Friends of Library Wood

Library Wood is now the remnant of a piece of wooded public green space between Thorpe Road, Rosary Road and Chalk Hill Road in Thorpe Hamlet, just East of Norwich city centre, close to the railway station.

Leave the city centre by Prince of Wales Road and cross the river Wensum by Foundry Bridge. Proceed straight ahead onto Thorpe Road. Library Wood is a couple of hundred yards along on your left.

Library Wood seen from Thorpe Road. Click to enlarge the picture.

There is a footpath up the West side and a road entrance at the South-eastern corner, both from Thorpe Road. Alternatively, there is an alley off Chalk Hill Road, on the right as you go uphill, near the top, and an entrance from Rosary Road in the North-eastern corner.

Library Wood seen from Rosary Road. Click to enlarge the picture.

Unfortunately, most of these grounds have now been destroyed to make way for houses, with only a small part left for the community. See 'The Background'.

Read and see what happened:
Destruction
Newsletter No. 2