Attleborough is a small market town on the A11 corridor in south Norfolk, sitting in the gently undulating arable countryside between Norwich and Thetford. The surrounding farmland carries good oilseed rape in April and May, transitioning to white clover in the meadow margins and farmland trackways from June onwards. The old town churchyard and the hedgerows of the Mill Road agricultural fringe add a layer of hawthorn and bramble forage through the summer.
Swarms in Attleborough are most commonly reported in the mature trees of St Mary's churchyard, in the farm hedgerows and elder scrub on the town's agricultural edges, and on the eaves and chimneys of the older flint and brick properties around the town centre and Church Road.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
NR8 6ND· approx. 22 km
Visit websiteNR34 8JN· approx. 35 km
Visit websiteIP29 5LU· approx. 38 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Spring is carried on oilseed rape — vast sheets of it — across the light Brecks soils and the heavy clays of central Norfolk. Lime and sweet chestnut provide an important June flow in the parkland of the Holkham, Sandringham and Blickling estates. Bramble is ubiquitous; heather on the Brecks sandy heaths adds a distinctive late crop. The Broads themselves bring long flows from purple loosestrife, hemp agrimony and balsam along the staithes, and the coastal sea-buckthorn at Holme and Holkham is a known autumn supplement before the ivy.
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