Botesdale Suffolk hotels:

Park with 375 acres of Breckland heath and mixed woodlands with access to the River Ouse along walks. Also picnic areas, toilets and the start point for Peddars Way, Angles Way and the Icknield Way. The landscape of the Country Park and the Brecks has been formed through past human activity. About 10,000 years ago, the natural landscape would have been dominated by birch, lime and oak trees. Stone Age man started clearing the woods to provide farmland. At Hut Hill, look at the ancient burial mound. This typical feature of the Brecks dates back to 2000BC.The heath was maintained by sheep and rabbits grazing the heather and grass; while local people cut bracken for animal bedding. Over thousands of years, plants and animals evolved to live in this habitat, created by a unique mixture of management, climate and geology. Now there are some very rare plants growing only in the Brecks.