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I'm Gonna be Iron, like a Lion Wood, In Zion

An activity with Norwich Midweek Group

Activity date: Friday 30th January 2026

Start time: 10:00
Finish time: 15:15

Activity description

Steel tools in use for cutting back excessive growth of Holly.

Meeting place

If you would like a lift to the site in our minibus, meet at the corner of Queens Road & Brazen Gate, by the traffic lights next to big Sainsbury's car park, opposite Norwich bus station [ what3words: single.affair.robe ] at 10am. Transport also available from near UEA at 9.15am by arrangement. Or you can join us on site, just meet us Pilling Park community centre car park, Pilling Park Road, Norwich, NR1 4PA. [ what3words: second.reform.spits ] We will be arriving there at approx 10.15am.

Activity location

Lion Wood, Pilling Park community centre car park Pilling Park Road Norwich, NR1 4AN

Site description

Lion Wood is an ancient woodland which has been designated an Urban Local Nature Reserve. It was once part of Thorpe Wood - which is mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086 - so the wood was already established over a thousand years ago. It covers 12 hectares (roughly) and is nestled between several residential areas - stretching from telegraph Lane (ajoining the Telegraph Plantation) on it's west side to Pilling Park on it's east and running between Wellesley Avenue South and North. br>A third of the wood is believed to be ancient and the grand old oak trees that you can see are hundreds of years old. br>In the spring the floor is carpeted with bluebells and you can see - or at least hear the calls of green woodpeckers laughing or the scratchy song of the blackcap. br>A friends group is very active within the woodland.

Pick Up Point

Contact

Mark Webster

Telephone: 01603 274512
Email: Norfolk@tcv.org.uk
Website: https://www.tcv.org.uk/eastern/tcv-norfolk/norwich-environmental-action-team/

Please bring

  • packed lunch
  • suitable outdoor clothes
  • suitable outdoor footwear

Further info

No need to book. Bus fares can be refunded. Nearest toilets - 5 mins walk.

Site Facilities

  • Parking
  • Picnic Area
  • Nearest Toilets - Town House pub, Yarmouth Road

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