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 Welcome to Mousehold Heath Norwich

Aspects of Mousehold

The care of Mousehold is officially under

the watchful guidance of a committee

known as the Mousehold Heath Conservators and unofficially by the citizens themselves.

In 1972 a new voluntary action group known as the Mousehold Heath Defenders was formed to " protect Mousehold against encroachment on its area and its

environment"

 With representation on the

Conservators this group, working with the

governing body has tried to make a significant contribution to the long term survival of Mousehold Heath.

Any attempts to rob the citizens of their

Heath brings forth a wave of protest and

anxiety. In May 1947 the War Office

proposed to take over 150 acres of

Mousehold for a battle training ground.

The volume of protest this caused

resulted 4 months later in the

abandonment of the scheme. In 1977 a Pitch and Putt course was laid out but the proposal to build a car park adjacent was abandoned after vigorous opposition from the Defenders.

More recently the felling of numerous beautiful trees including mature oaks and an extensive scrape of the soil in order to bring back heather and heathland generated an impassioned protest and many new members of the Mousehold Heath Defenders

  1. View Autumn Colours
  2. View Autumn Walk
  3. View Bandstand funds raised by the Defenders
  4. View Blossom
  5. View Blue Flowers on Valley Drive (Now identified as Chicory or Wild Succory)
  6. View Daffodils
  7. View Gorse
  8. View The Long Valley Mousehold
  9. View Path
  10. View Pavillion now Zaks Restaurant
  11. View Pink Flowers on the Valley Drive (identified as flowering currant)
  12. View Rainbow near Golf Course
  13. View Rhodedendron at the back of Gertrude Road
  14. View Spring Flowers
  15. View Tall Trees
  16. View Valley Drive
  17. View Valley Drive Main Path
  18. View Vinegar pond (not during the frog season!)
  19. View white blossom blue sky
  20. View Winter Wonderland
  21. View Bluetits in the water tree taken by Jack Jarvis
  22. View Bluetits having a bath (its not only dog walkers who use Mousehold )
  23. View Comma(Sent in by John)
  24. View Foxgloves at the back of the Vinegar Pond, (sent in by John)
  25. View 09
  26. View Mousehold Lightplay. (sent in by John)
  27. View Bishy bishy barney bee
  28. View Rowan berries
  29. View Its A weed!
  30. View Squirrel sent in by Jack Jarvis. What a Good Shot!
  31. View A 20 year old Gorse (Small)
  32. View A frog he would a wooing go
  33. View Frost Morn (Small)
  34. View Frost Morning (Small)
  35. View nesting (Small)
  36. View Spidersweb (Small)
  37. View spring Mousehold (Small)
  38. View wood violets (Small)
  39. View Fun in The snow (By Barry Madden)
  40. View St James Hill (By Barry Madden)
  41. View DSC00996 (Small)
  42. View DSC01001 (Small)
  43. View DSC01002 (Small)
  44. View DSC01006 (Small)
  45. View DSC01007 (Small)
  46. View A Walk onMousehold 008 (Small)
  47. View A Walk onMousehold 012 (Small)
  48. View A Walk onMousehold 037 (Small)
  49. View A Walk onMousehold 045 (Small)

Taken from the Mousehold Heath Act 1984

There shall be 12 Conservators appointed as follows

  9 by the Council of which no less than 7 shall be members of the Council

  3 appointed by organisations appearing to the Council to be representative of

  persons interested in the Conservation of the Environment in the City.

Provided that so long as the Mousehold Heath Defenders are in existence they shall appoint one of the Conservators appointed under this paragraph, and so long as the

  Norwich Society is in existence it shall appoint one of the Conservators appointed under this paragragh

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Mousehold Heath Defenders

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