Cockshoot Broad

Cockshoot Broad is a secluded, tranquil broad, renowned for its water lily beds - a testament to the good water quality here. There are many damselflies which can be seen resting on the water lilies including variable and red-eyed damselfly. It is part of the Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve.

Part of the Bure Valley Living Landscape

Reserve information and details
What to see at Cockshoot Broad

Opening times

Season	Opening Days	Opening Hours
Year round	Everyday	Dawn till dusk

Prices

There is no charge for access to this reserve.

Directions and Transport

NWT Cockshoot Broad is adjacent to NWT Ranworth Broad. From the B1140 Norwich to Acle road turn to Woodbastwick. Drive through Woodbastwick and on towards Ranworth. As the road bends sharply to the right, continue straight ahead on the smaller road, which goes to the south bank car park on the River Bure. Entrance is via a riverside way-marked boardwalk from the car park.

Facts

Type:	open water, carr (wet woodland) and fen
Size:	5 Hectares
Designation:	SSSI, SAC, SPA, Ramsar, NNR
Map reference:	OS Landranger 134
Grid reference:	TG 343 165

Did you know?

NWT Cockshoot Broad was given a new lease of life in the early 1980s when deep sediment was cleared as part of a programme to restore the site.

Facilities

Information signs, boardwalk and hide.
Access by canoe: no canoe access to Broad, but moorings available on River Bure with an opportunity to enjoy the way-marked nature trail to a viewing hide.

Visitor centre

What to look for:

Spring/summer

swallowtail butterfly, variable and red-eyed damselfly, Norfolk hawker, migrant hawker, hairy dragonfly, marsh pea, marsh valerian, yellow monkey flower.