Hickling Broad
- Surface elevation
- -0 m
- Area
- 0.04 km²
- Tonight
- 7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 49 km/h W
Hickling Broad is a lake at -0 m above sea level in United Kingdom, 0.04 km² in area and 0.3 km long.
All facts
- Length
- 0.3 km
- Shoreline
- 0.8 km
Hickling Broad in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 0.8 km≈15 min to walk around
Hickling Broad 3D map
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Hickling Broad terrain and contours
1 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Hickling Broad elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Hickling Broad weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 7°C (45°F) · Wind 49 km/h W
Hickling Broad forecast for about 0 m.
- Tonight7°–49 km/h W
- Today7°11°9.4 mm49 km/h SW
- Sun7°13°–60 km/h W
- Mon7°11°4.5 mm28 km/h S
- Tue9°16°0.7 mm34 km/h S
- Wed8°14°–21 km/h SW
- Thu7°11°0.1 mm5 km/h SW
- Fri8°14°0.1 mm16 km/h SE
- Sat10°12°5.6 mm21 km/h SE
- Sun5°10°0.6 mm23 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Hickling Broad
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Hickling Broad, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.1 km NW
Nearest campsite
Hickling Campsite
Nearest caravan site
Heather House Farm
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.1 km NW |
| Parking | 1.1 km ENE |
| Parking | 1.3 km NW |
| Hickling CampsiteCampsite | 1.8 km WNW |
| Heather House FarmCaravan site | 1.9 km WNW |
| Heath Barn Certificated LocationCaravan site | 2.1 km NW |
| Pine GroveCaravan site | 2.2 km NNW |
| Causeway CottageCampsite | 2.9 km S |
| Grove Farm BarnsCampsite | 3.6 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 18 m low point -2 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 475 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Old World Swallowtail75
- Ruddy Darter61
- Drinker Moth46
- Black-tailed Skimmer45
- Western Marsh Harrier35
- Garden Tiger33
Where Hickling Broad sits
- Region
- United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-13)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)