Out & About
College Farm is the perfect place to slow down, switch off and get away from it all. Our tranquil grounds back directly onto Thompson Common, a beautiful, primeval part of Norfolk’s Breckland and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest teeming with rare flora, fauna and birdlife.
The house is circled by a number of pretty wooded walks and sits alongside Peddars Way, making College Farm an ideal stopover for anyone walking, riding or cycling along the ancient route.
Pingo ponds
Breckland is one of the few areas in the country where pingos are found. Pingo ponds were formed at the end of the last Ice Age, when ice mounds in the topsoil finally melted and collapsed to form irregular pools. Most pingos in the UK have been ploughed up and lost, but three pingo systems remain in the Brecks – and the best place to see them is Thompson Common.
Chloe Frost Smith
Norfolk's best-loved beaches & attractions
Norfolk is filled with charming flint-clad villages, storybook seaside towns, birdwatching reserves, historic churches and stately homes. The best things to see and do in the county are all within easy day-trip reach of College Farm, including the north Norfolk coast’s popular beaches – Cromer, Hunstanton, Brancaster, Holkham and Wells-next-the-Sea, to name a few – the Norfolk Broads, and National Trust-owned houses such as Blickling Hall, Houghton Hall and the Sandringham Estate.
Bring your bicycles (we have secure bike storage), and we can provide Ordnance Survey walking maps for those interested in exploring the region.
Phil Hearing