Brandon

Brandon is a small market town in the Breckland area on the Little Ouse river which forms the Norfolk/Suffolk border. The town is in Suffolk but the station is just over the border in Norfolk!

www.brandonsuffolk.com

Brandon area booking.com East Anglia holidaycottages.co.uk

Brandon Heritage Centre ½ mile

The history of Brandon from the Stone Age to the present day. Displays include a flint knapper's workshop.
Open SSu & BH 1000-1600.
www.brandonsuffolk.com

Brandon Country Park 1¼ miles

The extensive parkland is managed for wildlife. Forest paths, lake, orchard, walled ornamental garden. Waymarked trails. Tearoom.
Open Daily dawn-dusk, Café 1000-1630.
www.whatsonwestsuffolk.co.uk

Weeting Castle EH 1½ miles

The ruins of an early medieval manor house, surrounded by a shallow moat. Admission free.
Open Any reasonable time.
www.english-heritage.org.uk

Weeting Heath National Nature Reserve 2¼ miles

A nature reserve of Breck heathland noted for its Breckland flora and population of rare stone curlews. Hides. Visitor Centre. Refreshments.
Open Apr-Jul, Daily 0930-1630.
www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk
Note: The Nature Reserve is 1¾ miles from Weeting Castle.