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Green lanes in the Broads

Most mapped lanes inside the Broads are restricted byways you can’t ride, only 33% are open to motorcycles. Here’s exactly where the legal ones are.

23lanes open to motorcycles*
5.7 kmof legal lane
47restricted byways, no motors
0named lanes with a restriction

*BOATs and UCRs inside the park boundary, excluding sections under a permanent or current closure. Legal status changes, check before you ride.

Every mapped lane in the park

Inside the real park boundary. Numbers match the longest lanes list below. Tap the key to show or hide a layer.

123

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What you can ride

70 mapped lanes and byways inside the boundary, by legal type.

Difficulty

  • 22 Easy
  • 1 Not graded yet

All estimated from OpenStreetMap trail-condition tags, not a rider’s assessment.

Longest open lanes

Named lanes open to motorcycles, each measured end to end across all its mapped sections.

  1. 1
    Whitlingham Lane1.4 km
    BOATSurfacedEst. Easy
  2. 2
    Marsh Lane0.6 km
    BOATEst. Easy
  3. 3
    Tinkers' Lane0.4 km
    BOATUnsurfacedEst. Easy

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Places worth a stop

4 historic sites and landmarks inside the park, all on the map. Access rights not checked, look before you visit.

St Benet's Abbey
Ruin St Benet's Abbey

The only English abbey never formally dissolved by Henry VIII, its Bishop of Norwich still holds the title of Abbot to this day.

Point of interest BeWILDerwood

A treehouse and rope-bridge adventure park in Horning, based on a series of children's books written by its owner.

Burgh Castle Roman Site
Archaeological site Burgh Castle Roman Site

One of nine Roman Saxon Shore forts built to guard the coast, its flint and brick walls still standing up to 15 feet high.

Horsey Windpump
Attraction Horsey Windpump

A Broads drainage mill struck by lightning in 1943 and left still for over 70 years, its sails finally turning again in 2019.

Questions riders ask

Can you ride green lanes in the Broads?

Yes, on lanes with the right legal status. We've mapped 23 BOATs and UCRs inside the Broads that are open to motorcycles, about 5.7 km in total. Another 47 restricted byways inside the park are for walkers, cyclists and horse riders only.

Are any green lanes in the Broads closed?

We haven't found a named lane inside the Broads with a current restriction yet. That doesn't mean there are none, so always check a lane's current status before you ride.

What is the longest green lane in the Broads?

Of the named lanes open to motorcycles, Whitlingham Lane is the longest we've mapped inside the park, at about 1.4 km.

Are there GPX routes for the Broads?

Not a ready-made one yet. You can build your own from the Broads's lanes with Holloway Premium's route planner and export it as a GPX file.

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Lane data from OpenStreetMap contributors and council rights of way records. Park boundary © Natural England / Natural Resources Wales, via OpenStreetMap, OGL. Reference only: legal status changes, check signage and current Traffic Regulation Orders before riding.

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