Explore the wider estate at Blickling

Covering 4,600 acres with 950 acres of woodland and parkland, and 3,500 acres of farmland, Blickling Estate is great for exploring alone, with friends and family or your four-legged friends.

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The front entrance to the Mausoleum

Discover the Mausoleum 

Step inside one of Blickling’s most iconic parkland structures on selected dates throughout the year. The Mausoleum is over two centuries old and stands on the edge of the Great Wood, creating a dramatic view across the ancient landscape.

Three bags of wood from Blickling Estate

Stay toasty

Keep the home fires burning with a sack of logs or woodchip from the Blickling Estate. Sacks are available from Visitor Reception by the car park. Alternatively you can order a truck load for £165 with free delivery within 10 miles (a small charge beyond that). It's all seasoned, cut and split hardwood ready for your fire. Contact the countryside team to make your order 01263 738063.

Bluebells in the Great Wood bathed in sunlight

The Great Wood 

If you're looking for a walk that takes in all the best bits of Blickling's ancient woodland, with stunning views across the lake to the hall itself, then try our Estate walk.

The River Bure on the Blickling Estate, Norfolk

Restoring the River Bure in Norfolk 

Silvergate stream runs for 2km through Blickling Estate, feeding the lake before joining the River Bure, an internationally important and rare chalk stream that flows into the Norfolk Broads National Park...

Dog walking

Livestock graze freely, so please keep dogs under close control at all times. We also ask that you keep your dog on a lead when in the car park and whilst walking around the lake. Please always respect other park users. Dogs are welcome in the Farmyard outdoors are, where you will find Blickling's second-hand bookshop, plant centre and courtyard cafe. They are also welcome in the back room of Muddy Boots cafe and in the Buckinghamshire Arms pub.

Click here to find out more about dog walking at Blickling Estate.

Livestock

Having been returned from arable land, the formal park and the livestock on it constitute an important grazing scheme at Blickling. Look out for cows and sheep at different times throughout the year. 

Please note: the sheep return to our fields in April, so please keep dogs on leads at all times in areas with livestock. 

Tennant farmers' cows graze freely in Blickling's fields.

A walker’s guide to livestock on the Blickling Estate 

To explore further afield and find incredible, varied landscapes across Blickling estate, it is important to be aware of the livestock that live here. Here's a handy guide for walking in areas with livestock...

Waymarked walks

You can walk across much of this historic countryside using waymarked routes and the estate also connects with other national paths, including the Weavers Way (PDF / 0.7MB) download . Just speak to a member of the visitor welcome team on arrival and they'll suggest the best walk depending on what you'd like to see and how much time you've got.

 

 

Sunlight streaming through a Plane tree

Commemorative Trees at Blickling Estate 

The Commemorative Tree Scheme is a popular way to celebrate someone irreplaceable or mark an unforgettable moment. Find out more about the process.

Blickling Parish Church

Blickling Parish Church is an architectural delight set within the Blickling Estate, and right next to the hall itself. It's open daily for you to explore and has a varied porgramme of events throughout the year.

Find out more about Blickling Parish Church (PDF / 2.9MB) download

Church of St. Andrew opposite Blickling Hall
Church of St. Andrew just outside Blickling Estate
Church of St. Andrew opposite Blickling Hall
Photographer takes aim to capture the landscape at Lyme, Cheshire

Professional and commercial photography at Blickling 

Here at Blickling we love that our visitors can take home and share special moments from their day with us, but for those who are looking to use National Trust locations for anything other than personal use, here's a handy guide for photography at Blickling Estate.

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Creatures great and small

Blickling Estate is home to wildlife of all shapes and sizes and winter marks the ‘hungry gap’ for insects and birds. Despite its bad press, ivy is in fact the last species to flower on the estate and provides a vital source of nectar and fruit for butterflies, ladybirds, spiders, hornets, birds and many other creatures at the end of autumn, before the temperature drops...

A view of Blickling Hall across the lake

Blickling Estate's countryside diaries 

Discover the wonders of the great outdoors. From our ongoing conservation work to ideas to inspire you and your family to get out and about, find out more about Blickling Estate...

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Blickling from above

Have you ever wondered what Blickling Estate might look like from the air? Take a look at the vast estate, courtesy of Hollywood Drones Ltd, who have kindly produced this teaser video for us. Then come and take a look for yourself and explore the beautiful house, gardens and parkland.