🌳 Outdoor🆓 Free entry🌲 WoodlandCastle
What’s there
- Dogs welcome
National Trust page: no National Trust parking on site and no parking at Darrow Wood; access is on foot via the Darrow Farm to Denton footpath.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Darrow Wood is a small, lightly wooded pasture field in the village of Denton in south Norfolk, looked after by the National Trust. Hidden among the clumps of trees are earthworks, including the remains of a motte and bailey castle, one of the few well preserved small castles of its type in the county. Nobody knows for certain who built the earthworks or why, which gives children a bit of a mystery to puzzle over as they wander the field. There are no buildings, displays or play equipment, so it suits families who like an open-air walk and a look at old earthworks rather than a planned attraction. Dogs are welcome under close control because cattle graze the field. There is no car park on the site, so visitors arrive on foot by the footpath from Darrow Farm.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Wellies
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Safety pinsStraps break.
Folding stool
Hairbrush
A penForms, competitions, name badges.
Rucksack- Blister plastersNew shoes and a long walk are a bad pairing.
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