Lovely visitor centre with cafe serving hot food, drinks and cakes. Several paths around the reserve going as far as Oulton Broad. Lots of Greylag Geese, Little Egrets, Mute Swans, Marsh Harriers, Egyptian Geese, Heron, Stonechat together with lots of Crows, Starlings and

Fantastic place for nature lovers with amazing views and wheelchair friendly country walks. Wildlife in abundance and a lovely little restaurant too. A really massive play area that boys of all ages (and girls) will love and plenty of space for picnics. Some nice things in the shop too. Denise x

We joined the trusts first ever guided boat trip from the landing stage at Carlton Marshes to their new site at Worlingham Marshes. We went aboard a twelve man inflatable. A first for 2 ladies of a certain age. Everything from help donning our life jackets to assistance boarding was given by the vessels skipper. Then the volunteer warden chatted about what we might see, gave us background and identified the warblers and buntings as we went along. Vickie added extra background and was inspirational with her enthusiasm for this initiative. Of course having so many pairs of Red Kites swooping and soaring overhead against a beautiful blue sky really made our day. We briefly walked into the new area and heard about the restoration of some badly neglected areas and conservation of others. Then it was time to return. Again we saw the birds, dragonflies, damselflies and butterflies for which the marshes are renown. But this guided boat trip to a new marsh well and truly made our day. Many thanks to Vicky, Barry and our host on his boat. Do sign up if you get the chance. Some trips are daytime and others early evening. A better way to relax and renew for three and a half hours I can’t imagine.

We saw the sign on the road and, after checking, found that dogs were allowed on leads. A nice big car park ( suggested donation £3 ). Lovely reception centre and cafe. We were given a map of the reserve and they told us about the available routes. These turned out to be well surfaced and well signposted. There are several bird hides where you can stop for a reast too ! Free to enter the reserve so if you love nature it is well worth a visit.

Carlton Marshes has a good sized car-park, but only two Blue Badge spaces. There is a nice visitor’s centre with a cafe serving hot food and an area selling cute gifts and souvenirs. The children’s play area looks quite big with logs, etc to climb on. Several pathways lead around the nature reserve, which are colour code and signposted. We followed the ‘Orange’ route. All of the wheelchair users in our group found the surface to be firm and smooth. Accessible toilets … good and bad … the disabled toilet is excellent with – the toilet, an adult changing table, a hoist, a small shower and lots of space. However, there seems to be only one disabled toilet (please post an answer if I have missed it). So if these lovely facilities were being used it would mean that other wheelchair users could not go to the toilet at all.

We are so lucky to have this place virtually on our doorstep. This was out first visit in a while as we used to take our old dog Charlie there but sadly no longer with us. We now have a new dog called Freddie and he loved his first visit (and not his last). There are a few different walks you can take, we chose the shorter black one this time as wasn't sure how Freddie would get on but gladly we needn't have worried. Nice little visitor centre where you can sit inside or out and have a snack and a drink.