Gaywood Valley

NWT Roydon Common, photo by David North
The sandy, acidic soils which are prevalent in parts the Gaywood Valley lend themselves perfectly to one of the county’s rarest habitat types: heathland. Going back two-hundred years, extensive heaths were found to the east of King’s Lynn, but today the best remnant in the county is at NWT Roydon Common – a low and scrubby landscape, largely covered with heather, though also containing small pockets of mire and birch-dominated woodland.

NWT Roydon Common, photo by David North