Snettisham,King's Lynn
This is one place to witness two of the UK's great wildlife spectacles. On big tides, as the water covers the mudflats, tens of thousands of wading birds are pushed off their feeding ground and settle on islands in front of the RSPB hides.
This is one place to witness two of the UK's great wildlife spectacles.
On certain big tides at RSPB Snettisham, as water covers the vast mudflats of the Wash, tens of thousands of wading birds are pushed off their feeding grounds and onto the roost banks and islands in front of the RSPB hides. In mid winter, a dawn or dusk visit rewards you with the sight of thousands of pink footed geese flying to or from the overnight roosts. Large numbers of common terns and black headed gulls nest on the reserve in summer, when there is spectacular display of yellow horned poppies.
Please phone to book for coach parties as a height barrier has to be removed to allow coaches to enter the car park.
Disabled visitors can drive down to the first hide across a private road by first contacting the reserve office to obtain a permit.
Open all year.
RSPB Snettisham Nature Reserve,
Snettisham,
King's Lynn,
Norfolk,
PE31 7RA
By Road: Leave King's Lynn on the A149, signed to Sandringham / Hunstanton and look out for the brown signs on the A149 Snettisham and Dersingham bypass. The reserve is signposted down Beach Road from the A149 Snettisham and Dersingham bypass. Continue down Beach Road for about 1 mile (1.6km) and the reserve is signposted on your left.
There is no easy access to the nature reserve because of steps and a rough path. Visitors with limited mobility should contact Titchwell Marsh reserve by email (titchwell@rspb.org.uk) at least five working days prior to their visit to enquire about parking facilities closer to the hides
By Public Transport: The nearest bus stop is in Snettisham village with a two mile walk along a rural lane to the reserve.
The nearest railway station is King's Lynn.
Snettisham is located 5 miles south of Hunstanton and 10 miles from Kings Lynn. There has been a settlement in Snettisham since ancient times as shown by discoveries of flints from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods.
St Mary's church was regarded by Pevsner as the best "decorated" church in East Anglia. Certainly, the stained-glasss windows alone are spectacular let alone the Medieval pulpit and eagle lectern.