Nar Valley Way

The Nar Valley Way is a 33-mile long walking trail following the course of the River Nar in northern Norfolk.

The path begins in King's Lynn, the fishing port poised between the Great Fen and the Wash, and from here heads eastwards through the north of the county to Gressenhall, at the the Farm and Workhouse museum there. Continuiing to Beetley, a keen trailwalker may pick up the Wesum Way to Norwich.

The Nar Valley Way wanders through contrasting landscapes, following quiet tracks and lanes, from the townscape of King's Lynn and the fen edge outside it, through farmland and through woods, meadows and commons. Long stretches of the path run beside the River Nar.

Open farmland around Mileham contrasts with the expansive lowland panoramas near King’s Lynn, and the intimate woodland glades found at West Acre and Narborough.

Sites of interest along the way or nearby include Pentney Abbey, West Acre Priory, Castle Acre castle remains and Priory, and the Anglo-Saxon round tower at East Lexham.