Knapton Cutting Butterfly Reserve is a
Local Nature Reserve (LNR) south of
Knapton
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in
Norfolk
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. It is owned and managed by
North Norfolk District Council
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Knapton Cutting is a footpath from Knapton to
North Walsham
North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England, within the North Norfolk district.
Demography
The civil parish has an area of and in the 2011 census had a population of 12,634. For the purposes of local government, the pa ...
along the former North Walsham to Mundesley railway line. A short stretch at the northern end is the LNR, called Knapton Cutting Butterfly Reserve. It has a variety of flowering plants, including
small-flowered catchfly, which is classified as endangered in Britain.
There is access from Hall Lane.
References
{{Local Nature Reserves in Norfolk
Local Nature Reserves in Norfolk