmouth railway line, which ...
Wherryman's Way
Wherryman's Way is a long-distance footpath in the English county of Norfolk.
Route
Wherryman's Way is long, running between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. It follows the course of the River Yare where possible, with some significant stretches aw ...
Recreational walks in Norfolk
The following are lists of recreational walks in Norfolk, England.
Short walks
The following walks are some of the routes.
*Blickling Hall has three waymarking, waymarked walks.
*Bure Valley Way, 14 kilometres from Aylsham to Wroxham
*Felbrigg ...