| Great Eastern Pingo Trail | |
| Type: | Local Nature Reserve |
| Grid Ref Uk: | TL 929 934 |
| Location: | North Walsham, Norfolk |
| Area: | 4.2ha |
Great Eastern Pingo Trail is 9.2km (05.7miles) long footpath along a disused railway line north of Thetford in Norfolk.[1] [2] It is a 4.2abbr=offNaNabbr=off Local Nature Reserve,[3] [4] and it crosses three Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Thompson Water, Carr and Common, Breckland Forest and Cranberry Rough, Hockham.[5] [6] [7] It also crosses Thompson Common, which is a nature reserve managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust[8] and is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[9] It further crosses Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation[10] and Breckland Special Protection Area.[11]
This site has around 300 pingos, shallow pools formed when ice melted at the end of the last ice age. There is a mosaic of habitats with a large lake, Thompson Water, at the western end.[3] [1]
. Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 138–39 . Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .