Paul Dickson Tours offers year-round guided walking tours in Norwich and the Broads National Park. Pre-booked tours for groups, from 2 to 20 people, focussing on history, landscape and legend. Tours last from one hour to a full day. Public bookable tours on sale at Eventbrite.
Tour examples:
Rail, Trails and Sails
This half day tour starts at Norwich Railway Station with a take-away drink, then we catch the train to Reedham on Norfolk’s oldest railway line. Hear stories of the railway and pass nature reserves in the Yare Valley and Cantley Sugar Factory. Then explore Reedham riverside and countryside on foot; hear about the Broads’ historic trading wherries and see the magnificent views across Norton Marshes, with the railway snaking away in the distance. Visit Reedham Church, built on the site of a Roman fort and lighthouse and Humpty Dumpty Brewery. Sample some ale (subject to availability) and walk back to the railway station to catch the train back to Norwich.
Fairhaven Garden, St Benet's and South Walsham Marshes is a half day guided walking tour starts at Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden in the heart of the Norfolk Broads. Walk through part of this beautiful natural garden, home to the King Oak, one of the oldest trees in Norfolk, before heading off to South Walsham Broad and the path beside the Fleet Dyke, which leads to a view of the 1000 year-old St Benet's Abbey across the River Bure. Hear the story of St Benet's Abbey, before returning to Fairhaven through South Walsham Marshes with some wildlife spotting, then finish with coffee or tea and cake in Fairhaven's picnic area. The walk takes between 2½ and 3 hours.
