Yes, the public can access the reserve, however there is no parking and there no reserve trails yet. As part of the Heritage Fund works, we will be installing visitor viewpoints.

By foot: visitors can access the reserve from the popular Angles Way trail which runs through the reserve, and can be joined from Beccles and Carlton Marshes. The walk to Worlingham Marshes from Beccles is approx. 1hr, and approx. 2hrs from Carlton Marshes. 

By car: for visitors looking to drive to the reserve, we recommend parking in Beccles or at Carlton Marshes, then walking.

By boat: the reserve can be accessed from the River Waveney via a mooring on the northern boundary of the reserve.

By train: visitors can walk to the reserve from Beccles station or Oulton Broad South station. 

Before the Trust purchased the land, it was privately owned and used for private grazing and wildfowling. Under our care, with Worlingham Marshes established as a nature reserve, wildfowling will not be allowed, and we will have a schedule of conservation grazing across the site. 

The £2million grant the Trust has received from The National Lottery Heritage Fund is only part of the total costs of buying and restoring Worlingham Marshes.  
 
We need to raise £775k to complete the funding of the land purchase and to fund habitat creation, conservation management, and our programme of community engagement. 

The creation of Worlingham Marshes won't affect fishing rights or access to the river. 

Some sections of the river bank along the northern edge of Worlingham Marshes are within the new nature reserve, however not the river itself. Fishing along this stretch of the River Waveney remains under the licensing and regulations of the Environment Agency.