Free parking for 50 cars 500m from the site entrance. There’s additional charged parking at Lynford Stag picnic site, not run by English Heritage.

Vending machine which sells tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Small selection of snacks and ice cream is sold in the summer.

You are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy anywhere on site, especially in the sheltered hollows of the old flint mine shafts. There are also benches located in front of visitor centre and shop.

Shop selling a range of English Heritage gifts, including guidebooks, toys, garden and countryside-themed items.

Two port-a-loos, no baby changing facilities.

A small introductory exhibition in the visitor centre includes information about Neolithic mining, a virtual tour of the mines and landscape, and touchable reproduction Neolithic tools.

Set amid the distinctive Breckland health landscape, the whole 96 acres is a site of Special Scientific Interest. The area contains over 400 backfilled flint mines, has a habitat of rare and distinctive plants and animals. The flowers are particularly attractive from April to July.  Extensive wildlife includes butterflies, rabbits, deer, birds of prey, foxes etc.

There is lots of space to run around here. Ball games are allowed and it is a fantastic place for kite flying!

Baby Changing Facilities

No baby changing facilities on site.

Play Areas / Adventure Playground

There is lots of space to run around here. Ball games are allowed and it is a fantastic place for kite flying!

Push Chairs Allowed

Yes

English Heritage welcomes all photographers to our sites and we hope you will share your pictures with us on Flickr and Facebook. We do have some restrictions at certain locations, so if photography is your main reason for visiting, please call the site ahead of your visit to check if any parts of the site are restricted. We are keen to promote the use of our sites to location managers. If you are interested please go to (Filming Locations) for more information and contacts. English Heritage does not permit drone flying from or over sites in our care, except by contractors or partners undertaking flights for a specific purpose, who satisfy stringent CAA criteria, have the correct insurances and permissions, and are operating under controlled conditions.