Name of Site: Swardston Common.

Location: B1113 Mulbarton Road. First right in Swardeston Village; the common is on the right after approximately ½ mile.

Grid Reference: TG 200029

Access to the site: Car park opposite the common outside Swardeston Village Hall and Cricket Ground

Contact Details: South Norfolk District Council, 01508 533633, or council@s-norfolk.gov.uk

Description: Approximately 10ha of common with open grassland, blackthorn scrub and semi-mature native trees with a few ponds - old watering holes from a time when the grassland was grazed by cattle.

Good site for walking around the many informal footpaths across the common.

Management of the common is co-ordinated by a Steering Group with work carried out by South Norfolk District Council and Norwich Fringe Project

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